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HelpSome Swedish (?) Names
What do you think of these names?
Erland
Esbjorn
Evalena
Evalotta
Lialotta
Lillivi
Liselotte
Erland
Esbjorn
Evalena
Evalotta
Lialotta
Lillivi
Liselotte
This message was edited 8/25/2014, 6:25 AM
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Erland probably sounds better in Swedish than it does in English.
Esbjorn looks gross though it might sound nice.
Evalotta is really pretty.
If Lillivi is prn LIH-lih-vee then it's cute.
Liselotte is always nice. In my head, I prn it LEE-seh-let (to sound like Charlotte) and like it however wrong it might be.
Evalena and Lialotta don't interest me.
Esbjorn looks gross though it might sound nice.
Evalotta is really pretty.
If Lillivi is prn LIH-lih-vee then it's cute.
Liselotte is always nice. In my head, I prn it LEE-seh-let (to sound like Charlotte) and like it however wrong it might be.
Evalena and Lialotta don't interest me.
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Umm...
I'm Swedish, and I wouldn't call Lillivi Swedish. It's just a made up name, and it's not even used here. Or to be exact, there's ONE person in Sweden named this. Hillevi is a real name though, Lillivi is ridiculous.
I wouldn't exactly call Lialotta a Swedish name either. Lotta is a Swedish nickname (sometimes used as a given name), but Lia? It's used in Sweden (about 500 people have it as their FN) but it's not exactly Swedish.
As for the others, I find them dated. None of them would be used today. Liselotte, Evalena (usually spelled Eva-Lena) and Evalotta (Eva-Lotta) are used in my parents generation. Esbjörn is a quite funny name. I can't take it seriously.
My favorite is probably Erland, but I can't really take that seriously either. Makes me think of birds, since my grandfather has a small bird living on hos roof, and my grandpa named him Erland.
I'm Swedish, and I wouldn't call Lillivi Swedish. It's just a made up name, and it's not even used here. Or to be exact, there's ONE person in Sweden named this. Hillevi is a real name though, Lillivi is ridiculous.
I wouldn't exactly call Lialotta a Swedish name either. Lotta is a Swedish nickname (sometimes used as a given name), but Lia? It's used in Sweden (about 500 people have it as their FN) but it's not exactly Swedish.
As for the others, I find them dated. None of them would be used today. Liselotte, Evalena (usually spelled Eva-Lena) and Evalotta (Eva-Lotta) are used in my parents generation. Esbjörn is a quite funny name. I can't take it seriously.
My favorite is probably Erland, but I can't really take that seriously either. Makes me think of birds, since my grandfather has a small bird living on hos roof, and my grandpa named him Erland.
This message was edited 8/25/2014, 5:49 AM
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There are 175 Lillevi with an E though (and seven Lillewi). Still not very common, but I think we can at least call it Swedish then, a combination of Lill and the -vi ending, sounds like a typical creation of the mid 1900s.
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To me it sounds like a dated nickname to Hillevi. Like "Lilla Hillevi" turned into "Lillivi/Lillevi".
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I don't know, I'm not Swedish. I heard these names through the head of Ikea.
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