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Re: Swedish sibset 100 years ago
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I love the names Erik, Ivar, Aina, and Alice in the first names. They're so cool.
As for the middle names, I can easily say that I'm loving most of them. I have a strong affinity for Anders, Gunnar, Hjalmar, Ragnar, Valdemar, Ake (sorry, I don't know the accent code for that one off the top of my head. I should memorize it), Elvira, Margareta, and Viktoria. They're incredible names. I can't even imagine trying to pair them AND getting any of them right, so I'm just going to ... not ....The only name that doesn't seem to belong is John. I just wasn't expecting that one with all the others.:D My family has been passing on the name Margaretta for generations. I was suprised to see Margareta in there. It's so close to my middle name. I'm in awe of that, mostly because I haven't ever met another Margaretta outside my family and that is So Close!
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Margareta is a very common name in Sweden. I checked the stats for the entire population and it is the 28th most common first name, and in 5th place if you take middle names into consideration too.
Most people that use Margareta as their first name are around 60-70 years old.
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