Message: "Iselin and Py" - Behind the Name

Iselin and Py

by Satu (guest)

7/25/2002, 6:33 AM

I'm looking for the origin and meaning of these two girls' names:

1) Iselin - very popular name in Norway (at number 81 in 2001). Alternative spelling: Iselinn. Pronunciation: EEselinn.

2) Py - quite rare name in Sweden (there are only 117 persons with that name in the country). Pronunciation: pyy (the yy is pronounced like a French U or a German Ü)

Has anyone any information about those names??
Thanks in advance!
Satu

#Iselin #Py

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- Ålefeskarn (guest) +4

7/25/2002, 3:24 PM

Py doesn't mean anything at all. People who have called their children this, have just liked the sound this syllable produces. It has been used as a kind of hypochoristic "pet"-name for some time, and in recent years one has also begun using it as an official ("real") name.

- Satu (guest) +3

7/25/2002, 4:05 PM

Hej Ålefeskarn (fiskat några ålar idag?) ;-)

Thanks for the Py-information. So if it doesn't mean anything, it's not so astonishing that I didn't find anything!

Ha det bra!
Satu

- Satu (guest) +2

7/29/2002, 1:07 PM

Found the answer for Iselin!

Iselin/Iselinn are Norwegian versions of the name Isleen which comes from the Celtic name Aisling.
Satu

- Ålefeskarn (guest) +1

7/29/2002, 5:44 PM

Hej Judith.

Yes, I saw your post on that other forum. Good thing that you found it.

Ha' de'.

"När som Brofjorden svallar och brusar...."

- Judith (guest)

7/30/2002, 6:14 AM

;-)

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