I need some help here, girls

[Anonym bruker]

Well, I'm from the US, and my "samboer" is Norwegian.. Our baby is due December 28, but we need some help finding a name that will work both ways, in both languages... Any ideas? We have found a girls's name that we are very pleased with, but we need some ideas for a name if it turns out to be a little boy... Hope you can help us

[Gjest]

Hi

 

We are in the exact same situation... I've been through many books, the Statistisk sentralbyrå etc... but we're still back in square one. My husband likes the name Jakob, which I think is lovely in English but I just don't think it sounds as nice in Norwegian (only because it resembles the work 'yuck' in the beginning). I like Patrick, but he's not too sure of that name for some reason or another. Some other suggestions we have been given include:

 

Leander

Tommy/Thomas

Kristian

Anders

Roger

John/Johnathan

Markus

Alexander

Adrian

Emil

Kristoffer

Daniel

Oliver

Lukas

Oscar

Erik

Kasper

Simon

Isak

Benjamin

Dennis

David

Martin

Max

Peter

Noah

Robert

Sebastian

 

Hope this helps in your quest

[Anonym bruker]

Thank you very much! That really was a big help! I will hang your list on the fridge and take a few looks at it every day;)

[Gjest]

My sons name is Lawrence. I think thats very beautiful... Good luck!

[Gjest]

hi its really hard finding a boys name thats for sure, my sons name is Leo william i hope my next child is going to be a girl coz i already have erika picked out , maybe erika michelle.

 

other names i thought about-

Adrian

Noah

Lucas

Isak,isaac

Tobias

 

[CaliforniaBaby2]

I think Jacob is very nice in Norwegian, and wanted to use that if I have a boy, but my American husband hates the English sound of it, so I guess we’ll have to settle for something else.

 

His criteria are pretty funny — no ‘r’, as it is hard to pronounce the same way in both languages, short — less room for spelling errors when you have to spell it over the phone, a name that can be used in America (anything goes, really!), Germany (his parents) and Norway (my family). We still have 7 weeks left until due date, so hopefully we can agree on something.

 

Not much help this, but at least we are more people in the same situation.

[Anonym bruker]

Our son is called Jens Aleksander and it works well inn both the Australian, German and Norwegian part of the family! I think we went through every name in the book and it was really difficult, hopefully the next one will be a girl....!!!

 

So good luck to all you struggling to find a good boys' name! :-)

[jente og gutt]

we had the same problem with our baby. we agreed on one irish name and one norwegian. but names that can easily be said in both languages.

[1G+2J]

Timmy.

[miss.alwayssmiling!]

Hi! Well i'm scottish and my little girls father is norweigan (not together anymore;P) Well i guess it was mostely me who was trying to think of names. we didn't know if it was a girl or a boy, (couldn't see it on the ultrasound), but i managed to find 3 names for a girl and boy, which where english and could not be changed into norweigan and have a weird name! I knew my selv it was gonna be a girl so i decided og Katie, had said that the whole time i was pregnant, suddenly when she was placed on my stomach her name came to me, Emma =) So i wouldn't worry about it to much, i'm sure that when you finally get to see you baby, you'll know exactly what to call her/him =) Good Luck!

[Anonym bruker]

I girls name is always easier.

 

Last time my husband suggested Avery for a boy (got a girl) I think it sounds like a girls name or a last name. I know there are both boys and girls with this name. What do you think about this name?

 

I would love to find a boys name who sound about the same in French, English and Norwegian. Suggestions?

[miss.alwayssmiling!]

hmm i thought of Robert/Lance/Peter.. will look in the book i have later on, have a little girl here thats a bit hungry ;P

[mamma-til-fire]

Hi.

What about Phillip? Like that name and it's the same in most languages. I can't use it, have a nephew with that name. My son is called Benjamin and if this one is a boy it will probably be Elias, I.m even thinking about Noah. Have some time to think about it, my due date is in april.

[Anonym bruker]

How about Christian and Selma ???

 

 

[Anonym bruker]

Richard and Leonard :-)

[Gjest]

I think we have finally come down to 2 boy names... Alexander/Aleksander, or Adrian. Boy names are so much harder, we had a girl name picked out in no time for our first, and another girls name picked out before we found out this one's a boy. It's so bizzarre, I wonder why it's so much harder to pick out a boys name?!

[~Monsoon~en gutt, en jente~]

Hi!

We have a 4 yrs old boy and his name is Joseph William, but we call him Joe and thats never been a problem. As long as you like the name, thats the main thing.

[Gjest]

Someone in skravlesiden had this name for their son - Kevin alexander, i thought it was so nice

[Grip noen i å gjøre noe godt]

How about Mia if it is a girl or John if it is a boy?

Good luck in finding the perfect name,never easy;).

 

Mvh

[Grip noen i å gjøre noe godt]

I know of a little American/Norwegian boy called Henrik,maybe Henry could be an alternative?Other suggestions are:John,Thomas,Jonathan,Sebastian,Carl or perhaps Conrad or Caleb/Kaleb?

These are names that I like,maybe you will like them too?

Good luck on choosing the perfect name for your baby!

 

Mvh

[Anonym bruker]

Hi,

I am norwegian.

I have 2 american sons, and their names are Lukas & Brandon.

Works good in both countries )

(we live in the USA)

 

Other names :

Sarah

Olivia

Elisabeth

Michael

Chris

Benjamin (one of my favorites =)

 

[Anonym bruker]

David

Lukas

Noah

[Tokatter_USA]

My husband is an American with a Norwegian name, and he did NOT want our child to grow up with a "weird" Norwegian name too. (We live in the US.) But he liked Mikkel. So that's what our son would have been named, if he wasn't a girl. I thought boys' names were easier than girls' names, so we didn't have one for our daughter. But it came to me while still in the hospital.

Espen is another boy's name that's pronounceable in most Western languages.