Why do norwegians......

[english bird]

So you're not judgemental at all are you?

[Anonym bruker]

Did you actually read what I wrote? And the other replys above (including yours) aren't judgemental, are they? Particularly the "chavtastic" comment.

[Ginger-mor]

I agree! Came to think about "Jenny" (the novel written by Sigrid U, around 1910) If I was to name my daughter after my great grandmother called Jenny, I wouldn't even consider the fact that it's actually an English name.

 

Haha... and all the people I know named Finn, Harry, or Charles are either old or dead.

 

An other thing regarding the names Dennis and Kevin: I've looked them up in ssb.no, and there are just some 4000 people in Norway. Bet most of them are old as well. I don't know any Norwegians called Dennis nor Kevin in fact. Is this a new trend I've missed out on or something?

 

 

[Anonym bruker]

has it ever occured to you that there are more than one anonymous users here? i didn't mock anyone's english, but hey... i guess me being prejudiced and immature, it HAD to be me, right?

 

as for the other stuff you wrote... why am i a "wannabe" because i speak good english? wannabe english, even.... yeah i'd love to be a naive limey with bad teeth (more prejudices, hooray)

 

yes, as a matter of fact i DO feel superior.. to a LOT of people.. and that is because i am deeply convinced that i AM, partly due to the fact that i speak a lot of languages, have travelled a lot and seen even more..

 

yes, i do have friends called dennis (not here in norway, tho.. and no kevins, afaik) .. and they're good persons, but that still doesnt change my mind about norwegians giving those names to their children. not when there are so many great traditional names to chose from

 

rest assured that you're not the only one who cant wait for the day my attitude backfires and also rest assured that i am confident this day will never come

[Athravil]

Just to give some different input here:

 

Kevin, a 2-syllable boy's name of Celtic/Gaelic origin, means: One who is gentle; handsome.

 

Dennis, a 2-syllable boy's name of Greek origin, means: Of wine, drama and revelry.

 

From: http://parenting.ivillage.com/pregnancy/babynames

 

Some of us actually pay attention to the origin and meaning of a name before naming our children. So what if there is someone having a negative attitude towards these names, they probably have a tendency of being called "Hedda" or "Preben" in Norway anyway... Point is; people have assosiations towards names no matter what it is. "It is a strong solid name" "Cute and girly name" "Half my class was named that" "posh".

Most importanly: There will always be individuals who does not fit into the category, either the name is Kevin, Tor, Jenny or Hedda...

[Anonym bruker]

Couldn't agree more. Why do we always insist on names that sound completely retarded? Jenny, Dennis, Kevin, Kenneth and such are silly names. As are Remi, André, Roy, Harry, Henry aaand the list goes on. But still, there ARE horrible Norwegian traditional names out there that are even WORSE. Such as Hjørdis, Hjertrud, Solveig, Jorunn, Jon, Odd, Rune ++

 

And girls. Go buy yourselves some imagination. You'd think you could find somewhere better than ssb.no to find names. Emma, Julie, Noah, Elias, Marcus, Sandra, Sarah... It's like you can't think of anything better.. "Ah, well, both my neighbours have a kid named Emma, so I might as well have one myself. And since their boys are named Elias, I think I'll use that one if it's a boy!!"

 

In addition; What's this with naming your kid things no one has ever heard of? Alba, Ylva, Abelone, Leah, Iben.. Well, perhaps not that last one, but you catch my drift, right?

 

Geeze. Get a grip. Buy yourselves a book with more suggestions or something.

 

It's scary how traditional Norwegian names like "ola" or "Lars" are practically... Gone. =/

[Anonym bruker]

I called you immature and I stick to it! No matter which parts in here you have written or not. One don't have to look further than to your last part here to see that you are in fact a very immature person. The things you say...you really are off your rocker completly aren't you!? 'you'd love to be a naive limey w/bad teeth...' - first of all who talks like that after they are done w/puberty? Secondly, could you be less sophisticated?

 

Who cares how many languages you speak!? Most people who log on to English forum are in bi-cultural relationships and either lives in Norway or maybe they are norwegians living abroad. Don't you think for a second you are better than any of the girls logging on here. You are however, by far the most immature one. And sweetie - your english is not that fantastic! There is people here with just as good and better english than you, who actually knows how to use an adult vocabulary.

 

And by the way - I made the assumption that you were english based on your 'pretended knowledge' of how the names Dennis & Kevin etc. was preceived in England - NOT based on that your english was so bloody fantastic!

 

Like somebody else said - typical norwegian names can be hard if you need to keep in mind how they will be pronounced in english as well as norwegian. Sometimes parents of 2 cultures and 2 languages need to pick names that works in both languages. But this conversation is not even about the names Kevin & Dennis anymore. You made it in to a batching session of norwegian parents.

 

And trust me - you WILL have your attitude in your face someday. You'll see!

[Anonym bruker]

Alba is a well known Latin name, Ylva and Iben are both old traditional Scandinavian names and Leah is a biblical name that most people are familiar with. Sounds to me that YOU should get a book or something .

[♥ nr3 i juni 2011♥]

If people here in Norway like to call their kids Kevin or Dennis, then just let them. Names are personal. And people should be alowed to call their child whatever they feel is right.

[Mamman til Ask (12/06)]

this is fun not sure you think the same, but hey... so.. let me see what i can dig up in reply to your latest submission here..

 

i am both immature and sophisticated? wow... so.. i am kinda shizophrenic, is that it? cant quite put these two traits together else..

 

bi-cultural, hooray.. so they're what, bi-lingual? from what i read on this forum, most of the people are from an english speaking country, so they speak norwegian and english? well, i happen to speak those two and two more.. but i guess you're not impressed (which is ok btw, i dont really care what you think as you dont know me.. i just have some spare time to kill right now;) )

 

and need i remind you again that there are more anonymous users than you and me in here? so, just for the record, i never said anything about the perception of those names in england.

 

and please, where did i make this into a "batching session" (whatever that means... unless you mean bashing.. that would make sense, but still be wrong)? the only time i mentioned parents was in my very first text.. after that all i did was reply to what YOU wrote.. so if i DID bash any parents, it was because you lead me on

 

people have told me that my attitude will backfire for about 20 years. i am older than that, obviously.. but i it was about 20 years ago i started being prejudiced and arrogant, cos i thought the reactions i got from that were fun *still waiting*

 

and just for the record... cos i begin to think that you think i am this evil person and dead serious about the prejudices and so on, i am doing this cos i think it's funny how some people react to my remarks and comments... i dont say things cos they're politically correct, i say what i want, where i want, when i want.. and woohoo.. i am not gonna hit the anonymous button.. i am done here.. so if you wanna talk, msg me.. i am not gonna check for replies here anymore, too lazy..

 

have a nice life... and lighten up

[Anonym bruker]

Ha-ha!! you are sooo sad.....Learn to read, I said could you be LESS sophisticated. You get so worked up that you don't even read waht you are replying on properly, but - you don't care..? You just have 'some' time to kill so you write a whole page....ha-ha.

 

I KNOW you will be checking the replies again, you live for this kind of shit don't you. You even admit that most people don't like you bc of your attitude. You probably don't have anything else to do thant to sit here and thrwo shit at people. You are a waste of my time. Bye- bye you 'freak-show'.

[Sinah]

Woah... There are other English-speaking countries than England. I live in Ireland at the moment, and know a number of Kevins, and although I'm not crazy about the name, they do not fit that description!

[Sinah]

So much anger...!

 

One of the NN's is actually correct about that people with different social backgrounds, do use different names. So people living in "Oslo vest" choose different names (generally speaking) than people from "Oslo øst". And as there are more people with a higher education in "Oslo vest" then we can presume that your social background affects your choice of names. Nothing wrong with that, that's just the way it is. We do get influenced by our surroundings.

 

And, for the record; I live in "Oslo øst" when I'm in Norway :0)

[Anonym bruker]

I totally agree with you and your theory! Sounds like the anonym above you....is a typical uneducated low class person: "shit this and shit that"! Probabley has two kids called Kevin and Dennis!!!

[Anonym bruker]

Hehe, just because they don't have Norwegian origin, doesn't mean they're not traditional. Sounds like you need to relax a bit, and get your facts straight.

 

About the book-thing, read what I wrote one more time. "Get a book". Ok. Why? TO GET SUGGESTIONS. You should really try to read what's actually written, not what you think is written.

[Anonym bruker]

[klompen min<3]

get a life people.... why not let people name their babies whatever they want, and start caring about naming your own babies...?

[Anonym bruker]

Alright wind your neck in! Look at what you wrote. You were listing some names "that nobody's heard of" as you put it -my point was that these names you listed (Iben, Leah etc) are actually names that are used a lot -you make it sound like they are obscure, weird, abnormal names that nobody has ever heard of -which is totally wrong. So YOU should check your facts before you come out with statements like that.This was the only point I was trying to make. )

 

[Anonym bruker]

Kanskje dette innlegget burde vært flyttet til "Kranglesiden"? Dette kunne være et hyggelig sted å bli kjent med hverandre istedet.

[HalvMaraton]

I think it's strange that you want people to call their sons Lars and Ola, but not Jon and Rune. What's the difference? I like those traditional norwegian names. But don't listen to me, because i must be an idiot calling my son Finn.

[.Julie87ogKevinGullet.]

Kevin is not an english name u freak!

[Anonym bruker]

Dude, Jenny is a traditional Norwegian name. Derives from biblical Iohannes and ain't got shit to do with people giving their kids US/Brit names. You won't find many Johnnys, perhaps a few Willys, but loads of Jennys in any old Norwegian census.

[partyoffive]

Not that I want to throw myself into an argument here, but I just wanted to reflect on a couple of things mentioned above here.

 

First off - I completely understand what 'anonym' means when she is talking about 'bi-clutural' relationships. I think she is being pushed down a little too fast. I would understand a 'bi-cultural' relationship as a couple from two different countries - thus two different cultures and from there follows two (or more) different languages. These terms sort of go hand in hand. I would rather say that a bi-langual couple/household would naturally follow from a bi-cultural couple/household. We have a household like this, as I am sure many others in here do. I am Norwegian, my husband is Irish, we live in Florida and our girls are born here. So we speak both Norwegian and English on a daily basis in our house, and we share cultural values and traditions from 3 different countries; Norway, Ireland and America - 'Bi-cultural!!!

 

Secondly - I wanted to say to you that you are not only wrong, but you are definetly flattering yourself if you think that you are the only one in here on this forum who speaks more than 2 languages. I speak Norwegian, English, Dutch and German. I spent 4 years for college in Holland and have taken German since 7th grade + lived a year in Dusseldorf. I also have throughout the years, living in international environments, frequently spoken English, Dutch, German and Norwegian. The last years here in Florida it has probably been more English and Norwegian, also bc my husband is english speaking. But, I am in contrast to you not writing this to brag, or to say that I am better than anyone else, but to let you know that you are wrong when you say that 'most' people on this forum only speaks english and/or norwegian. I have - on this forum - seen people who lives in; Switzerland, Germany, Japan, Iceland, Scotland, Ireland, Kuala Lumpur, Holland, America, England..go back and look for yourself and you will see how wrong you are in your statment. You can probably find people living in other countries than the ones I mentioned as well. And who is to say that they don't speak the language from the country where they live? They might have lived there long enoughto learn it, and/or be in a relationship/marriage to a person from the country and have a bi-cultural thus bi or tri-langual household!!!

 

Let's here from you girls! I know there are many of you in non-english speaking countries as well.

 

 

[Anonym bruker]

call their kids Apple and Honey blossom??

Or Ingrid? That's not a typical english name is it?

 

Stupid question really...

[starsky]

what a crazy discussion.. I cant believe its had so many answers, but since it has, I cant be left out... hehe...

I just wanna say..and Im gonna keep it simple..... that its really silly to say any names are stupid...people are different and like different things.. and isnt that a great thing? otherwise we would all be using the same names...

I have been reading alot of mad stuff here now saying Kevins are not intelligent and ppl called Dennis are lazy..... hahahaha...... is what I say to that.

My father, is a highly intelligent man... my brother is studying nanoscience and is, like my father, highly intelligent..... they are both called Kevin. So I hope that can dispel the illusion that all Kevins are stupid.. this is not the case. I dont really know anyone called Dennis, but Im sure there are as many active hard working dennisses as there are lazy ones........

whatever names ppl choose for their kids, they choose it coz they like it, not coz of what they think others might like. Who cares what names other ppl choose for their kids.. it really doesnt matter...................