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Help[Opinions] Danish/English names
My husband is from Denmark, and his family still lives there. We are having problems finding names that we like in both languages. We like how some sound in Danish but not in English, and vice versa...
Here are some names that we think we like in both languages (I've included their pronunciations in Danish). What do you guys think? Also, let us know if you have any suggestions.
Amalie (a-MAY-lee-eh)
Kathlene (kat-LEE-neh)
Charlotte (shar-LOH-deh)
Annelise (an-eh-LEE-seh)
Elizabeth (eh-LEE-sah-bet)
William (VEEL-yam)
Daniel (DANE-yel)
Aron (AH-ron with a gutteral 'r')
Poul (PAH-wool) (family name)
Alan (AEH-lan) (also family name)
Nicolas (NIH-coh-lass)
My husband's name is Kristian, and mine is Karen. Our last name is Skou (pr. rhymes with snow)
Here are some names that we think we like in both languages (I've included their pronunciations in Danish). What do you guys think? Also, let us know if you have any suggestions.
Amalie (a-MAY-lee-eh)
Kathlene (kat-LEE-neh)
Charlotte (shar-LOH-deh)
Annelise (an-eh-LEE-seh)
Elizabeth (eh-LEE-sah-bet)
William (VEEL-yam)
Daniel (DANE-yel)
Aron (AH-ron with a gutteral 'r')
Poul (PAH-wool) (family name)
Alan (AEH-lan) (also family name)
Nicolas (NIH-coh-lass)
My husband's name is Kristian, and mine is Karen. Our last name is Skou (pr. rhymes with snow)
This message was edited 2/12/2005, 11:07 PM
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Alan and Annaliese are nice and easily pronounced everywhere.
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Question...
I'm assuming you don't live in Denmark? The US maybe? Anyway, if you do live in America, then you wouldn't achieve those pronunciations, most likely. Family in Denmark would pronounce it in those ways way, but in American, William would not have the V pronunciation, etc.
-Lissa Hannah-
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I'm assuming you don't live in Denmark? The US maybe? Anyway, if you do live in America, then you wouldn't achieve those pronunciations, most likely. Family in Denmark would pronounce it in those ways way, but in American, William would not have the V pronunciation, etc.
-Lissa Hannah-
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We live in America right now, but maybe not forever. We would not expect Americans to pronounce their names in Danish. The only one that may be a problem and doesn't have a clear English pronunciation is Amalie. Another problem is that some people in his family don't speak English at all, so we would like names that can be pronounced in both languages. I just included Danish pronunciations so that you would have an idea of what they sounded like in Danish.
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