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Help[Opinions] Scandinavian, German and Eastern European names
Recently I've been falling for them like crazy! I've been adding them to my PNL in hordes!
GIRLS:
Aina
Amelie
Anastasia
Elva
Freja / Freya
Katri
Kreszentia
Lisbet
Liv
Senka
Seraphina
Severina
Siri
Siv
Svenja
Svetlana
Theda
Vita
Zlata
BOYS:
Aleksei
Dimitri
Elias
Halldor
Hinrik
Ivan
Johann
Ludovic
Ludvig
Luka
Oskari
Stanislav
Sven
Thorbjorn
Viktor
Vladimir
GIRLS:
Aina
Amelie
Anastasia
Elva
Freja / Freya
Katri
Kreszentia
Lisbet
Liv
Senka
Seraphina
Severina
Siri
Siv
Svenja
Svetlana
Theda
Vita
Zlata
BOYS:
Aleksei
Dimitri
Elias
Halldor
Hinrik
Ivan
Johann
Ludovic
Ludvig
Luka
Oskari
Stanislav
Sven
Thorbjorn
Viktor
Vladimir
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I'm glad that you like some of my native names! (I'm half Finnish half Russian)¨
Aina - Really nice! (But I like Aino a bit more)
Amelie - I like it because of the movie
Anastasia - I can't stand it. It is too frilly, pretentious and too popular.
Elva - Not my favourite, but I have nothing against it.
Freja / Freya - Freja is ok, but Freya is totally nms
Katri - Pretty and popular
Kreszentia - Lovely!!
Lisbet - nms, but much better than Elisabeth
Liv - I really like it
Senka - I should add it to my own list some day :)
Seraphina - Nmsaa
Severina - A bit better than Seraphina, but unattractive as well
Siri - Neutral
Siv - Like
Svenja - If it was pronounced sveen-YAH, it would mean pig in Russian
Svetlana - Not a favourite of mine, but I can easily live with it
Theda - Pretty
Vita - I really like it
Zlata - Gor-ge-ous!!!! It's one of my favourite names and I concider it to my daughter
BOYS:
Aleksei - I like the nickname Alyosha and Lyosha
Dimitri - I prefer Dmitry, but both are actually nms
Elias - Neutral
Halldor - Sounds like a real, nordic name...
Hinrik - I dislike all the Henry-names
Ivan - I like it
Aina - Really nice! (But I like Aino a bit more)
Amelie - I like it because of the movie
Anastasia - I can't stand it. It is too frilly, pretentious and too popular.
Elva - Not my favourite, but I have nothing against it.
Freja / Freya - Freja is ok, but Freya is totally nms
Katri - Pretty and popular
Kreszentia - Lovely!!
Lisbet - nms, but much better than Elisabeth
Liv - I really like it
Senka - I should add it to my own list some day :)
Seraphina - Nmsaa
Severina - A bit better than Seraphina, but unattractive as well
Siri - Neutral
Siv - Like
Svenja - If it was pronounced sveen-YAH, it would mean pig in Russian
Svetlana - Not a favourite of mine, but I can easily live with it
Theda - Pretty
Vita - I really like it
Zlata - Gor-ge-ous!!!! It's one of my favourite names and I concider it to my daughter
BOYS:
Aleksei - I like the nickname Alyosha and Lyosha
Dimitri - I prefer Dmitry, but both are actually nms
Elias - Neutral
Halldor - Sounds like a real, nordic name...
Hinrik - I dislike all the Henry-names
Ivan - I like it
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GIRLS:
Aina - love ! :)
Amelie - No, ut just doesn't sound right for me.
Anastasia - To long
Elva - love it! But it's the swedish word for "eleven"
Freja / Freya - always hated it and will always hate it.
Katri - Like it as a nickname for Katriona
Kreszentia - No thanks!
Lisbet - No
Liv - Nooo!!! I just HATE this name! And it's the swedish word for "life"
Senka - It's that a name? No thanks
Seraphina - No
Severina - No
Siri - Don't like it
Siv - My grandmothers name, but she spell it siw
Svenja - No?
Svetlana - No, it's too russian for me
Theda - Maybe...
Vita - No, swedish word for "white"
Zlata - No
BOYS:
Aleksei - Like it, but I prefer Alexei
Dimitri - No
Elias - It's OK
Halldor - No
Hinrik - No
Ivan - No
Johann - No, spell it Johan
Ludovic - No
Ludvig - Ok
Luka - Ok!
Oskari - Nooo! Prefer Oskar
Stanislav - Too russian
Sven - Like it
Thorbjorn - Thorbjörn?! Sooo out of time..
Viktor - Boring but it's OK
Vladimir - too russian, but I actually like it
Aina - love ! :)
Amelie - No, ut just doesn't sound right for me.
Anastasia - To long
Elva - love it! But it's the swedish word for "eleven"
Freja / Freya - always hated it and will always hate it.
Katri - Like it as a nickname for Katriona
Kreszentia - No thanks!
Lisbet - No
Liv - Nooo!!! I just HATE this name! And it's the swedish word for "life"
Senka - It's that a name? No thanks
Seraphina - No
Severina - No
Siri - Don't like it
Siv - My grandmothers name, but she spell it siw
Svenja - No?
Svetlana - No, it's too russian for me
Theda - Maybe...
Vita - No, swedish word for "white"
Zlata - No
BOYS:
Aleksei - Like it, but I prefer Alexei
Dimitri - No
Elias - It's OK
Halldor - No
Hinrik - No
Ivan - No
Johann - No, spell it Johan
Ludovic - No
Ludvig - Ok
Luka - Ok!
Oskari - Nooo! Prefer Oskar
Stanislav - Too russian
Sven - Like it
Thorbjorn - Thorbjörn?! Sooo out of time..
Viktor - Boring but it's OK
Vladimir - too russian, but I actually like it
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GIRLS:
Aina -I like how it looks but hate the sound. I adore Anna "Anya", though.
Amelie -Gorgeous!
Anastasia -I love ah-nah-STAH-see-ah or ah-nah-stah-SEE-yah but don't care for ann-ah-STAY-zha.
Elva -Reminds me of elves. I love Elisabeth "Elsa", though.
Freja / Freya -I like Freya a lot but don't care for Freja.
Katri -Adorable as a nickname but awful as a full name.
Kreszentia -How on earth is this pronounced? I don't care for the look.
Lisbet -I can't say it without spitting and it's so insubstantial.
Liv -I love it as a nickname but it's too cutesy as a given name IMO.
Senka -I find it really ugly.
Seraphina -Adore it!
Severina -It's pretty in theory but awful in practice--sever, severe, sever in....
Siri -Adorable as a nickname but way too cutesy as a full name.
Siv -I just see sieve.
Svenja -Ugly IMO.
Svetlana -Ditto, though I really want to like it.
Theda -Tritto.
Vita -Sounds nicknamey.
Zlata -Hard to say and rather harsh.
BOYS:
Aleksei -Love it!
Dimitri -Love it.
Elias -Love it!
Halldor -Hate, sorry.
Hinrik -It looks so wrong to me.
Ivan -It's so harsh in English and sounds like Yvonne in Russian.
Aina -I like how it looks but hate the sound. I adore Anna "Anya", though.
Amelie -Gorgeous!
Anastasia -I love ah-nah-STAH-see-ah or ah-nah-stah-SEE-yah but don't care for ann-ah-STAY-zha.
Elva -Reminds me of elves. I love Elisabeth "Elsa", though.
Freja / Freya -I like Freya a lot but don't care for Freja.
Katri -Adorable as a nickname but awful as a full name.
Kreszentia -How on earth is this pronounced? I don't care for the look.
Lisbet -I can't say it without spitting and it's so insubstantial.
Liv -I love it as a nickname but it's too cutesy as a given name IMO.
Senka -I find it really ugly.
Seraphina -Adore it!
Severina -It's pretty in theory but awful in practice--sever, severe, sever in....
Siri -Adorable as a nickname but way too cutesy as a full name.
Siv -I just see sieve.
Svenja -Ugly IMO.
Svetlana -Ditto, though I really want to like it.
Theda -Tritto.
Vita -Sounds nicknamey.
Zlata -Hard to say and rather harsh.
BOYS:
Aleksei -Love it!
Dimitri -Love it.
Elias -Love it!
Halldor -Hate, sorry.
Hinrik -It looks so wrong to me.
Ivan -It's so harsh in English and sounds like Yvonne in Russian.
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They make up most of my name list so I understand.
I like:
GIRLS:
Amelie - At my school we had this horrible German exchange student named Amelie, but the movie "Amélie" saved it from being ruined for me.
Freja / Freya
Kreszentia
Lisbet
Liv
Senka
Severina
Siv
Svenja
Svetlana
Theda
Vita
Zlata
BOYS:
Aleksei
Dimitri
Elias
Halldor
Hinrik
Ivan
Johann
Ludovic - Never heard of it, like it.
Ludvig
Luka
Oskari
Stanislav
Sven - I've liked it since someone in my German class picked it for their "German" name, never thought of it much before that though.
Thorbjorn - Never heard of it before also, I like it, Björn is on my list.
Viktor
Vladimir
I like:
GIRLS:
Amelie - At my school we had this horrible German exchange student named Amelie, but the movie "Amélie" saved it from being ruined for me.
Freja / Freya
Kreszentia
Lisbet
Liv
Senka
Severina
Siv
Svenja
Svetlana
Theda
Vita
Zlata
BOYS:
Aleksei
Dimitri
Elias
Halldor
Hinrik
Ivan
Johann
Ludovic - Never heard of it, like it.
Ludvig
Luka
Oskari
Stanislav
Sven - I've liked it since someone in my German class picked it for their "German" name, never thought of it much before that though.
Thorbjorn - Never heard of it before also, I like it, Björn is on my list.
Viktor
Vladimir
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