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[Opinions] Interesting names from Swedish BAs
Källa (pr. CHEL-uh; "source, spring")
Lavibelle Saga
Tintin (Buster)
Joceli
Neoline
Mileon (Miranda; Minnea)
Tiili
Lias (Liam; Zindra)
Sagalie
Orm Axel Hadar (both Orm and Hadar are old Viking names - but orm also means snake!)
Lennox
Dio
Margot
Jeremia
Frost (boy)
Snöfrid ("beautiful snow"; Old Norse name)
Job
Edison
Sigsten (oldish spelling of Sixten)
Alvalie
Williot
Viennah
Katla (Katla is an Icelandic volcano, but also a horrible beast in Astrid Lindgren's The Brothers Lionheart)
Ralf
Cleo
Earla (Elora)
Maximus Milian (Ejmie; would guess it's a way to spell Amy "in Swedish")
Tilma
Goliat (Swedish spelling of Goliath)
Alizza (Izak)
Leia and Tibella
Vide-Lee (boy; Vide is pr. VEE-deh)
Yente
Nirva (her parents write they made the name by removing -na from Nirvana)
Thalia
Moa Månstråle (månstråle means moonbeam)
Ella-Stjärna (stjärna means star)
Finn
Pixie
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I like:
Axel Hadar – I’m not so fond of the Orm part, but I think this part sounds fantastic.
Miranda
Margot
Elora
Alizza
Thalia
Moa These are interesting:
Källa I have a friend from Sweden named Kjell and it’s pronounced the same way but without the uh at the end. Are the names related?
Snöfrid – how is this pronounced? It’s got a lovely meaning.
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I don't think Källa and Kjell are related. Kjell is a common Swedish name. Källa is extremely uncommon, but there is an actress called Källa Bie (I think her parents were a bit "hippiesque", because her brothers are called Nanok and Loa) which I guess have inspired some parents.
Snöfrid is pronounced something like SNEW-freed (the Ö sounds more like eu in the French word "adieu").
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Meh, I was planning to post some of these. ;)Some comments
Källa - like this a lot
Saga - love, not Lavibelle though
(Miranda) - love
Tiili - oh, Isfolket name!
Orm Axel Hadar - Orm is cool, but I hope he'll go by Axel or Hadar
Frost - cool (no pun intended) but very surnamey
Snöfrid - absolutely love, could use for a daughter any day :)
Katla - well I wouldn't name my kid that, but each to their own ...
Cleo - like
Maximus Milian - was Maximilian too common for them?
Goliat - I just discovered I have a young relative named Goliat ...
Thalia - like
Moa Månstråle - bit of a Noa Månfare rip-off ... I love Månstråle but have been told it's way too hippie to use, and sadly, I think I've come to agree :(

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I like: Saga
Margot -prefer Margaux
Jeremia -this is a Croatian form of Jeremiah
Sigsten -prefer this spelling, doesn’t look so much like a number
(Elora)
Leia
Thalia
Finn

This message was edited 2/27/2013, 1:46 PM

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A friend of mine had a son named Dio a while back ago, maybe it's him in this BA :) I like:
Tintin
Joceli
Mileon
Liam
Axel
Maximus
Thalia
Finn
And I feel so sad for Izak and Alizza...
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