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Swedish celebrity baby names
Here is a bunch of babies born to Swedish celebrities, most of them probably not known abroad:
* = those I likeTV-personality Anders Lundin: Adrian* and Matilda*
Rapper Petter Askegren: Alfons, Lexus and Vita
Singer Carola Häggkvist (bleargh): Amadeus
Stand up comedian/author Jonas Gardell and TV-personality/author Mark Levengood: Amos and Olga
Dancer Karl Dyall: Colin, Yamineth and Anais
Author Unni Drougge: Iggy, Leo, Nova ("Nonno"), Link and Babs
Singer and musical star Pernilla Wahlgren: Oliver, Bianca, Benjamin and Theodor
Radio personality Lotta Bromé: Bonnie
Football (soccer) champion Magnus Hedman: Carl Lancelot and Tristan from Avalon
Singer Caroline af Ugglas: Eddie-Lee (f) and Otis
TV personality Tilde de Paula: Elian, Zion and Naemi
Actress Alexandra Rapaport: Elmer
Boxer and TV personality Paulo Roberto: Enzo and Elisa
TV personality Annika Jankell and actor Thorsten Flinck: Anna Felice Hildegard and Happy Betty Hildegard
Musician Titiyo Jah: Femi* (f)
TV personality Gert Fylking: Figaro
Singer and musical star Myrra Malmberg: Mandalay (f)
Singer and actor Anders Ekborg: Channa and Dina
Musician Marie Fredriksson: Inez* Josefin and Oscar Mikael
Musician Per Gessle: Gabriel* Titus
Comedian Robert Gustafsson: Valentin and John
Musician Jill Johnson: Havanna (Havana is spelled Havanna in Swedish)
TV personality and comedian Christine Meltzer: Ida-Lova and Ville
Actor Mikael Persbrandt: Igor and Lo (m)
Former ski champion Ingemar Stenmark: Nathalie and Iza Nova
Actors Erik and Martina Haag: Jackson, Lucia, Dino and Diana
Dancer/personal trainer Blossom Tainton: Kevin, Robin and Elliot
TV personality Sofia Wistam: Kid (m), Sindy, Texas and Lennox
TV personality Kristin Kaspersen: Leon*
Musician Eric Gadd: Leonora*
Musician Jennifer Brown: Lilly Lou
TV personality Rickard Sjöberg: Lilly Rose
TV personality Linda Isacsson: Lykke
TV personality Ulrika Jonsson: Cameron, Bo (f) and Martha Sky Hope
Football (soccer) champion Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Maximilian and Vincent
Author Camilla Läckberg: Meja and Ville
Musicians Lisa Ekdalh and Bill Öhrström: Milton
Former wrestler Frank Andersson: Montana
Singer and actress Cajsalisa Ejemyr: Noel, Julian* and Mateo
Actress Cecilia Frode: Oderia (anyone who knows anything about this name? I've never heard it before!)
News reporter Pia Conde: Osvald
Golf champion Jesper Parnevik: Peg, Penny, Pebble Beach Philippa and Phoenix (m)
TV personality Fredrik Wikingsson: Pella* and Joni* (I love Joni Mitchell!)
Musician Wille Crafoord: Roderick
TV personality Hannah Widell: Rosa (pr. RAW-suh)
Singer and actress Helen Sjöholm (she's great!): Ruben*
TV personality Kristian Luuk: Smilla and Sebastian*
Actress Kim Anderzon: Tintin (f) and Andrej
Singer and New Age guru Thomas di Leva: Victor Cosmo Yoga
Singer and actress Regina Lund: Wiggo Love Linblå ("linblå" means "blue like flax" and was never heard of as a name before this!)
Singer and actress Shirley Clamp: Vilja (means "will" as in "this is my will")
Musician Mikael Jepson: Ebba Vira

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Ooh, I didn't know Helen Sjöholm had a son. I think she's fantastic. Ruben's absolutely lovely! My favourites are; Matilda, Vita, Elisa, John, Lucia, Diana, Robin, Rosa, Sebastian, and Ebba.
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I love Helen Sjöholm. I didn't care for Ruben first, but now I associate it with a cute, yellow cat a friend of mine had. :)
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Some additions ...Måns Herngren and Lena Philipsson: Noa Månfare (m) and Saga
Cecilia Blankens: Bonnie and Rio (f)
Johan Glans: Minni and Cilla
Alexandra Pascalidou: Melina
Felix Herngren: Fanny, Vera, Leo, Bill
Josefine Sundström: Maj-Lis
Linda Bengtzing: Vera Ingrid
Timo Räisinen: Vinton and Arvo
Bingo Rimér: Nova and Ringo (the latter with Katrin Zytomierska)
Alexander Schulman: Charlie (f)
Ola Salo: Judith
Linus Wahlgren: Linn and Colin
Annika Sjöö: Kelvin
Gunilla Backman: Leonardo
Tess Merkel: Neo and Minya
Martin Stenmarck & Hanna Hedlund: Ida and Love
Hannah Graaf: William, Mio and LivKristian Luuk also has a son with Carina Berg, Holger.
Jill Johnson has two daughters, Havanna and Bonnie Lee.

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Who is Cecilia Blankens!?
I like
Fanny
Vera
Maj-Lis - it's fun because it's so old-fashioned!
Vera Ingrid
Liv
Lykke
WilhelminaI hate Holger!
I didn't know that Gunilla Backman has a child. Leonardo!? Hope his father is Italian, it sounds trashy otherways.
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I love:Lena: Noa and Saga
Rio -as a nickname for a boy
Melina
Colin
Leonardo
WilliamBingo Rimér: Nova and Ringo -really!?
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I'm glad to see:Adrian and Matilda
Vita
Amadeus
Colin
Pernilla, Bianca, Benjamin
Elian
Enzo and Elisa
Annika, Anna
Femi -would this be after Femi Kuti or is there a Swedish female name relation?
Inez Josefin
Gabriel
Valentin
Igor
Erik, Lucia
Sofia
Leonora
Cameron, Martha Hope -and Ulrika has another son: Malcolm Charles Tripp
Zlatan, Maximilian and Vincent -I'm a bit disappointed that he chose such 'bland' names for his sons
Montana -I mlike it for a boy
Noel, Mateo
Pia
Hannah, Rosa
Sebastian
Andrej
And Pebble Beach Philippa!?
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Femi could be after Femi Kuti. I think Titiyo's father is from an African country, though. Pebble Beach apparently is a golf course.
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Anders Lundin: Adrian and Matilda -- I had no idea her name was Matilda! I think I read somewhere that her name started with A.
Unni Drougge: Iggy, Leo, Nova ("Nonno"), Link and Babs -- Eek. Lucky Leo....
Pernilla Wahlgren: Oliver, Bianca, Benjamin and Theodor -- I don't like her at all, but the names are nice.
Lotta Bromé: Bonnie -- I like Bonnie. It's cute.
Magnus Hedman: Carl Lancelot and Tristan from Avalon -- I thought his name was just Tristan...
Caroline af Ugglas: Eddie-Lee (f) and Otis -- Eww, Eddie-Lee...
Gert Fylking: Figaro -- I think he has two or three older children, too.
Robert Gustafsson: Valentin and John -- Valentin is cool and unexpected.
Jill Johnson: Havanna -- Trashy... I think she have a younger daughter, too, but I don't remember her name. EDIT: Her name is Bonnie Lee.
Mikael Persbrandt: Igor and Lo -- I've only seen Lo used on girls (until now).
Sofia Wistam: Kid (m), Sindy, Texas and Lennox -- Trashy names.

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