What do you think would be the best girl baby names for the modern world, especially for English speakers?
Freyja
[name_f]Hedda[/name_f]
[name_f]Minna[/name_f]
Lovis
[name_f]Hilma[/name_f]
[name_f]Ronja[/name_f]
[name_f]Tindra[/name_f]
[name_f]Lykke[/name_f]
[name_f]Majken[/name_f]
Märta
[name_f]Svea[/name_f]
[name_f]Stina[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Tilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Lova[/name_f]
[name_f]Juni[/name_f]
[name_f]Lovisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Sigrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Tuva[/name_f]
[name_f]Meja[/name_f]
[name_f]Moa[/name_f]
[name_f]Elin[/name_f]
[name_f]Selma[/name_f]
[name_f]Elvira[/name_f]
[name_f]Signe[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Saga[/name_f]
[name_u]Alva[/name_u]
I’m not sure what the “modern world” part is supposed to imply (the Nordic countries most definitely still exist!), but there are plenty of Nordic girls’ names which I like.
[name_f]Freja[/name_f]
[name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
[name_f]Frida[/name_f]
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_f]Svea[/name_f]
[name_f]Inga[/name_f]
[name_f]Sigrid[/name_f]
Tiril
[name_f]Asta[/name_f]
[name_f]Tuva[/name_f]
[name_f]Liv[/name_f]
[name_f]Marit[/name_f]
[name_f]Silja[/name_f]
[name_f]Lumi[/name_f]
[name_f]Siri[/name_f]
[name_f]Ebba[/name_f]
[name_u]Malin[/name_u]
[name_f]Anneli[/name_f]
[name_m]Iben[/name_m]
[name_f]Elin[/name_f]
[name_f]Tindra[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilja[/name_f]
This is leaving aside the more international names that are common in Scandinavia (e.g. [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Sofia[/name_f]).
[name_f]Greta[/name_f] and [name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]!
As someone who lives in a Nordic country, plenty of nordic names are used today in “the modern world”…
Anyways, for English speakers I suggest:
[name_f]Sigrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Siri[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Freja[/name_f]/Freyja
[name_f]Elsa[/name_f]
[name_f]Liv[/name_f]
[name_f]Annika[/name_f]
[name_f]Nessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Viveca[/name_f]
[name_f]Thora[/name_f]
[name_f]Britta[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivalo[/name_f]
Runa
[name_f]Hanne[/name_f]
[name_f]Karoliina[/name_f]
[name_f]Tea[/name_f]
[name_f]Sonja[/name_f]
[name_f]Mirja[/name_f]
[name_f]Noora[/name_f]
[name_f]Suvi[/name_f]
[name_f]Veera[/name_f]
[name_f]Elin[/name_f]
[name_f]Tova[/name_f]
[name_f]Signe[/name_f]
[name_f]Petra[/name_f]
Freyja (my baby)
[name_f]Linn[/name_f]éa (my niece)
SØLVI (spelling is so much prettier than [name_f]Solveig[/name_f]!)
[name_f]Lovise[/name_f]
Anniken
[name_f]Birgit[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilie[/name_f]
[name_u]Dagny[/name_u]
[name_f]Elise[/name_f]
[name_f]Thora[/name_f]- possible future baby name however I struggle with the pronunciation. I dislike the proper “thomas”-type pronunciation and prefer the phonetic English. Problem is my ancestor I would use it for was Norwegian and pronounced it the proper way. Also TH seems hard for a child to say.
Like lumen, I’m not sure what you mean by modern world. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you mean names that would travel well, or work in other non-Nordic countries, or old Nordic names that sound “fresh”?
Some Nordic and Norse-origin names are familiar already, and if you want something that travels well, you’re better off with names that have intuitive pronunciations for non-native speakers (so, not Arnbjørg). I.e., [name_f]Astrid[/name_f], [name_f]Ingrid[/name_f], [name_f]Sigrid[/name_f], Eydis, [name_f]Freya[/name_f], [name_f]Frida[/name_f], [name_f]Britta[/name_f], [name_f]Liv[/name_f], Ingvild, Siv, [name_f]Thora[/name_f], [name_f]Tova[/name_f], [name_f]Eir[/name_f], and [name_f]Eira[/name_f].
Then there are the cognates of other European names, like [name_f]Cathrine[/name_f], [name_f]Elin[/name_f] and [name_f]Sofia[/name_f].