I really love the following names and would appreciate rheir pronunciations in Northern Europe.
[name_f]Thea[/name_f] - is the ‘th’ pronounced with a ‘t’? My father is of European descent and often uses ‘t’ instead of ‘th’.
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] - does ‘W’ become a soft ‘V’?
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f] - same issue as [name_f]Thea[/name_f]?
Much appreciated
Not from Scandinavia but yes, th is pronounced like T and [name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] is Vil-hel-mee-na.
Thank you. Your signature names are beautiful.
I’m from Norway, you are right with all of these 
Thank you. [name_f]Martha[/name_f] would be [name_f]Marta[/name_f] as well I assume?
What are cool people in Denmark and Norway calling their babies. My friend is Norwegian and has a daughter named [name_f]Maren[/name_f] - she is absolutely gorgeous.
Thank you. [name_f]Martha[/name_f] would be [name_f]Marta[/name_f] as well I assume?
What are cool people in Denmark and Norway calling their babies. My friend is Norwegian and has a daughter named [name_f]Maren[/name_f] - she is absolutely gorgeous.
I’m from Denmark, and these are all correct. The ‘th’ sound and the ‘w’ sound don’t exist in Danish. Usually ‘th’ would be pronounced like ‘t’ and ‘w’ like ‘v’. 
(So yes, [name_f]Martha[/name_f] would be pronounced like [name_f]Marta[/name_f].)
Here’s the Danish top 50 from the first part of 2015. I’ll let you decide which of these name choices would make the parents ‘cool’.
https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/navne/navne-til-nyfoedte
Yeah, same with [name_f]Martha[/name_f] But it’s very rare, [name_f]Marte[/name_f] is the most common version.
Norway is all about soft sounding names these days, both for boys and girls. [name_m]William[/name_m] and [name_f]Emma[/name_f] are on top.
Rising names for girls are Tiril, [name_f]Thelma[/name_f], Thale, Ylva, [name_f]Vilma[/name_f]/[name_f]Wilma[/name_f], Vilje/[name_f]Vilja[/name_f],[name_f]Vera[/name_f], [name_f]Stella[/name_f], [name_f]Sonja[/name_f]/[name_f]Sonia[/name_f], [name_f]Sienna[/name_f], [name_f]Sanna[/name_f], [name_f]Saga[/name_f], Runa, [name_f]Petra[/name_f], [name_f]Otilie[/name_f]/Othilie, [name_f]Oline[/name_f], [name_f]Olea[/name_f], Olava, [name_f]Nova[/name_f], [name_f]Noelle[/name_f], [name_f]Nicoline[/name_f]/Nikoline, [name_u]Nelly[/name_u]/[name_f]Nellie[/name_f], [name_f]Naomi[/name_f], [name_f]Molly[/name_f], [name_f]Milena[/name_f]/[name_f]Melina[/name_f], Mie, [name_f]Luna[/name_f], [name_f]Lykke[/name_f]/Lycke, [name_f]Lydia[/name_f], [name_f]Louise[/name_f], Live, [name_f]Lilly[/name_f]/[name_f]Lily[/name_f]/Lilje/[name_f]Lilja[/name_f]/[name_f]Liliana[/name_f], [name_f]Liana[/name_f], [name_f]Leonora[/name_f]/[name_f]Leona[/name_f], [name_f]Kornelia[/name_f]/[name_f]Cornelia[/name_f], [name_f]Klara[/name_f]/[name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Jenny[/name_f]/[name_f]Jennie[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_m]Iben[/name_m], [name_f]Henny[/name_f]/[name_f]Hennie[/name_f], Frøya/[name_f]Freya[/name_f]/Freyja, [name_f]Fiona[/name_f], [name_f]Filippa[/name_f], [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u], [name_f]Eva[/name_f], Emine, [name_f]Emilia[/name_f], [name_f]Elvira[/name_f], [name_f]Elsa[/name_f], [name_f]Ellinor[/name_f], [name_f]Ellie[/name_f], [name_f]Ella[/name_f], [name_f]Elida[/name_f], [name_f]Eliana[/name_f], [name_f]Elea[/name_f]/Eleah, [name_f]Edith[/name_f], [name_f]Ebba[/name_f], Ea, [name_f]Ava[/name_f], [name_f]Aurora[/name_f], [name_f]Astrid[/name_f], [name_u]Arya[/name_u]/[name_f]Aria[/name_f], [name_f]Ariana[/name_f], [name_f]Annabelle[/name_f]/[name_f]Annabell[/name_f], Anea, [name_f]Amira[/name_f], [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_f]Alma[/name_f], [name_f]Alina[/name_f]/[name_f]Aline[/name_f], [name_f]Alicia[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Alida[/name_f], [name_f]Alba[/name_f], [name_f]Alea[/name_f], [name_f]Agnes[/name_f], [name_f]Adriana[/name_f], Adelen.
I could do the boys as well if you’re interested
Here’s a link to the Norwegian statistics in English for you:
If you go to ‘tables’ you can see all the names given to 3 or more babies in the past 10 years alphabetically, with numbers for how many times they were used for each of those years. I used the girls version to gather the list above ^^
I love [name_f]Thelma[/name_f]. Thank you for these links, so many great names. There are a few I am curious about their pronunciation eg. [name_f]Silje[/name_f] and Laerke?
You’re welcome.
[name_f]Silje[/name_f] is pronounced kind of like seel-yuh, but the i is not quite as drawn out as the ee sound usually is in English. The j is pronounced like y and the e is kind of like an ‘uh’ sound.
Lærke (the Danish word for [name_f]Lark[/name_f]) is pronounced like lair-kuh. So the ær is pronounced pronounced like the word ‘air’ and again the e is kind of like a ‘uh’ sound.
I hope this helps!
Thank you for explaining that. They are both very pretty.
I think W is pronounced like V in most languages except English (I’m [name_m]German[/name_m].)
About the pronounciation of Th, it depends which language you’re going for. It can go either way. In Iceland, Th will be pronounced like in English, although I think Scandinavia should be like you said, closer to “T.”
You’re right! Nice names, by the way.