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Author Topic:   Names now accepted in DK
Shield
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Message 1 of 47 (670424)
08-14-2012 1:01 PM


In 2006, Denmark liberalized naming laws, meaning you can change your name with more ease, and name your kids weird stuff.
A danish news site put up a list of the weirdest names given to newborns in 2012. Heres a few of them
Girls names (English in parenthesis):
Aloha
Altan (Terrace)
Badr (Dosent mean anything)
Befri (To free someone)
Charme (Charm)
Cirkel (Circle)
Dyne (Duvet)
Engel (Angel)
Europa
Fan
Fe (Fairy)
Fri (Free)
Fryd (Joy)
Gin
Gul (Yellow)
Gld (Ember)
Hb (Hope)
Kismet
Musling (Clam)
Ninja
Ny (New)
O.K
Panda
Pop
Sommer (Summer)
Gift (Can either mean Married or Poison)
Boys names:
Barca (Dosent mean anything, im guessing it's refering to the soccer team)
Blr (To boast)
Cello
Cobra
Dreng (Boy)
Faktor (Factor)
Haj (Shark)
Fru (Mrs.)
Jazz
Kamel (Camel)
Kritte (Dosent mean anything)
Laban (It's biblical, but it usually means someone who dosent behave right in danish)
Ludo (The boardgame..)
Lurifax
Nam (Something you'd say about delicious food)
Memo
Niks (Slang for No)
Offer (Victim or Sacrifice)
Og (And)
Skak (Chess)
Skat (Treasure)
Sok (Sock)
Tavs (Silent)
Tung (Heavy)
Jesus
Judas
Kermit
Lancelot
I dont think the goverment has a right to forbid any name, but those names are just too silly.
Whats going on in the rest of world? Are silly names trending too?
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Shield
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Message 9 of 47 (670435)
08-14-2012 11:06 PM
Reply to: Message 7 by Jon
08-14-2012 9:59 PM


I know about the corresponding US names, and i actually think that Hope is a beatiful sounding name. However, 'Hb' is not..
The english Joy, is a name in Denmark too, though it is just as stupid as the danish Fryd.
Similar to Dreng, we have the name Guy for men.
Dreng refers to a young male child. Guy would be 'Fyr' in danish.
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Message 10 of 47 (670436)
08-14-2012 11:10 PM
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08-14-2012 10:46 PM


Ramoss writes:
There was a contractor that worked at the company I used to be at from Vietnam. His first/last name combo was most unfortunate. Fuk Yao.
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Message 42 of 47 (670638)
08-16-2012 6:30 PM


Penn Jilettes kids
Penn Jilette has a boy named Zolten, which is a terrible name IMO.
His daughters name, Moxie CrimeFighter, IS kinda cool though.
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Message 44 of 47 (670665)
08-16-2012 11:19 PM
Reply to: Message 21 by ringo
08-15-2012 12:23 PM


Wouldnt Fryd sound like a weird version of Fred in English?
Compared to English Fred, Danish Fryd would actually be a pretty name.
How would a Marxist Communist erh.. Canadian like yourself pronounce Fryd?
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