Erik (I fear people wouldn't realize that's the traditional Scandinavian spelling and think I was trying to be cre8v )
Aren/Arron (again with the creative spelling!)
Andersen (but a close friend has a son named Anderson)
Jens/Jensen (mispronounced)
Niels/Nielsen (mispelled)
Seems like there's more, but that's all I can think of at the moment. My dad's side of the family is Danish, but MH is Asian, so I also don't want a name that totally clashes with his last name. If he had my last name I'd be a lot more comfortable with a strong ethnic first name because it would at least match his surname. We're having a tough time coming up with something we both like!
Re: A-baybride
Johann (would always be mispronounced)
Hans
Sven / Svensen
Christian
Erik (I fear people wouldn't realize that's the traditional Scandinavian spelling and think I was trying to be cre8v )
Aren/Arron (again with the creative spelling!)
Andersen (but a close friend has a son named Anderson)
Jens/Jensen (mispronounced)
Niels/Nielsen (mispelled)
Seems like there's more, but that's all I can think of at the moment. My dad's side of the family is Danish, but MH is Asian, so I also don't want a name that totally clashes with his last name. If he had my last name I'd be a lot more comfortable with a strong ethnic first name because it would at least match his surname. We're having a tough time coming up with something we both like!