Now this is a name I have never heard (or seen) before

IU_baby · September 2010

Trygve. Pronounced trig-vee

One of my sorority sisters named her little boy this name, it's Norwegian.

amstep · September 2010

I'm all for those types of foreign-derived names if there is a reason, like family lineage. Otherwise, not so much. NMS I keep thinking he's going to spend most of his life telling people how to pronounce it.

Plus, I'm wary of any name that might hinder my kid getting a job if some blockhead hiring manager sees it at the top of a resume someday.

SusieDMB · September 2010

That's definitely going to get butchered! My name is actually Norwegian too--my grandma on my mom's side on back is all Norwegian. My mom's penpal from Norway was named Kari (CAR-ee), so that's where they got my name but pronounced in CARE-ee).

gizmo909 · September 2010

amstep:
I'm all for those types of foreign-derived names if there is a reason, like family lineage. Otherwise, not so much. NMS I keep thinking he's going to spend most of his life telling people how to pronounce it.
Plus, I'm wary of any name that might hinder my kid getting a job if some blockhead hiring manager sees it at the top of a resume someday.

Pretty much all of this.

dc120807 · September 2010

gizmo909:
amstep:

I'm all for those types of foreign-derived names if there is a reason, like family lineage. Otherwise, not so much. NMS I keep thinking he's going to spend most of his life telling people how to pronounce it.

Plus, I'm wary of any name that might hinder my kid getting a job if some blockhead hiring manager sees it at the top of a resume someday.

Pretty much all of this.

Agreed!

eclaires · September 2010

I've heard that name before! It was in Danielle Steel's book Accident. I'm pretty sure the guy was actually Norwegian too, but had married an American.

Now this is a name I have never heard (or seen) before

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