Swedish Baby Names

Swedish First Names

The Importance of First Names!
We respond to our names throughout our lives. People associate us with our first name, it forms part of our identity. They help to distinguish us from one to another.  Other people gain immediate and sometimes totally subconscious views of people, just from hearing a name they can therefore give us a distinct advantage in life, or conversely, a disadvantage! The choice of an Swedish Baby name is, therefore, incredibly important. And those of us who choose a baby's name are taking on a responsible task!

The Origins of Swedish baby names
The origins of Swedish baby names include place names,  names related to mythology and history, origins from colours, plants and other types of nature, Fictional origins, historical origins, characteristic and religious origins. We then move on to Swedish baby names which can be classed as Descriptive names, Place names, Speciality names and finally unique (or created names).

Swedish Christian Names
First names are often referred to as Christian names. Swedish names share similar first names, or Christian names, with other Christian countries. These 'shared' Christian names differ from country to country according to the language and the spellings and pronunciations of Christian names therefore also vary.
The church encouraged the use of biblical names from the New Testament and Saint's names. Old Testament names were not commonly used by Christians until the 18th century. The language of origin for Christian names was therefore Latin, Hebrew or Greek.
   
Swedish Naming Traditions
When naming a Swedish child it was a custom to use a component from both the father and the mother's name for the first born of both sexes. So if the father's name was Bjørnar and the mother's name was Gunnild then the son might be called Gunnar or a daughter might be called Bjørnild.



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