DANISH Character Names

**deRougemont** · February 18, 2007, 02:11 PM

Faction: France
Status: Complete
Total Names: ~490
Authors: ATTERDAG & VINDAHL

To view the custom names list developed for Denmark, click on "show" below:

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Suggestions for improvement are welcome; post below...

**Atterdag** · February 20, 2007, 03:26 PM

You know I'll be glad to support you.

Danish masculine names.

Birger
Bjørn
Ebbe
Egil
Einar
Erland
Erik
Esbern
Eskil
Finn
Folke
Fritjof
Frode
Gunnar
Harald
Henrik
Holger
Ingolf
Ingvar
Knud
Kristian
Kristoffer
Magnus
Morten
Oluf
Peder/Peter
Ulf
Sune
Stig
Svend
Tue
Valdemar

Danish Feminene names

Alvida
Andrea
Åse
Asta
Berit
Birgit
Bodil
Cecilia
Dagmar
Dorte
Else
Grete
Gudrun
Helga
Hilde
Hildegard
Inge
Ingeborg
Kirsten
Lærke
Magda
Maren
Marie
Margrethe
Ragnhild
Rosa
Sara
Sigrid
Siv
Solvej
Ulrika

Surnames

Lam (lamb)
Hvide (family name)
Ulv (wolf)
Falk (falcon)

Algudsen
Clementsen
Emmiksen
Magnussen
Sunesen
Bielke
Giedde
Sparre
Tornekrans
Ulfstand
Adeler
Dannemand
Holsten
Bille

'Af' means litteraly of in English.

af Sjælland
af Fyn
af Jylland
af Skaane
af Halland
af Bornholm
af Lolland
af Møn
af Viborg
af Vordingborg
af Lund
af Slesvig

**~~DreadedCharger~~** · February 20, 2007, 05:57 PM

You want historical danish figures or just old and modern danish names?

Danish Royal Blood Line during Med2 TW's timeperiod:
Knud II the Holy (Knud 2. den Hellige) (1080-1086)
Oluf I Hunger
Erik I Ejegod
Niels
Erik II Emune
Erik III Lam
Svend / Knud / Valdemar (Story: Svend killed Knud, but Valdemar made it and took the power)
Valdemar I den Store(the Great)
Knud IV "den Sjette"("the sixth")
Valdemar II Sejr(Victor)
Erik IV Plovpenning
Abel
Christoffer I
Erik V Klipping
Erik VI Menved
Christoffer II
Valdemar III af Sønderjylland(of Southern Jutland)
Christoffer II(he took over the power again)
Valdemar IV Atterdag
Margrethe I
Erik VII af Pommern (of Pommern)
Christoffer III af Bayern
----Beginning of the Oldenborgske part of the Danish Royal family(descending from Erik V Klipping)---
Christian I
Hans (1481-1513)
Afterwards alot of Christians and Frederiks, until our time with Queen Margrethe II in charge

**deRougemont** · February 20, 2007, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by DreadedCharger

You want historical danish figures or just old and modern danish names?

Only names from the MTW2 time period, thanks.

**Vindahl** · February 21, 2007, 07:44 AM

These are some of the most common names from the time of MTW2.
Danish Names...

Female Names:
Agnes
Alvilde
Anna
Anne
Asta
Bodil
Brynhilde
Cecilie
Christina
Dagmar
Dorothea
Edel
Edla
Emma
Elisabeth
Estrid
Freja
Freya
Frida
Gerut
Gudrun
Gunvør
Gyrithe
Gunhild
Gunna
Grå
Gyda
Hedvig
Helga
Helena
Hulda
Ingeborg
Ingegerd
Ingrid
Jutta
Karen
Katarina
Klara
Le
Lis
Luitgard
Margrethe
Maria
Ragnhild
Randi
Rikissa
Signe
Skuld
Sophie
Solveig
Svanhild
Svanhvide
Svanløg
Torhild
Tove
Thyra
Yrsa
Øvura
Åse

Male Names:
Abel
Agge
Agnar
Alf
Angel
Asbjørn
Asger
Aslak
Ask
Asmund
Atle
Benedikt
Bernhard
Bjarke
Bjørn
Bo
Broder
Budle
Bue
Christian
Christoffer
Dan
Ditlev
Ebbe
Edmund
Ejlif
Ejsten
Elias
Esben
Eskild
Erik
Ernst
Esbern
Fredrik
Frederik
Fridlev
Frode
Frovin
Gerbrand
Gerhardt
Glum
Gnupa
Godfred
Godvin
Gorm
Gotfred
Guthorm
Gustaf
Hagbard
Hakon
Halfdan
Halvdan
Hans
Harald
Hardeknut
Helge
Hemming
Henrik
Herbert
Hjalmar
Hjalte
Homod
Holger
Huglet
Humble
Hårik
Inge
Jakob
Jarmerik
Jens
Johann
Jørgen
Konrad
Knud
Kristjern
Kristoffer
Lau
Lefdag
Ler
Loter
Magnus
Malthe
Mikkel
Mogens
Niels
Odd
Oluf
Peder
Poul
Ragnar
Ralf
Revil
Ring
Ro
Roar
Rolf
Rørik
Sigar
Sigfred
Sigmund
Sigtryg
Sivard
Skate
Skjalm
Skjold
Skorre
Snie
Sten
Sune
Svend
Tage
Thorkild
Torben
Tyge
Ubbe
Uffe
Unne
Ulf
Vagn
Valdemar
Vermund
Verner
Vig
Viglet
Vilhelm
Vitolf
Yngve
Østmar

Additional Norwegian names if any interest...

Female Names:
Ashild
Asta
Astrid
Brigida
Eldrid
Gjertrud
Gudrid
Gudrun
Gunnhild
Gyrid
Haldora
Homlaug
Ingebjørg
Ingjerd
Jorunn
Kristina
Margrete
Ragna
Rannveig
Snøfrid
Sunniva
Svanhild
Thora
Thorborg

Male Names:
Ále
Alv
Ámund
Arne
Arnkjell
Arnmod
Arnvid
Aslak
Audun
Bård
Bjarne
Eigil
Eilif
Einar
Eirik
Erlend
Erling
Eystein
Finn
Grim
Gudbrand
Gudleik
Gudmund
Gudrød
Gunnar
Guttorm
Håkon
Haldor
Halkjell
Håvard
Ivar
Jon
Kåre
Kolbein
Lodin
Ogmund
Olaf
Ølver
Orm
Ossor
Ottar
Pål
Skjalg
Skofte
Skule
Svein
Sverre
Torbjørn
Tore
Torfinn
Torgeir
Torgils
Torkjell
Tormod
Torstein
Trond
Tryggve
Ulv
Vigleik

Additionel Swedish Names...

Female Names:
Aleta
Alfhild
Alfridh
Asta
Beata
Birgitta
Bothild
Edla
Elin
Elisabet
Gyla
Hafrid
Holmfrid
Inga
Maer
Malmfrid
Margareta
Ulvhilde

Male Names:
Albrikt
Algot
Andres
Anund
Arnbjörn
Arnfast
Asbjörn
Astrad
Azur
Bagge
Bengt
Bertil
Birger
Borkvard
Botolf
Bror
Brynjolf
Dag
Dyre
Egil
Elof
Emund
Eskild
Faste
Filip
Folke
Gustav
Halsten
Håkan
Ingemar
Jedvard
Johan
Karl
Kettil
Knut
Kol
Markus
Rörek
Sigbjörn
Stenkil
Styrbjörn
Sune
Sven
Sverker
Sämund
Sörkver
Torbjörn
Toste
Totil
Tyke
Öystein

And then there are the Suffixes... And easy way to get a lot of names is by adding -sen or -son to the end of every male name.
Of more noble names across Scandinavia is:

Bulse
Benkestokk
Handingmann
Aspa
Aurland
Bjarkøy
Andenes
Blakar
Falk
Blindheim
Botner
Bratt
Høgh
Darre
Egge
Dall
Slee
Asdal
Hudfat
Bjørn
Hård
Kane
Kiil
Losna
Lam
Mel
Munk
Ringnes
Semeleng
Spånheim
Gjesling
Sudrheim
Bille
Talgje
Teiste
Østby
Østråt
Rein
Giske
Kamp
Holtner
Bjelke
Bolt
Galle
Galtung
Hjerne
Rømer
Birk
Skanke
Smør
Staur
Sparre
Ravn
Finne
Skjegge
Due
Sølvager
Berg
Holm
Lund

Of the regionalnames could look like this...

Of Slesvig
Of Holstein
Of Fyn
Of Sjælland
Of Jylland
Of Lolland
Of Vordingborg
Of Viborg
Of Ribe
Of Roskilde
Of Århus
Of Agder
Of Rogaland
Of Telemark
Of Vestfold
Of Akershus
Of Oppland
Of Bergenhus
Of Trøndelag
Of Hedmark
Of Naumedal
Of Hålogaland
Of Lappland
Of Västerbötten
Of Ångermanland
Of Jamtland
Of Medelpad
Of Herjedalen
Of Hälsingland
Of Gästrikland
Of Dalarna
Of Uppsala
Of Skara
Of Värmland
Of Västmanland
Of Uppland
Of Åland
Of Södermanland
Of Östergötland
Of Närke
Of Dal
Of Viken
Of Västergötland
Of Småland
Of Kalmar Län
Of Öland
Of Gotland
Of Halland
Of Skåne
Of Rügen
Of Bornholm
Of Rostock

**Anarzius** · February 28, 2007, 01:48 PM

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**Atterdag** · February 28, 2007, 02:00 PM

That depends on what kind of names you want. Faction accurate and original names or the English version of it.

I can promise you that Erik af Pommern wasn't called Eric of Pommerania..

**deRougemont** · February 28, 2007, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by Atterdag

That depends on what kind of names you want. Faction accurate and original names or the English version of it.

I can promise you that Erik af Pommern wasn't called Eric of Pommerania..

I'd like the Danish names (like the others) to be faction accurate and be as close to the original names as possible (i.e., no anglicizations of Scandinavian names or bynames). However, I can only do this if you guys who speak the language tell me what's right and what's not. The most I can do is put the files together so that the new names work in-game. Whether the names are right or not... I just don't know enough to know. I appreciate any help with the Danish names already posted here. Please tell me if their are any other crap names here. For bynames I'd rather see more locative bynames (i.e., more Danish towns used as last names rather than entire regions such as Pommern).

And what about Swedish names? Should I include any of those?

**Anarzius** · February 28, 2007, 03:30 PM

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**deRougemont** · March 02, 2007, 04:47 AM

Ok, attached to the bottom of this post is my list of Danish character names using the info Atterdag and Vindahl posted. Please check through it and make comments and suggestions. Do I need to add any names? Do any need to be taken out? Anything --just let me know and I'll fix it up.

Also, Vindahl posted some noble family names from "all over Scandinavia". What names out of this list are Danish? Let me know, and I'll add them as well. Right now I'm trying to use ONLY Danish names. These are the names I need help identifying:

Bulse
Benkestokk
Handingmann
Aspa
Aurland
Bjarkøy
Andenes
Blakar
Falk
Blindheim
Botner
Bratt
Høgh
Darre
Egge
Dall
Slee
Asdal
Hudfat
Bjørn
Hård
Kane
Kiil
Losna
Lam
Mel
Munk
Ringnes
Semeleng
Spånheim
Gjesling
Sudrheim
Bille
Talgje
Teiste
Østby
Østråt
Rein
Giske
Kamp
Holtner
Bjelke
Bolt
Galle
Galtung
Hjerne
Rømer
Birk
Skanke
Smør
Staur
Sparre
Ravn
Finne
Skjegge
Due
Sølvager
Berg
Holm
Lund

Thanks, Rouge

**Atterdag** · March 03, 2007, 02:58 PM

Names in Bold are the ones I've never heard of before or belongs to the 'Viking' era, in my opinion.

Abel
Agge
Agnar
Alf
Angel
Asbjørn
Asger
Aslak
Ask
Asmund
Atle - slavename, I think
Benedikt - Bennedikt
Bernhard
Bjarke
Bjørn
Bo
Broder - means Brother..
Budle
Bue
Christian
Christoffer
Dan
Ditlev
Ebbe
Edmund
Ejlif
Ejsten
Elias
Esben
Eskild
Erik
Ernst
Esbern
Fredrik
Frederik
Fridlev
Frode
Frovin
Gerbrand
Gerhardt
Glum
Gnupa
Godfred
Godvin
Gorm
Gotfred
Guthorm
Gustaf
Hagbard
Hakon
Halfdan
Halvdan
Hans
Harald
Hardeknut
Helge
Hemming
Henrik
Herbert
Hjalmar
Hjalte
Homod
Holger
Huglet
Humble
Hårik
Inge
Jakob
Jarmerik
Jens
Johann
Jørgen
Konrad
Knud
Kristjern
Kristoffer
Lau
Lefdag
Ler
Loter
Magnus
Malthe
Mikkel
Mogens
Niels
Odd
Oluf
Peder
Poul
Ragnar
Ralf
Revil
Ring
Ro
Roar
Rolf
Rørik
Sigar
Sigfred
Sigmund
Sigtryg
Sivard
Skate
Skjalm
Skjold
Skorre
Snie
Sten
Sune
Svend
Tage
Thorkild
Torben
Tyge
Ubbe
Uffe
Unne
Ulf
Vagn
Valdemar
Vermund
Verner
Vig
Viglet
Vilhelm
Vitolf
Yngve
Østmar

**Vindahl** · March 09, 2007, 07:19 AM

Sorry for the long hold up by me, have just returned home from a trip to Greenland...

It is difficult to trace "noble-names" from the MTW2 period. Many of the "real" nobles came much later and would be to far ahead of this time period.
Thats why I suggest that it is easier to just place -sen or -son after every male name, these names werent considered less noble in those times, but were telling about the persons herritage.
Another posibility is to add -gaard/gård, -feldt, -berg, -holm, or -høj to some placenames. Persons with a name like "Storgaard" would for examble mean that this person comes from a noblefamily havind home in a "huge farm given by the king." not sure how to translate in english, but this place could for examble have the name Storgaard. The familiy then takes the name as surname. That is also a possibility, perhaps better than the other names, but I am letting you decide before going deeper into this!
If we give every nobleman a finer surname, it gives the problem of making ahistorical problems. Cause the noblenames in those times were belonging more or less to really great nobles who often would be crowned in Scandivania, meaning that we will end up with a lot of royal-surnames who just walk about and have no real power. The more common noble would have some of the names I posted earlier or a -sen name.
In these times familymembers would not that often only find loyalty in one court. Many shifted sides and moved to other kingdoms to serve foreign leaders. It is also obvious that when playing Denmark you will conquer the rest of Sweden and Norway so including other Scandivanian names would be a fine way to represent the other kingdoms of the North.
But if I should pick out the Danish surnames it would be...
Falk
Darre
Bjørn
Kiil
Lam
Munk
Bille
Østby
Kamp
Bolt
Galle
Rømer
Birk
Sparre
Ravn
Due
Sølvager
Berg
Holm
Lund

About the bold names...

Some of these I have found as persons in Denmark, not always as born in Denmark.

Broder or Bror is a Swedish name, but it was in use in Denmark too, in those periods where Denmark had conquered Sweden.

Same thing with Atle, which actually is a royal name, not a slavename.
Same thing again with Ring, Revil, Skate and Vitolf.

Names as Ejlif, Gnupa, Guthorm, Hårik, Odd, Skorre, Yngve and Østmar are more Norwegian, but still at times used in Denmark. (Not as common as the Swedish names though)

Loter is a more german name, it was used in Denmark up until 1150'es.

Benedikt, Hemming, and Vagn were used up into the 1200 hundreds, and Hemming was even used further...
Aslak and Rørik is used up until 1100.

Frovin, Gorm, Hagbard, Homod, Lefdag, Skjalm, Skjold, Snie, Unne, Vermund and Viglet I can agree that they probably are a bit "vikingage-alike".
Still some of them are important Royal names, that could be great to keep alive.

**deRougemont** · March 09, 2007, 06:47 PM

Thanks for input Vindahl. I think at this point though I want to leave out the Swedish and Norwegian names as much as possible. On this faction I want to be a bit of purist, and the list is already so long without them. However, this is only in relation to the first release. I'm going to have to revisit this faction later and think on whether to include foreign names. At any rate, your notes here are recorded for when I do get back to them.

**Vindahl** · March 11, 2007, 10:04 AM

I have researched some more in the Danish Noble Names. And as I mentioned earlier these names are more like suffixes, that were granted them. These names have root in proffesions, animals, daily things or symbolic meanings.
It was not until 1526 that the Danish King Frederik I. made it a law that all noblefamilies should carry on with their surname generation after generation and not change it again and again over time.. I guess it is a bit similar to Sweden and Norway.
But here are some more Danish noblesurnames I have found, here you go...

Hvid
Hvas
Skeel
Friis
Kås
Urup
Skovgård
Gammelgård
Storgård
Fjord
Degn
Skytte
Bjælke
Ulfstand
Gyldenstjerne
Bård
Holck
Marsvin
Oxe
Galt
Gedde
Mule

And here some more major and minor Medieval townnames and placenames from Denmark that should be used...

Of Børglum
Of Dueholm
Of Sjørring Volde
Of Skarreborg
Of Sæby
Of Vestervig
Of Vitskøl
Of Volsted
Of Vrejlev
Of Aalborg
Of Asmild
Of Daugbjerg
Of Grønbæk
Of Hald
Of Jelling
Of Kalø
Of Klejtrup
Of Løvel
Of Malling
Of Mariager
Of Randers
Of Råsted
Of Smollerup
Of Tamdrup
Of Thorsager
Of Tvillum
Of Veng
Of Viborg
Of Vinderslev
Of Øm
Of Ørridslev
Of Aarhus
Of Brahetrolleborg
Of Fåborg
Of Hindsgavl
Of Horne
Of Nyborg
Of Odense
Of Svendborg
Of Søby
Of Sønder Nærå
Of Gjellerup
Of Hee
Of Lihme
Of Borbjerg
Of Spøttrup
Of Stubbergård
Of Ål
Of Brundlund
Of Brøns
Of Christiansfeld
Of Haderslev
Of Hvidding
Of Kliplev
Of Løgum
Of Misthusum
Of Ribe
Of Roager
Of Starup
Of Sønderborg
Of Tønder
Of Bjernede
Of Fjenneslev
Of Kalundborg
Of Korsør
Of Næsholm
Of Næstved
Of Nørre Jernløse
Of Pedersborg
Of Ringsted
Of Haraldsted
Of Slagelse
Of Sorø
Of Tuse
Of Tveje
Of Tårnborg
Of Vordingborg
Of Ørslev
Of Bastrup
Of Birkerød
Of Esrum
Of Gjorslev
Of Gurre
Of Helsingør
Of Jørlunde
Of København
Of Køge
Of Ledøje
Of Måløv
Of Nødebo
Of Præstø
Of Roskilde
Of Skibby
Of Heddinge
Of Søborg
Of Tikøb
Of Æbelholt
Of Borre
Of Elmelunde
Of Fanefjord
Of Frejlev
Of Keldby
Of Kippinge
Of Maribo
Of Nakskov
Of Nykøbing
Of Stege
Of Åkirkeby

I have also found a list of Noblefamililes here, but be aware that these families first were given these names AFTER 1526. Perhaps some earlier though.
But these are the most correct late medieval surnames in Denmark.
I know I still miss a lot, but I hope this is enough to give you headache!

Abrahamson
Adeler
Ahlefeldt
Ahlefeldt-Laurvigen
Arenstorff
Astrup
Bang
Banner
Bardenfleth
Barnekow
Barner
Bartholin
Beck
Benzon
Berger
Berner
Berner-Schilden
Berregaard
Bertouch
Bielke
Bille-Brahe
Bille
Blixen-Finecke
Blücher-Altona
Bonde
Bonde-Wadenstierna
Bornemann
de Bretteville
Bretton
Brinck-Seidelin
Brockdorff
Brockenhuus-Schack
Brummer
Buchwald
Bülow
Carlsen
Castenskjold
Cederfeld-Simonsen
Charisius
Cramer
Dannemand
Danneskjold-Samsø
Dirckinck-Holmfeld
Düring-Rosenkrantz
Daa
Eberlin
Eiben,
Ellbrecht
Fabritius de Tengnagel
Falkenskiold
Falsen
Fischer
Fischer-Benzon
Flindt
Fogh
Folsach
Fontenay
Fønss
Gähler
Gersdorff
Gyldenfeldt
Güldencrone
Güntelberg
Halling
Harbo
Harbou
Hauch
Hambro,
Haxthausen
Hedemann
Hegermann-Lindencrone
Heintze-Weissenrode
Herbst
Hofman-Bang
Hoff
Hoffman
Holk
Holck
Holstein
Holsten
Hoppe
Huth
Høeg
Høegh-Guldberg
Jermiin
Jessen
Irgens-Bergh
Juel
Juul
Kaalund
Clauson-Kaas
Klauman
Klöcker
Knuth
Koefoed
Kolderup-Rosenvinge
Krabbe
Kretzschmer
Krieger
Krogh
Lasson
Lerche
Leth
Leuenbach
Levetzow – Levetzau
Lichtenberg
Lillienskjold
Linde
Lindholm
Linstow
Lowzow
Lütken
Lüttichau
Lützau –Lützow
Løvenbalk
Løvenfeldt
Løwenhielm
Løvenskiold
Løvenstierne
Løvensøn
Løvenørn
Von Der Maase
Michaelsen
Moldrup
Moltke
Moltke-Bregentved
Moth
Munthe af Morgenstierne
Münnich
Mylius
Neergaard
Nutzhorn
Obelitz
Oldenburg
Oppen-Schilden
Oxholm
Petersdorff
Plessen
Pogwisch
Raben-Levetzau
Rantzau
Reedtz
Reedtz-Thott
Reventlow
Roepstorff
Rosenkrantz
Rosenørn
Rosenørn-Lehn
Rosenvinge
Ross
Ræder
Scavenius
Schack
Schaffalitzky de Muckadell
Scheel
Schimmelmann
Von Schmidten
Scholten
Schulin
Sehested
Sèrène d’Acquèria
Sperling
Späth
Sponneck
Stampe
Stemann
Stibolt
Stiernholm
Stockfleth
Svanenskjold
Teilmann
Thurah
Thygeson
Tillisch
Tramp
Trolle-Wadenstierna
Treschow
Thott
Undall
Voss
Wadenstierna
Wardenburg
Wedel-Heinen
Wedel
Wedell-Wedellsborg
Von Westh
Wichfeld
Wilster
Zepelin,
Zytphen-Adeler

**deRougemont** · March 11, 2007, 11:34 AM

Wow, this is a lot of stuff. Any recommendations on what absolutely should be included in the list? I will add most of it to the list and see how big it gets. I don't want to exceed 500 names, but this could get us there (and that is a good thing!).

**Vindahl** · March 11, 2007, 12:28 PM

I dont think I can pick out some that are better than others!
But some of the names remind a bit of each other, and some sound more French, Spanish or German, so those I would recommand to get rid of. ( If you need to! )
I suggest you can remove...
Skovgård
Gammelgård
Storgård
Adeler
Ahlefeldt-Laurvigen
Bardenfleth
Barnekow
Barner
Berner-Schilden
Bertouch
Bille-Brahe
Blixen-Finecke
Blücher-Altona
Bonde-Wadenstierna
de Bretteville
Bretton
Charisius
Daa
Eiben
Fabritius de Tengnagel
Fischer-Benzon
Fogh
Fontenay
Harbo
Heintze-Weissenrode
Hofman-Bang
Hoff
Holck
Holstein
Høegh-Guldberg
Jermiin
Irgens-Bergh
Clauson-Kaas
Kretzschmer
Levetzow – Levetzau
Linstow
Lowzow
Lützau –Lützow
Løvenbalk
Løvensøn
Løvenørn
Von Der Maase
Moltke-Bregentved
Munthe af Morgenstierne
Münnich
Mylius
Obelitz
Oppen-Schilden
Pogwisch
Raben-Levetzau
Reedtz
Rosenørn-Lehn
Ross
Schaffalitzky de Muckadell
Von Schmidten
Sèrène d’Acquèria
Thurah
Tillisch
Treschow
Wadenstierna
Wardenburg
Wedel-Heinen
Wedell-Wedellsborg
Von Westh
Zepelin
Zytphen-Adeler

About the Of - Names, I have taken cities and places from all over Denmark to mix it up. So, pick whatever you think sound good. To keep the represented areas in, I suggest that you just take away, every 3rd-, or 5th- or 10th-name.

**deRougemont** · March 18, 2007, 11:23 AM

@ Atterdag and Vindahl

Here is the second version of the Danish character names. Again, I'm staying with the purist method, trying to avoid any names that aren't Danish...

This list is very large now (573 names total); it's the largest new list we have. However, I'm attempting to keep these lists around 500 total names (the average vanilla list weighs in at around 230 names). So, we could eliminate 73 names. Could you guys go through this list and recommend what names we could eliminate? I'm thinking of cutting a lot of the -sen bynames in particulr, since that group is bigger than it needs to be. Any advice on which out of the -sen names I should cut?

@Vindahl

I decided to not include any of the late era Danish bynames you posted in post #11; but I did add the locative bynames you posted (thanks for that). Many of those names, as you said, were foreign. However, if there are a few names in there that you think really should be in the list, let me know and I'll add a few.

We are almost finished with the Danes! Any last bits of advice for this list are welcome!

**Vindahl** · March 18, 2007, 06:04 PM

Good job so far...
I am not going to do a complete detailed annolysis of your work, but I will post some comments here below...

There are two "Bille" names, and two "Magnussen" names and two "Sparre" names and two "Sunesen", and two "Ulfstand"...

There is also two of "Af Halland" and "Af Jylland" and "Af Bornholm" and "Af Fyn" and "Af Lolland" and "Af Ribe" and "Af Roskilde" and "Af Sjælland" and "Af Slesvig"
There is three times the name "Af Viborg" and "Af Vordingborg"

You can remove "Af Skaane" as well, as it is the same as Skåne.

And the "LundHvid" name should be 2 sepperat, like this Lund, Hvid

The firstname "Eskil" can be removed, as "Eskild" is present!
Same thing, remove "Gotfred" as the name "Godfred" is present!
Same thing, remove "Halvdan" as the name "Halfdan" is present!

You can also remove the name "Ler", I guess its too old!
The name "Sigar" can also be removed.

You can remove the female name "Freya" as the name "Freja" is present.

And the names Hanssen, Jenssen, Magnussen, Mogenssen, Nielssen and Eliassen, should only be spelled with one "S", like this; Hansen, Eliasen, Jensen, Magnusen, Mogensen, Nielsen

The names below I suggest we get rid off...

Abelsen
Aggesen
Agnarsen
Alfsen
Algudsen
Angelsen
Asksen
Aslaksen
Atlesen
Bielke (There is already the name Bjælke. Its just 2 different spellings!)
Bosen
Clementsen
Dansen
Einarsen
Ejlifsen
Ejstensen
Emmiksen
Ernstsen
Esbernsen
Eskilsen ( The name Eskildsen is present!)
Fridlevsen
Frodesen
Frovinsen
Gerbrandsen
Glumsen
Gnupasen
Godvinsen
Gotfredsen ( The name Godfredsen is present! )
Halvdansen ( The name Halfdansen is present!)
Hardeknutsen
Helgesen
Hjalmarsen
Homodsen
Hugletsen
Humblesen
Jarmeriksen
Kristjernsen
Lausen
Lefdagsen
Lersen
Lotersen
Malthesen
Oddsen
Østmarsen
Ralfsen
Revilsen
Ringsen
Rolfsen
Røriksen
Sigarsen
Skatesen
Skjalmsen
Skjoldsen
Skorresen
Sniesen
Stigsen
Tagesen
Torbensen
Uffesen
Ulfsen
Unnesen
Vagnsen
Vernersen
Vigletsen
Vigsen
Vitolfsen
Yngvesen

Now, try to edit the list again and come up with a new update on how many names that should be deleted, now that some names were doubled and such.

And Atterdag you are of course welcome to edit this list above, if you do not agree, there are probably other ideas than just my own!

**deRougemont** · March 18, 2007, 07:26 PM

Thanks Vindahl; just the response I was looking for! When Atterdag posts his recommendations I'll finish up the list.

**Germanicus75** · March 20, 2007, 12:10 PM

A few useful sources:

Olddanske Personnavne. Nielsen, O. Kjøbenhavn: Jørgensen & Co., 1883.
Personnavne. Nordisk Kultur VII. ed. Janzén, Assar. Stockholm: Bonniers Boktryckeri, 1947.
Danske Personnavne. (Gads Fagleksikon). Hornby, R. København: G.E.C. Gads Forlag, 1978. ISBN: 87-12-23102-9.

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