Here in Sweden there are 3 women who has Nemo as their first name and 173 men with Nemo as their first name. I have heard the name 2 times since he was born on another person or child so it´s not very common but more common than I thought.
Seth is more common in America but still here in Sweden there are 849 men who has that name as their first name. So a bit more common than Nemo.
For those who want to know how I pronounce Seth and Nemo, it´s "Neemo" and "Sett".
My name is Anette and there are 19653 women who have that name in Sweden. My second name is Ingegerd, which 40299 women have as their second name. Believe me, I have always hated my second name! It´s a "family" name which my mum, sister and me have. In school when they asked about my second name I never told that it was Ingegerd. I said: Anette "I" or lied and said it was "Helena", because I loved the name Helena.
A name can be something we love and feel proud of but of course it can also be something we hate. But I do believe that every parent think really hard before naming their children and therefore we should carry that name with pride. So I guess Anette and Ingegerd is quite ok;=)
How do you feel about your names? Love them or hate them? Tell me;=)
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Well, Anettte is more common but not as common as Anna, I like your name. Mine is long, I have to pronounce it twice so people get it. And slowly hhaha:))
ReplyDeleteMy name is Carol Georgina.
ReplyDeleteIt's considered very old fasioned here. It's linked to Christmas time, so got teased a lot when younger for the name.
I'm still not fond of it but I honour it as it was chosen by my grandmother.
My name is Mattia, it's like "Mathias" in Swedish, I think! I like it, I never hated it :)It's funny, because my name it's the only one my Swedish's teacher can remember, because her son's name is Mathias :D
ReplyDeleteIf I were a girl, my mum wanted to call me "Gaia". She can't say perfectly the letter "R", so she doesn't like names with too much "Rs"!
Let me first say congratulations about your baby, Anette :) Nemo sounds pretty cute as a name but whether I like it or not, it's all entirely your choice and I support it :D
ReplyDeleteI despise my name. I hate it so much. My middle name is a bit better than my first name but I still don't like it much. I plan on changing my name, legally. Maybe to "Delia" because its meaning means so much to me. It means "daughter of the sea". I love the ocean as much as Tuomas does XD
Good evening dearest Anette :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to have just one name: Sarah. Which means something like princess in Hebrew. It is not that bad. But some people always miswrite my name (ends up with Sahra or Sara, someone managed to make Sahara out of it. And Sahara became one of my nicknames.). Sometimes I wish I would have another name though.
Greetings and lots of hugs from Germany
Sarah
Haha, great info! :D
ReplyDeleteMy name's Camilla, and there's 24638 in Denmark with that name. 5 of them is in my class, and we're only 14. XD
My sister's name is Jacqueline, and there's 566 in Denmark with that name. She lives in France tho. ^^
Btw, my sister asks if you have Twitter?
Love from Denmark and France.
x
My first name is Tiina. It was my late brother who named me after his favorite nurse in the hospital where he was before he died. I was only one-year-old when he died. He was only seven.
ReplyDeleteEven though I don't have any memories of my brother I still got something permanent from him. My name. And that makes me kinda happy, even though his fate wasn't so happy. And even though I didn't get the chance to know him I still miss him.
Good Evening Anette!
ReplyDeleteFirst at all, thanks for telling us the name of your little angel! What a lovely name! It's really original!
My first name is Emeline and I like it. I'm also proud of it! In France, it's not that much a common name. Do you like it?
Have a nice evening! Sleep well.
Hugs.
Hi Anette!
ReplyDeleteBoth of your sons have lovely names :)
I like my own name Agnieszka, it's quite popular in Poland. I like to know how is my name in other languages, like; Agnes, Ines, Agnessa. I've heard that this last one is in Russian, but probably noone there use that name :)
Sending a lot of sun and warm for all of you!
My name is Laetitia but I prefer Laetitianne. It's rare and "more french". ;-) In the future, I hope to be able to adopt a child. I will call her Kendra for her first name and her native name for the second. For a boy, it will be Joshua.
ReplyDeleteI used to prefer my first name, Suvi (an old Finnish word for summer). My second name is Helena - a "family" name as well, and nowadays I love it.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I dislike is that every part of my name is very common.
Wow, you're quite chatty this time - i like it. :)
ReplyDeleteYour middle name is... *hem* well, i suppose you have to deal with it, so it's better to found a reason to like it, right?
I don't like much my name, Stephanie, i feel better with my nickname (Steff, with the two f - a hint for my favorite tennis player of all time, Steffi Graf). Same with my second name, Anne - but it's realted to my late aunt as well as one of my great-grandmother who also had this name, so it's kinda ok (another of my great-grandmother was also named Stephanie, BTW). For a while i hated my family name (Deceneux, in case you wonder) because it remind me my father and my grandmother (nasty people). But it was also the name of my grandfather, who was a nice guy - and it's the only thing left that tell that i have some ancestors from Morvan (Seneux, how original!), and i'm quite proud of this. So instead of thinking about how bad it could be, i think about the good it brings.
That's all i could say, i hope it's not too boring...
Steff
I like my name. It´s not very unusual here in Finland, but definitely not on the "TOP 10 most popular names for girls" list either. After doing some research it seems that my name was most popular in 1940 - 1970 and I was born in the 80's. My parents still liked the name then though. My mom said that they had no particular reason to give me this name, they just liked it and it seemed to "fit" for me (don´t know how they figured that out though). And I have never had any complaints about their decision. :)
ReplyDeleteBy the way, it´s nice to hear that you liked the name Helena, because it´s my second name. :D And for me it is a family name, my mother has it also.
Hello!
ReplyDeleteI write here for first time, but i read your blog long time ago.
I love you, and your music. And i like your name!
My name is Dorottya...I hate this, because here in Hungary are soo many Dorottya...
Sorry for my bad english, I'm just learn now in school
Hi Anette :)
ReplyDeleteVery interesting facts, I would have thought that Seth would be a lot more common than it is though!
I think a lot of people dislike a family name given to them! My second name is Edwin, which was my great uncle's name, my great grandfather's name, and his father's name, and his father's name aswell! :) It's an uncommon name for Ireland, so a lot of people think it's a bit weird when I tell them! I suppose that why I don't particularly like it.
As for my first name, Charlie, I've never particularly liked it. Most people call me Charles because I've inherited my mum's English accent, but I prefer Charlie, it sounds less posh. :) I'm coming around to liking it more now though, I think it's the name of someone successful, in a good position. :) My mum chose that name because she thought it 'suits me', and I think it will! :)
Hi Nettie! Nemo is a great name!
ReplyDeleteSo, do you really like Helena ? Actually my name is Livia Helena :=D
When I was younger I used to hate my name, 'cause people never pronounced it correctly. They used to say something like "Olivia" or "Nivia".
Then, on my 13's bday my mom gave me a book with many names and its meanings.
From that day on I started to like my name, and now I'm really proud of it!
By the way, did you know that "Helena" means "splendor, vigor of the sun" ? It's a nice name ;=D
and "Livia" is Olive branch. Also a variant of Liviya, the Hebrew name meaning "as brave as a lioness".
My first name is pronounced like "liv-ee-ah"
Nice huh?
What about you Nettie? What does your name means?
Hugs and Kisses from Brazil!
Livia
What? That many "Nemo"s -- I have to say I'm surprised... Though then again, "uncommon" names have become quite popular recently and whatever and in any case, "Nemo" surely sounds beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHeheh, and as an answer to your question, "Minna" was very popular name here in the '70's when I was born, and so was "Johanna" which is my second name. So this makes me feel kinda bored with these names - duh, just something every other person around has! :p Third name is "Katariina" which might be a bit less common.... and there's a story related to this name why it was chosen just for me (just like the first two names) but since this is a public forum I'll just leave it at this -- too much personal details to reveal... :p
And, by the way, just in general -- it's _so_ nice to see you "around" again, updating your blog and all this :) We surely miss you & the guys & the gigs -- feels such a long time to wait till late 2011 or early 2012 to see you again! :)
*hugs* from antibioticit-influenzaish-haze, M. ;)
Hello dear Nettie, how are you?? =)
ReplyDeleteHow are the boys? I think that Ingegerd is a really nice name. It is unusual but I find it very interesting =)
I love my name. My name Ena means the only one ;)
Wish you a nice evening, good night and sweet dreams =)
Big hugs to you and the boys =)
Love
Ena :*
Nemo is extremely cute. And creative..I think. hehehe. I've never actually come across anyone named it, so yeah. Awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteI really like my name. Hehehe ;)
My second name is Diana...which I really like. It's also kind of cool, because it's in the name of the place I'm from: indiana. lolz.
Hello Anette,
ReplyDeletemy name is Gabriela and means: God is a mighty, and I´m satisfied with it.-) And my incoming children, for the boy I want a name Sebastian, Daniel or Gabriel and for girl, most probably Anna or Eva... And your name is so pretty, too.-) But I don´t like czech version - Aneta(pronunciation is the same like written version) and swedish version is so pretty.-) And Nemo is a great name, very original!!!
Have a nice evening.-)
I love your name Anette! I told my mother I wanted to name my daughter that if I ever have a baby.
ReplyDeleteI don't like my name. My middle name is Rebecca and I think it's an okay name, but I don't like my first name, Danielle, at all. People always say it or spell it as Daniel, which is a boy's name and it's such a plain and boring name.
I love the names Nemo and Seth by the way. They're very beautiful names. =D
I think your name is beautiful :) whenever i hear the name "Anette" i immediatly think of you ;)
ReplyDeleteI also cant get over the amazingness of the name "Nemo", what a cool name!!
my Im not too sure about my first name, Tilly...It is alright for a young child, I think, but I am much older now, so ive out grown it. sometimes i feel people dont take me seriously when i tell them my name :)
I LOVE my second names, though, Raven and Jasper.
"Raven" always reminds me of a fantasy story about the Ravens and the Wolves, and "Jasper" is really a boys name, but its unusual :)
I love the name Eva. if I have children, I want a girl called Eva or Eve, and a boy called Rowan or Ulfen
poor children ^^ I have a friend called Ziggorni, shortened to Ziggi, she hates it, but I think it is cool to have a unique name!
lots of love,
Tilly xx
Wow! Anette Ingegerd? Mmmmhh... I think even though it's not very common (I personally had never heard it before hehe) it's quite cool! ;)
ReplyDeleteSometimes we don't like how our names sound like, however, most of them have really deep and beautiful meanings and that's why our parents decide to name us like that.
My name, for instance, is Emmanuel, which has a very nice meaning: "God is with us" (or something like that) in Hebrew ;) Although, the only thing that I don't like about my name is that it's too long! (yeah, eight letters are too many for me hah) :S How about yours? Does Ingegerd have some nice meaning?
In my opinion, Nemo sounds incredibly well! Good choice ^^
Hugs and tons of love
My names... oh, God, some years ago I hated my first and second names. The first is "Marisol", and is a spanish name that is the contraction of "María del Sol". And my second name is spanish too, and it's "Rocío", that means "dew" in english. At first, I hated this combination because it sounds too much "natural" ("Mar" in spanish means "sea", and "sol" means "sun"), but time spent and I realized that it's an interesting and not-common combination-name, so now I see it like a part of my personality, 'cause I love the nature =).
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I think that everybody hates his name in some moment of his life; some people hates their names all life, and others hates their names in some moment. But is a present of our parents, and I think that we have to accept any name that their gave us. Unless it be something ridiculous, of course.
Certainly, I love the name "Anette"! And Seth is good too. But "Nemo" have something mistic and old that gives to the word an interesting and atractive air. I like it too much! Great election! ;-)
Enjoy the rest of day, Nettie.
Hugs & kisses
Marisol
I always hated my first name "Georgina" because most Germans pronounced it wrong and the nick name "Georgi" was even worse. So I tried to make people call me "Gina" did not work until I got into university. I like my second name "Andrea", I got it because my dad's name is Andrew and is is really easy to pronounce and far more common than Georgina
ReplyDeleteHi again Anette, very interting question! As your could read my name is Arianna, my parents gave me it and i like it. Arianna is not very common for stranger country but in Italy has used. My name is original from Greece, taken from the famous greek mitology of Arianna and Teseo. Do you know it?
ReplyDeleteWow! What a research!
ReplyDeleteMy name Fani isn't a common name, but nobody will be surprised. In my town I know 4 people with this name, including my grandmother and my first cousin. By trandition in Greece the first child have the name of parents of the father and the second of the mother. In this days many couples choose to name their child with a name that they like (most times either they hate grandparents name or they disagree).
I like my name, it's me, and in my family I'm little Fani.:) I don't have second name, it isn't common in Greece to have children second name. And I know that my grandmaother wanted to have her mother name, Helena, but some hours before the baptism somebody told her that the first child of a family cannot have a name of a dead person. Superstitions!
I like Nemo! And since the time you tell us the name I imagine your son happy with a big smile!
Hugs to you and your family,
Fani
Hi Anette!
ReplyDeleteMy first name's Caroline, it's rather common here in France although not one of the most commonly used. I've always liked it, I really don't have to complain about it : nice, elegant and simple at the same time. Thanx mom and dad! :D
Caroline.
Thank you for replying, Anette !!
ReplyDeleteI really didnt know that and I think that were interesting informations ;=)
Originally my name should be Laura Sofie, but then my father was so nervous and forgot to say my second name. So its only Laura and I'm still a bit angry of that.
I dont know whether I like my name 'Laura' or not. Here in germany this name is a common.. in every class I've been, there was a second or third Laura.. so when the teacher calls your name, every Laura is saying ' Yeah..?' Thats so annoying. Do you know that too? For me its not such a unique name, cause almost everyone is called Laura..
But I think in Sweden Laura is a common too? Because in Astrid Lindgrens 'Pippi Lângstrump' is a Laura too, right ? How do you think about my name ?
I already have a name for a boy, if I will get one when I'm older : Kjell Finn. I think its a swedish one.. but I'm not sure..
First I liked the name 'Finn' so much.. and then I read Kjell and I liked it too. And now in this century there are so many kids called Finn, so I said that the first name should be Kjell and the second Finn..
do you like it ?
Btw.. with names.. I read that Anette 'Olzon' is your artist name.. is that right or is that the name of your ex-husband ? And I also heard that your maiden name was Anette 'Blyckert'.. I always thought that Olzons would be write like Olsson and not with a z... hm everything so strange... but you know the answers ;=)
Maybe you can help me farer.. ;=)
Hugs and thanks again for these answers ;=)
Sleep well
Laura
Hi Anette! I'm glad you're feeling better. Wishing you a relaxing restful day with the loves of your life.
ReplyDeleteTisa
myself. The old name now is some kind of stigma, if somebody calls me by it I feel like I just have been set back in time and am the depressed 13-year-old again that gets bullied because her parents can't afford to buy her cool clothes.
ReplyDeleteI guess I'm kinda complicated. *sigh*
My name is "Luciana Dantas", and my closest friends call me Lucy, or just Lu
ReplyDeleteIts a quite common name here in Brazil, we have all kinks of cool names, Helena is very commom here too :)
Luciana comes from latim and means "Ilumination", I realy like my name.
One fact about you nick name "Nettan": here in Brazil "Nettan" is usually the middle name of granddaughters in a family, for exemple "Maria Neta" "Felipe Neto"
Nemo means "nameless", I think is a special name, because as Shakespeare would say "What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
And when you are "namelees" you are completely what you are inside, It means you can be whatever you want :)
I´m sure when little Nemo grows up he will be very happy with it
Anyway, I´m loving that you come back posting so often! Have a lovely week ;**
My full name is Vithor Martins Pereira de Moraes Leme. I love the "Vithor" it's so... so... different. ^^
ReplyDeleteHello Anette!
ReplyDeleteHow are you?
Nice to read you again. I really like the name you and Johan chose for the baby!
Haha, I like katja, my first name =)
Do you have a site or something where you can see howmany people in a country have the same name?
Love & Hugs
katja
Good evening Anette :)
ReplyDeleteVery interesting facts about the names, thank you for sharing! And thank you for telling us how you pronounce Seth and Nemo :D
My first name is Kathrine (although I was called Katie as a child) and I always disliked my name - I didn't think it was exotic enough haha! I've come to accept it as quite a nice name now I'm older, though it would be kinda cool if I could convince everyone that it was Katariina (said like the Finns would say it)! My middle name/s is Sarah-Anne which I do not mind but it a pain to say always 'it's hyphenated and it's Anne with an E' when giving it over the telephone.
I'm really looking forward to what other people here in the comments say about their name!
Sweet dreams
Kath x
My name's Beatriz and I really feel proud of it. My parents thought of naming me Cristina or Sandra in the first place, but then came out with Beatriz and I really love it.
ReplyDeleteGood Evening Anette,
ReplyDeleteHmm, that’s very interesting indeed. Sounds like overall both of your children’s names are unique and relatively uncommon, which I believe is very nice and individual :). Thank you for telling us the correct pronunciations; I was correct on Nemo, but incorrect on Seth, so it is very good to know. And despite the fact your own name may be more common, I can say in all honesty that I love it very much and I think it suits you. I think you made it very unique in it’s own way, it’s just a very beautiful name that suggests a lot of strength and independence, but also a lot of gentleness, kindness, and patience :). I can understand why you wouldn’t have cared for your middle name, especially when you were younger, I can easily see it being the type of name you would need to grow into.
Personally, I have never liked my own name, not since I was a young child. My first name is Kailah and it is pronounced with a long “I”, and it means “Laurel Crown”. Especially recently I have been seriously considering a name change, in fact. The only name I currently have in mind is Alex or Alexstrasza, hence my username, hehe. I appreciate the uniqueness of my current name, and I understand that I a lot of thought went into it, as you said is true with most cases, which is why I am not only putting much thought into carefully selecting a new name that means a lot to me, but I am also being very patient with my close family members, because I know it is difficult for them to switch over. At the moment I am simply trying the name “Alex” on to see how it feels, I do not intend to make any quick decisions on this matter. For all I know I may never end up legally changing my name, and simply have everyone call me something else. So, we shall see :).
In the beginning I just disliked the name because I didn’t like the way it sounded, I didn’t believe it was very interesting or pretty and simply did not care for it, later on my reasons not only alternated, but also increased greatly.
You see, I went into a period of my life that was simply full of a lot changes for my character and personality, some of which were natural and others were selected by the perfectionist and the analytical person in me :). Anyway, it was simply a point in my life that was a type of self-recreation and I let go of a lot of qualities I no longer wished to be part of me and I gained a lot of good things as well, and right now though I am always striving for improvement, I am extremely at peace with myself. So, all of these changes only deepened the fact that I did not feel as though my name represented the type of person I am at all. So, seeing as I believe my name didn’t ever symbolize me very well, and now even less so, I feel it is time to let it go and choose a new name.
Still, I am very patient with it and I intend to simply take it slowly and see what becomes of it.
Anyway, I apologize for going on about that, I do hope I have not bored you.
Well, I suppose that is all for now, then.
Much love and warm wishes to you and little Nemo :),
Alexstrasza
Hello Anette!!
ReplyDeleteHere in Portugal we dont use the name Nemo and Seth !!But there are many people with that name!!
I love your name Anette Ingegerd its beautiful!
OMG I feel soooo proud that my mother's name is Helena !! I cant believe you like it !! :DD
I think my name is beautiful,and its not very used here in Portugal,we have a lot of João(John) !!
My name is pronounce like this: LeeLeeHannah
xD weird Looool !!
My brother's name is Marco,i also feel very proud that his name is Marco because of Marco Hietala xD The pronounce is the same and Marco is a name that we use here...My sister is Catarina(Katherine) and my father Jorge(George)
Well i cant wait to see the other comments to share all the different names !! :DDD
Kisses and Hugs from Portugal
Liliana
I like your name, Anette. I said I'd name my child Anette.. or Eva.. (if it's boy it would be Billie Joe, like Billie from Green Day) or Ben.) but I'm 15 years old now.. who knows what will be in the future.. XD And I don't prefer croatian names XD
ReplyDeleteAnd I like you children's names.. Nemo is better to me, but Seth is cool too :)
My name is Nives. I like that name because it's not so common in Croatia, where I live. Before I hated it couse every new person i met thought that my name is Ines -.- But now I like it XD And I see there's so much more Niveses here ^^ If you don't know and you want to know how we spell it, it's "Neeves". Once I was thinking that, when I get older, i would give myself one more name that I like the most. Now I think I don't need it couse my name is something special my parents gave to me. :D
Do you like my name?? ^^
Take care! :)
Hi Anette,
ReplyDeleteI do like your second name.
My name is Fay but my birthnames are: Anna Helena
I never hated them I loved them but sometimes there are people joking with my name, because Fee (In Dutch you can write Fee but I have the english version)is an fairy in Dutch.
I'm happy with my name because I love names that you never or barely hear.
That's why I like the names of your sons
Lots of Love,
Fay
hej, anette!
ReplyDeletethe names of your boys are amazing. i really like "seth" and "nemo" is really unusual, so i like this one absolutely too.
in our family we have "maria" as a family name. my sisters are called anna maria and maria magdalena, while my name is sarah maria (and i adore my name, it was a great choice). so, we all have the name of our grandmother.
i think a name is something very special and since i'm really in favour of the beauty of norway and sweden i want some nordic name for my future children. marit would be beautiful, and if i'm ever getting a boy, i think nils would be cute, but i'm not satisfied with this one.
tons of best wishes to you and your family.
I think it's nice when people have not so common names :)
ReplyDeleteMy own first name, Anouk, is quite common in the Netherlands, and is also the name of a great singer, so pretty much everyone knows it. I've been in a class in school with 3 other girls called Anouk, that was quite confusing.
But I think it's quite a nice name. Now I'm in Finland for a year, it's ofcourse a special name to most people, and I like it. I already start listening to the Finnish way to pronounce my name (The "ou" should sound like it would in French).
Then I have 2 baptism names, 1 is a quite common name, Anna, but the second one, Jacomijntje, is very special to me because it is the name of my grandma who passed away in November 2009, and it's a name that you rarely every see in these times. And it's really much fun to challenge the Finns here to say it, for most not-Dutch people have problems with the "ij" sound xD
Then, if I'd be a guy, my name would've been Max, that's a name that's not used for people that often (More for dogs.. xD), but I really like it. I think my parents made good choices on names for me :)
Even stronger, if I'd have to choose names for myself, as a guy's name it'd be Max, and as a girls name I don't really know, but I think Anouk would be a good option =)
Take care and thx for the information :)
'Anouk
Wow, that's really cool! But i think that Ingegerd is a good name; well, i've never heard it, at least here, in Argentina. Helena is my favorite name too since i read "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
ReplyDeleteMy name is very weird: Ariana. It was going to be Ariadna, but my grandparents couldn't pronounce it very well and still sounds like an italian name, anyway (as my parents wanted). Just a few people call me that way, some others call me Mariana, Adriana, Ariadna, even Juliana! You can see why i really dislike my name, it seems a puzzle. And my second name is Ayelen, very simple and common in Latin America, but i don't like it neither, i don't know why.
The best wishes for you, your family and your carrer. Enjoy the day, beautiful!
Besos.
(I'm so sorry for the bad english =/)
Hello!! my name is Violetta...I really hate it.. it's not on the TOP 100 in Hungary...my sister has a worse name..she is Szimonetta Kiara..she will hate her name I think..(now she is 5months old)..i don't have problems with these names but together they are too special for me..:D
ReplyDeleteGood Night!!! Letta :)
I actually love my first name, Sara. Its original meaning is 'Princess'(Hebrew)and I think my parents were so right when they gave me this name. When I was a child I was my dad's little princess :) Well, maybe I still am! But the name suites me perfectly.
ReplyDeleteThe name 'Sara' is very common all around the world, but luckily I only know two other girls besides myself that are called 'Sara'.
I get very irritated when someone calls me 'Saara'. There's a big difference!
I wish all four of you well!
Hugs!
Good evening Anette, how're you these days?
ReplyDeleteMy birth name of Helen is pretty common over here in the UK so I stopped using it quite a while ago. That and it brings back a few bad memories from high school.
My middle name is Margaret, that was given to me in memory of my fathers deceased mother.
The name I use now is the one you see on my blog account, Kasumarae. I can't say it has a meaning or that I know anyone else with it as it was made up but it just stuck and I plan on getting it legally changed in the future.
Kassy
Hi Anette!
ReplyDeleteMy first name is Alicja (shorter: Ala). When I was younger, I didn't like my name and kept asking my parents why they named me like that. Now, I think this name is ok, I'm just like Alicja from Wonderland ;) My second name is Natalia and I don't mind it. Soon I will be confirmed and I think I'll chose Łucja as my 3rd name, I think it's my favourite one ;)
Sleep well
Lots of hugs
Ala
I don't have a story for you about my own name but I'm just so happy to see you writing again that I must say it out loud! :D *hug*, missed you!
ReplyDeleteI was in love with a Finnish name "Kaisla" a while back and was so sure I'm going to name my child in that way in the future but I'm not sure anymore. Well, there's no rush to decide, I'm only 20 years old :D I'm quite sure, though, that if I will ever get children of my own, my daughter will get "Luthien" as her second name.
In case you're not familiar with the story, Luthien was a character J.R.R. Tolkien created, the most beautiful elf woman who ever lived in the Middle-Earth. Was in love with a human, Beren.
(So it's kind of something like Arwen and Aragorn, only happened earlier. Tolkien also named his wife after Luthien and that can be found in their grave stone: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1381/646501241_2faeea7a58.jpg)
So Luthien means something really beautiful and it would be perfect for a second name for a daughter of my own. :]
Hi Anette!!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Enrique, but all my friends call me Quique :)
I love my name, but I think it's very common in Spain. I also love the translations of my name, because in English is Henry( or Harry).
I haven't got a second name :D
Greetings from Logroño :)
As I said, unlike in Scandinavia “Ingrid” is uncommon in Australia, but most people have heard of it before. When I was younger people sometimes made fun of it, my brothers called me a Viking and I've even been asked what part of Germany I'm from >:-(
ReplyDeleteBut it’s really strange how protective I can be about it. When Princess Mary of Denmark (who is Aussie) was pregnant with a daughter they were saying she might called her Ingrid and I was worried because all the pregnant mothers in Australia might decide to give their daughters MY name too ;-). Luckily in the end she called her “Isabella”. But she now has twins on the way so fingers crossed!! Haha
Kram!
Loving the name Nemo! Excellent choice!
ReplyDeleteI've always liked my first name - Jess - but the second name - Patricia - not so much! Jessica was a fairly original name when my mum chose it (after the Shakespeare character) then all of a sudden millions sprung up! I think there are still fairly few Patricias though...
Hi Anette =)
ReplyDeleteSo, my name is Daniel, what means it is not unusual in any country hahaha.
I never had a problem with my name, I know it's a simple name, but I really like it =)
The only thing that I don't like about ir is that evrywhere you go you can find, at least, two Daniels! hahahah
Since the first time i went to school until the high school there was always another boy named Daniel in my class! This year, in the university is the first time I'm the only Daniel! hahah
I Love you
Hugs from Brazil!
Hi, Anette!
ReplyDeleteIt's the first time I write in your blog, but I follow it since long time ago :)
First of all, I love the name Nemo.
It's amazing and so special. Believe me, sometimes I thought about it as a possible name for one of my future son :)
I like the name Enea too, i love the epic-names.
My name is Federica, I'm italian and my name is quite common in Italy, but I like it so much! I can't imagine another name for me, it's perfect.
Kisses and huges,
Fede
Hi Anette!
ReplyDeleteMy first name's Sophie, which I don't mind but I don't like how common it is, hence spelling it differently.
My second name is actually Joy, which I hate. I'm not ever sure why, I just find it a bit cheesy somehow (although it does seem to have counteracted the "Wednesday's child is full of woe" thing).
I think Nemo is a lovely name!
Best wishes
xx
Hi Anette! Nemo is an amazing name and I'm sure when you start touring again and singing Nemo again it will bring whole new meaning to the song for you!
ReplyDeleteMy first name is Desiree (pronounced dezerae), but most people call me Desi. I've always loved my name and been proud of it because it's not that common and I think it's very pretty. The only times I get annoyed is when people mispronounce it or misspell it. My middle name is after my grandmother's first name, Inez. I never loved or hated it until someone mentioned a funny story to me. Do you know of Lucille Ball and I Love Lucy? Her husband is named Desi Arnez. I always thought that was cute. I'm not sure where Inez came from, I always thought it was Spanish, which is strange because my grandmother's parents were from Sweden and Norway. They came to the US and then had her. From what I've been told they had their own special Norway/Swedish language, that used to baffle people. I always wondered if the 2 languages were very similar.
Anyway, so happy to see you blogging again! :)
Love,
Desi from Missouri, USA
Hi Anette! How are you? I hope your cold is getting better now ; )
ReplyDeleteI thik your name is really nice and your nickname "Nettie" sounds really pretty!
Then, "Nemo" is very cute and special!<3
My name is Valentina (Valentine from English)... My nickname is "Vale".
Beyond the birthday, in Italy we use to celebrate the "Name Day" too.
My name day is on 14th February,
on the Lover's Day. I like my name ; )
Although its very common too...
hugs!
I really like the name Anette.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Denisse and is spelled wrong because my mom didn't know how it was spelled so the double 's' was added and it also because it matched my brother's name Yassel, pronounce yah-sehl. I didn't use to like my name when I was little because no one knew that the last 'e' wasn't suppous to be pronounce so everyone would call me deh-nee-seh, we didn't know English then but after we moved to the States and everyone started saying it right I started to like it =)
also when I was little I wanted to be named Sarah or Margarita
Oh, i REALLY love my name! Don't know how much it is common in other countries, but here in Brazil, I know no one named Driele, just like me =)... I met some Drielle, Drielly and Drieli, but Driele... Hehe, it's a very VERY unusual name in Brazil. Some people think my name is russian...
ReplyDeleteBut I see no problem with you second name, Ingerged... It's pretty different, but it's beautiful! I liked it!
And you? Do you like my name? Hihi :)
Hi Anette !
ReplyDeleteNemo? That's nice. :D
My name is Natalia. I don't love and I don't hate my name. I will prefer other name, of course, but at all I like it. ; ) It's not bad. : D
Hugs for you and for your little Nemo.
Love, Natalia.
Hii Anette ^^
ReplyDeleteI just saw that you had named your son Nemo, and it's such an awesome name! I can't get over it really ;p.
My name is Lisa...and that's it, it is about the most common name on earth I suspect, but I don't really hate it. My mom wanted to name me Lonit, after a character in a book she liked when she was younger, but my dad wanted to call me Lisa.
It's not fair because my sister does have a really uncommon name; Dessie.
Ah well, it can't be changed, and I guess there are worse names out there right?
Anyways, I hope you have a great evening/night (by now ;p)!
And once again congrats on your son and his awesome name!
Lots of love and hugs, Lisa <3
Oh well, my name is rather common here: it's Alessandra (Alexandra in Sweden, I assume). It was my grand-grand mother name, my grandma's second name, who unfortunately passed away 2 weeks ago. She had a beautiful first name, Delia. But I love my second name, I think it's very rare since it comes from Libya, though I don't come from that country.
ReplyDeleteMy second name is Meris and they have always told me it's close to Margherita or Margaret. I got that name because during the II World War my grand-grand father was there in Libya and he somehow fell in love with a young girl named Meris. Unfortunately, during a battle, she was killed by mistake and my grand-grand father, heartbroken, at the end of the war came back to Italy and named her first daughter Meris, that means my grandmother (unfortunately, I never knew her, she died 6 months before my birth :( ). You know that at that time it was very hard to baptize a child with a foreigner name in Italy? The priest didn't want to baptize her for her exotic name :)
Kul att du tog upp namn! Såg bland kommentarerna att det finns många udda namn vilket är kul. Det här med namn är finurligt även om det flesta föräldrar väljer barnensnamn med omsorg så är det ju inte alltid lyckat! Men det är som du säger, det är bara hitta på att man heter något annat i te x andra namn ;)
ReplyDeleteSjälv heter jag Eliza och i andra namn Heléne.Eliza var inte heller något kul namn när man gick på dagis och grundskola, för om det luktade lustigt (fis) så hade dem redan fördömt mig och sagt att det var: "Eliza fisa". Haha! Anette är ett bra namn, man kan ge det många smeknamn, medans Eliza är redan kort så det enda man kan säga är väll då Eliza Fisa!
Ha en bra kväll!
Kram/ Eliza
My first name is Hilary (which is the male spelling despite my being female)and I both like and dislike it. I dislike it b/c no matter where I go or who I meet people always call me Hillary Clinton. I LOVE it though because Hilary was the name of JRR Tolkien's younger brother. How awesome is that? I have not met many Hillarys in my life, but I've never met any other Hilarys.
ReplyDeleteHi Anette! :)
ReplyDeleteFirst off, I love the name Nemo! I've never known anyone with that name (I doubt it's that common in the US anyway hehe)!
My name is Myra. I don't have a problem with it lol. I'm actually Indian by heritage, but was born here in the states, so for both my brother and me, my parents wanted to choose names that worked both in the US as well as back in India, with my family. Plus, they understood how cruel some children can sometimes be and wanted us to avoid that dilemma growing up. Myra's not too common of a name here (as I realize when everyone pronounces it wrong - strangely enough since it's a very easy name to pronounce :P). In India with my family/other people, it can work as Mira (Mee-ra: I guess that was my parents' intent, though only a few cousins call me that anyway hehe). And I've heard that it means "graceful" or "wonderful one"...which isn't too accurate, sooooo yeah, it doesn't work in that respect. LOL but I like it well enough. :P
And I wasn't special enough to have a middle name (LOL), but in our culture, we all have at least one, if not multiple, nickname(s). So my family and close family friends all call me Rini (Ree-nee). It's nice, I guess...I'm not a picky person. Haha! Have a nice day! :)
Hello Anette,
ReplyDeletemy name is Adél, and when i was a little girl, i didn't like it. i think it's too strict and serious. that's why i like to use it "backwards": Léda. There's much more emotions and kindness in the name Léda.
There was a famous hungarian woman who was also called Adél. She was the muse of great hungarian poet (Endre Ady), and he always called her Léda. From here came the idea to turn my name :)
Nice question, Anette!
ReplyDeleteI love my name, "Maria Laura". It's four syllabs, with a lot of A and R, and I love how it sounds sweetly to my ears. "Maria" is a really common name here in Italy, but my mother wanted to add "Laura" so I got a "two-parted name", which is different from having a first and a second name as you do in Sweden. Plus, I really like the meaning of "Laura", which is Latin for "glory". I've never met another Maria Laura in my whole life and I wouldn't change my name, it fits me perfectly :)
A big hug!
Hi Anette! Your Son´s name was Nemo? OMG! A Great name... I Guess that in new Nightwish tuor, you will always remember in your son, everytime nightwish play nemo!
ReplyDeleteMy Name is Lucas, in english is Luke. This anme come from latin and means 'Light, Sun'. I guess it´s a beautiful name. Its a verry Commun name here. And for guys of My age too, because when i born, has a TV serie called 'Mundo da Lua' (Moon's World) that had a boy Called Lucas Silva e Silva... But my parents decided my name when they married... My Last name has Pereira Silva, but i prefer only 'Pereira'. My mother´s name was Zilda, and my parente name was Valdeci. I Guess that was cool names! My Sister name has Ana helena. her name come from the name of my 2 grandmother, Ana, MOther of my Mom, and helena, name of mother of my dad.
MY Two Grandmothers had a verry nice lastname. Marques and Boniti. I guess that Boniti was a beeeeutiful name! Marques, in fact, its a translation of the last name of my grand-grand-father last name. He was Italian, and his last name was Marcchi, that i guess that its beautiful too....
My name is Rebeca ('The one which unites' in Hebrew), not very common here in Brazil. But I won't talk about numbers because surely will be more than 'Ingegerd'. xD When I was a child I used to hate it, but now I like it <3 Go figure it...And I do not have a second name.
ReplyDeleteWell, my name is Christopher which is highly unusual here in Portugal. I don't think they even let someone be registered here with that name. But I happened to be born in Venezuela, but I'm here in Portugal since a little kid and I feel 100% Portuguese.
ReplyDeleteMy full name is Christopher Jesus da Rocha Monteiro. Some people find amusing that I'm "Jesus Christ" but with the names switched. It casually happened. I like my second name, which is also unusual for a second name. I don't know anybody called Jesus, honestly. And I like that name. Rocha is the name taken from my mum and Monteiro from my dad.
I don't think that any of my names is any important than any other, so I guess I would sign everything with my full name, always. So I put it in my initials. I sign every single thing as Christopher JRM. All my names are there! :D
In this case, Chris JRM, since, everybody calls me Chris, normally.
Quite a story. Hope I didn't bore you with all that! XD
Stay well.
Tons of kisses.
Hey Anette!
ReplyDeleteFirst, I want to comment and say that Nemo is a very cute name. I do hope you looked-up the meaning of it though, since it means "no one" in Latin.
My name is Lauren, which is also originally Latin and comes from the Laurel wreaths Emperors wore on their head.
I like my name, my middle name is Elizabeth, and I think it's a pretty name too.
I'm so happy you're enjoying your new bundle of joy! :)
I loved the name nemo :D
ReplyDeletevery original
and about my name...
its quite funny, i love the originality of my parents when they called me bevan... and little did they know that in spanish bevan (spelled beban, pronounced the same) means drink. i sometimes love it and i sometimes hate it but i usually joke about it and im proud to have that name :)
Have a nice week :D
My name is Isolda. It came from the tale "Tristan and Isolde" (Isolde is in english, but it can be Iseult, Isotta, Iseu, Yseult... Depend of the language. In portuguese is Isolda. I'm brazilian. ^^).
ReplyDeleteThis is definitely NOT a common name here in Brazil. hahaha But I love the way my mummy found it, although it does not matter the version of the tale, Isolda always gets fucked in the end. =S What a curse for me!
And I'm already feeling this. Ow God!
It's funny, but Anette is a common name in Brazil. I remember when I heard your name for the first time, I thought that you were brazilian or portuguese! hahahahaha
And Helena is a common name here too. You could be a great brazilian! ;D
I think Nemo is a very cute name, with a great meaning, like my friend Luciana said here before.
Kisses and love from Brazil.
Isolda
Wow, I love the name you've given your son :)
ReplyDeletemy name is Stephanie as well.. and I love it.. it's quite common here in Canada.. My sister gave me my second name, Allison. I wish it had been spelled with one l though instead of two.
I hope you feel better soon, being sick is not so pleasant :(
Hugs from Canada,
Stephanie ^_^
HI there!
ReplyDeleteWell, I have a double name, too, the first one is Carlos- and I simply hate it. I don't usually tell people about it.
And many people have my both names around here
=/
Big kiss from RJ- BRazil.
Hi Anette
ReplyDeleteMy name is Marina...i don't like too much because I think is strange to pronunce haha
I'm form Brazil...it's not common name, but people think is beatiful
Have a ncie day
;*
Marina
Hey Anette. :)
ReplyDeleteFirst off, how do you pronounce your second name? I'm trying to say it but I have a feeling I'm doing it wrong. :/
My name is Lauren, and my second name is Emily. Honestly, I hate my first name! It is such a common name here too, and that's another thing I don't like about it. (There are 5 girls in my choir class named Lauren!)
I like unique names, and names that were actually well thought out or have some meaning behind them. For example, I plan to name my future daughter Anette. :) I'm not just saying that, I'm really set on doing that. I'm not having a kid anytime soon (I'm only 15), but when I do, that shall be her name. It's a somewhat uncommon name here, and I think the name Anette is very pretty. :) But most importantly, I'd be naming her after my idol and someone I truly look up to and respect, and that would be you of course. :)
You don't think I'm weird for wanting to do that, do you?
Well I'll stop ranting on and on now. Best wishes to you, Anette. :)
Lauren
Hello! I just got back from my choir concert
ReplyDeleteand decided to check your blog...
I'm just now seeing this name post. I should
be doing homework instead though, hihi!
Anyway, I freaking love the name Anette.
It's not common in the US. Seth is common
here, but not as much as you think.
But I love both of your son's names;=)
Well, my first name is Katie.
That's NOT common in the US. It's a
good nickname, but most girls
are named Katherine or Katelyn.
So, a lot of people think I'm lying when
I say my real name is Katie and just Katie.
But listen to this! My second (or middle)
name, is Lyn. It's a family name with me too;
most people spell it with two "n"s(L-Y-N-N),
not with one "n", like mine.
But I get teased a lot because my name
is Katie Lyn and not Katelyn.
I also get teased because my real name isn't
a nickname, like it is for most people.
Yes, I like my name. But people aggravate
me with what they say about it.
My mum said if I was a boy, she would
have named me Ryan. But I wish
she would have named me that anyway but just
spelled it differently, like Ryanne.
I love the name Elizabeth too; so, I would
have liked the name Ryanne Elizabeth.
But like I said, Katie doesn't bother
me too much; because it's different
and I'm such a non-conformist, haha!
And the name Lyn is a family one,
so it's okay with me;=)
Thanks for posting and telling us your
son's name. I really do love it!!!
Hugs and love, Katie T.
Well, I just hate my name 'Claudia' I mean come on, did they didn't have enough imagination?? Well, even my mom hates the name, she didn't put to me it was my grandma'(my father's mom) because she had a daughter that died just a few weeks after her born with this name...and because she used to hate my mom XD, so she makes her to put me the name against my mother's wil...The other ugly thing is that nobody thought in put me another name, so I'm just simply Claudia I don't have another name that I can use to hide this!! is a horrible thing when you get into a room and there are like 3 Claudias like happens to me in my job so when somebody says Clau the three of us look to see wich one of us are he or she calling XD, I have always think about change my name legally but there ir a lot of paper work to do, and even I have to tell a judge a very good reason about why I want to change my name, and I don't think that if I say because I dont like it, it could be take as really good reason!! jeejeje
ReplyDeleteAbout your baby's name: oh God!! I love the name, I have even think that if some day I have a son I will put this name to him!!
Do you know that the name have some meanings
for example: in some places says that is a greek name and it means 'Of the glen'
and other places says that is a latin name and it means 'no man', 'nobody' or simply 'the man'??
Another character is Nemo Nobody from the movie 'Mr Nobody' with Jared Leto, and is a very good movie, is kind the butterfly effect or something like that but I love it!!
hugs and love
Clau♥
=)
Hi Anette,:)
ReplyDeleteWell first off my name is Gary Alan and so named by my mother, my dad claimed he had no say in it....it was the name of a high school boyfriend of hers. She died when I was 5yrs old sooo I don't know how true it is...didn't get to ask. Her name was Carol Anne. Finding Nemo is very special to me in a missing mom sort of way.
YEAH!!Nemo's a great name....I'm sure he'll be happy enough with it in the years to come.
hi!! well my name is not very common here in Mexico, so i feel kind of special because I only know one person that has the same name that me. By the way my name is Yamel, its rare but i Like it very very much!...:D
ReplyDeletegreetings, Yamel.
and, wait a minute? did you call your son Nemo?? or I misunderstood? hahaha XD oops..
ReplyDeleteMy first name is Tanja and the second one is Orvokki (in english: Violet).
ReplyDeleteI really didn´t like any of my names when I was a little. Name Tanja cames from Russian and in Finland we have complicated feelings about Russian. I remember how one time I talked to an old man hwo asked my name. He sweared and said that´s a f****n russian name.
Maybe that made me dislike my own name.. My parent´s didn´t give me that name. It was my older sister hwos doll name in kindergarten
was Tanja.
My second name Orvokki is also a "family" name. My grandmother, my own mum and I have it. My grandmother gave the name to my mum because she didn´t want the name that her mother-in-law offered, even though she didn´t like the name. And my mum wanted that name to me also for the same reason, didn´t want her girls named like her mother-in-law =)
Now I´m guite okay with both of my names(= And I´m thinking that maybe I continue the family name Orvokki and one day give that to my child´s second name...
Hi Anette!
ReplyDeleteMy first name is Caitlin, and boy, do I hate it. It's so common. And my middle name is Marie. I actually wish that I went by my middle name because it's much prettier!!
Hi Anette!
ReplyDeleteI have a bit of the same trouble with family names being passed down, my first name being sarah is ok, but I get really sick of it here where it feels like almost every second girl you talk to is called sarah at times! My mother told me recently that she wanted to call me Eliza, which is far more uncommon here, but my father didn't like it, so I ended up with Sarah. I think I would prefer Eliza but oh well, I don't think I'll change it now. My Second name is Louisa, which I used to always refuse to tell anyone, and sometimes still do because I don't really like it, it was the name of one of my great aunts. Sometimes I wish I had a slightly more interesting name so I think it is awesome that you are doing that for your sons.
Sarah
Hi Anette!
ReplyDeleteYou have chosen really nice name,extraordinary and unusual for my part of world. And your both names are nice.
My name is Jana and it means gracious gift from God.I like it and try not to hate it. Jana is very very common name here. During my childhood there always were 5 or 6 girls with my name at class.
I prefer to be called Janka. It is really nice variation of my name.
Happy you are blogging again...I wish you nice rest of week and enjoy the autumn...
Hi Anette!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, congratulations about your baby! I wish you all the best!
I have to confess I was really surprised when I knew his name was Nemo, but even more when I realized it wasn’t that uncommon! I love it though, more or less because of the same reasons you and Johan chose it.
About my name, it is Jaione. “Jaio” means “to be born” in Basque. The right translation of it would be “Nativity”. It is not a very common name, not even here in the Basque Country. It is difficult for Spanish people too…
I usually have to translate it and not many people pronounce it correctly, However, I like it, because of its meaning and even because of how it sounds.
Here it is uncommon to have two names. We have just one and then we use two surnames, our father’s first and then our mother’s (usually). So no second name to talk about!
Lots of kisses and hugs for you, the babies and the guys!
Hi Anette,
ReplyDeleteBeautiful choice on your newborn son's name! Very unusual, and you can tell him when he get's older he is named after Tuomas' song - which is gorgeous! I had a little girl on 1st Oct and we decided to call her Samantha Odette. Samantha means 'God has heard', and Odette means 'wealthy'. I think it is very important to choose names with a meaning. Then as they get older you can tell them what their name means and it makes them feel special.
Lots of love to you and your little ones xxxxx.
Hi Anette!
ReplyDeleteNemo is absolutely lovely name for your little son!
My name is Heidi and I like it. The second name of mine is Karoliina and sometimes I think it's not so good but I have used to live with it. :)
-Heidi-
Hej Anette!
ReplyDeleteIngegerd?! Det hade jag aldrig kunnat gissa :) en av mina lärare heter det och eftersom hon är trevlig så blir jag alltid glad när jag hör det namnet och nu har jag en till anledning att bli glad när jag hör det namnet :)
Själv så gillar jag ovanliga namn, om dem inte är jätteöverdrivna.
Mitt namn, Ellinor, kanske inte är så jättevanligt och jag gillade det inte när jag var yngre, men nu har jag börjat gilla det mer och mer. Kanske för att jag gillar mitt smeknamn, Elli, mer. En av mina vänner i skolan har börjat kalla mig det och jag gillar det :)
Mitt andranamn är Marie och det är inte ett "pinsamt" namn tycker jag så det är inte något som jag håller hemligt.
Ha en bra dag!
//Ellinor
HI Anette, my name is Álvaro, is quite a common name here in Spain and I like It although I don't give to much importance to It from my point of view a name is just a name XD when i talk with english speakers they can't pronounce It so they call me Alan or things like that.
ReplyDeleteSo my name is 'Daphne'. I pronounce it in a Flemish/Dutch way. You can also pronounce it in an English way (like Daphne in Scooby Do) or in a French way (Daphné).
ReplyDeleteI don't think my name is really beautiful, but it's not bad also. And if I had to name myself, I wouldn't know what would fit me. So I guess 'Daphne' fits me :-)
Here in Belgium, it's a name that people know. But you don't hear it so often. Or at least, I don't hear it so often.
I don't have a second name, becouse my mom didn't like second names :-D But if I would have a second name, it would be 'Denise' like my grandmother. And 'Daphne Denise' sounds nice, so .. to bad I don't have a second name :-)
Kram Daphne
Dear Anette!
ReplyDeleteI think, you know, there's a latin phrase: Nomen est omen. :)I've studied astrology about 5 years, and I believe, that not the parents, in fact, children choose names for themselves. :) So, you've chosen your names yourself. :)
There was time, when I was really hate my name, but now I understand, why I chose this.
My first name is Renáta (Renee in English :) ), and I think, it's a "hard" name. It pretend a strong and always fighting people, and unfortunately this is really describe my life.
I chose my second name myself, when I confirmed, this is: Johanna (Joan in English). And believe it or not, but the menaing of my names are similar. :)
Anyway, do you know, who was Seth in the Egypt mythology? :)
Moi Arska :D My name is Miika in finnish. It's taken from bible (in english called Micah) I like my name :)
ReplyDeleteHi Anette
ReplyDeleteMy name is Isabelle and my firts names are: Thérèse and Irène.
But I like it!
Love
Isa
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI must say that I way veeery happy to see that you carry the same name as your second one that my first name is. I have also hated Ingegerd for my whole life, but now that I´m already 32 years old I have started to like it. Since I live in Finland my name is really rare and really hard for finns to understand, at it is funny every time they ask for my name : see the faces! I love your boys names and I really belive they carry them with proudness! Grattis!
Hi, Anette!
ReplyDeleteThere is no second name in Russia. Instead we have "father name", which calls "otchestvo" after ours first name. For example, my name is Ksenia, and my father's name is Oleg, so my full name is Ksenia Olegovna. :) Olegovna=Oleg+ending "ovna", because i'm girl. If I was boy, my otchestvo would be "Olegovich". :)
I don't like my name. Because it's seems to me very aristocratic, and it's binds me. Fortunately, my name has more simple version, which comes from Ukraine - Oksana, and I like this version more, than Russian. :)
Once again, sorry for my very bad English and have a good day!
Oksana. :)
My name is Sophie. I really like my name because I like the sound of it and I think it's pretty when written with the Greek "ph". I was mocked sometimes with the ph because the kids in my class hadn't learned that it was pronounced "f". I sure had a lot of clearing up to do as a kid :) The most girls are named "Sofie" in my country, so my parents did me a favor ;) It's a common name, timeless I think and by spelling it with ph, it's less common and I do like that:)
ReplyDeleteNemo is not very common indeed, but I like that you chose it for it's meaning to you and not just because you wanted to have something nobody had. I'm studying law and in my class of "Rights of persons and family" we learned a lot about the name. Apparently there are a lot of people naming their kids "Julius Caesar, Maestro, Cupid, Playboy, Love, Lucky, Pink, Harley Davidson,...". My professor actually came up with the statistics of those names, and it's very common these days. In Belgium they have the duty to inform the parents of the risk of mockery in school and they have to refuse to make ridiculous names official, but those names apparently skipped that fase XD
Greetings from Belgium!
Hi Anette,
ReplyDeletewell my first name is Alberto, I do not like much, but my great grandfather, grandfather and my father had the same name,so i am Alberto IV, I am proud to continue the tradition, maybe my son will be Alberto V :D
ALBERTO PIÑON CEREZO (monterrey, mexico)
Hi Anette !
ReplyDeleteMy name is Alisée. My parents chose this name because of a wind, it's the name of a wind (Alizé). They decided not to write it in the same way to differentiate them. I like my name because he changes a lot. He can be very dry or create a very big storm with lots of rain.
And i think that i'm like him, i often change my behaviour, a little like the yin and the yang and i like that, i'm never the same, i like to change, my clothes, my music, etc...
My second name is Sarah, it means princess in arab.
That's all !! =)
Wish you a very good day ! and hope everyone is ok =)
lots of hugs !
Hi Anette! Great choice of name! :)
ReplyDeleteMy name is Sylwia. When I was a little girl I hate it because I thought that is an impopular name. Today I`m teenager and I even like it. :)
Best wishes and I`m sorry for errors in my message. :*
hey anette,
ReplyDeletei really like the name you have for your sons, seth and nemo ar beautifull names.
my first name is roy second is benjamin en last name is stobbe
i dont know any numbers but i know thta combination is pretty uncomon...
luckily,...
i really hate those names, i wished i had a more finnish name, like erno (emppu's first name if i recall it right) but one problem is i don't know how to say it :D
all the best to you and your family,
Roy
Hello Anette!! My name is Jasmine, pronounced Jaz-min and I really like it. It is a Persian name, with an Arabic meaning of 'Gift from God'. It is also obviously the name of a flower, and my Mum called me after one of her friend's children because apart from loving the name, her friend's little girl was always happy and full of life, and I guess she wanted me to be like that too.
ReplyDeleteI get a lot compliments from people saying it's a beautiful name. When choosing a name for me, my Dad did not like it but my Mum got her own way and named me Jasmine, which I'm very glad about!!
Here in the UK it isn't incredibly common, probably similar to how common Anette is in Sweden. What is the website you used to check how many people have your name in Sweden? I would love to check mine!! I know my
name has become much more popular since the release of the Disney film Aladdin with 'Princess Jasmine' but I was born before the film was released, =).
Overall though, I am proud of my name and I am very glad it was given a lot of thought. I'm sure little Nemo will be thankful to you and Johan when he is older for giving him such a unique and lovely name.
Take care, =).
Hello Anette!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Eva, and there's 161 309 in Czech Republic with that name. I think this name is nice. I like song "Eva" from Nightwish very much ;)
Names Seth and Nemo are very beautiful.
Best wishes
My name is Synthia, and I really like it!! :))
ReplyDeletemost of the girls are called "Cynthia", but just a few ones with S! :) and I prefer it with the S, I don't really know why my parents wanted to write with the S, but I think that's quite cool and orginal! :))
have a nice evening, big hugs!! <3
My name is Ayelén, is a Mapuche name meaning "happiness", "making people laugh" and also means "ray of sunshine." I don't like it so much, but it is ok.
ReplyDeleteMy friends call me Ashe, I like it.
:)
Agnes heter jag. Grekiskt är det. Betyder den kyska. Kanske inte den roligaste namnbetydelsen. Finns 17682 kvinnor som heter det och 6 män. Andra namnet är det vfanligaste i Sverige >-< Önskar lite att jag fått ovanligare namn eftersom mitt efternamn inte heller är speciellt ovanligt. ^^
ReplyDeleteHej Nettan! =)
ReplyDeleteNemo är ett jättefint namn. Jag gillar oxå filmen "Hitta Nemo" och låten med namnet "Nemo" var den första NW-låten jag hörde för sisådär 5-6 år sen ;)
Själv heter jag Saga. Jag gillar det inte, snarare hatar det =( Däremot gillar jag mitt mellannamn betydligt mer, Axelina. Ibland önskar jag att jag hade det som tilltalsnamn ...
Hursomhelst så finns det bara runt 1000-2000 pers i Sverige som heter Saga. Såvitt jag fattat det så har det namnet blivit allt vanligare på senare år. Men när jag föddes (1992) så var det tydligen ganska ovanligt! ;)
Så där har du mitt namn. Många tycker det är fint, men inte jag! Jag undrar vad du tycker? ;)
Kramar :)<3
Nice theme Annet. I love my name Joana.At first i was to be called Marta or Martha(in english). i like it as well. But my parents choosed Joana. I´m satisfied. :)
ReplyDeleteThere are a lots of Joana´s in my country. :)
Big huggs~~
Hello Anette!!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Ana and here in Spain is a very common name and I think in other counries too, I like my name because you can read it in two directions hehehe.
Here in is not usual two names but some people have two, here we have two last names the first last name of our father in first place and first last name in second place but now you can change the order and put mother's last name in first place. My complete name is
Name: Ana
First last name: Santiago (this is my father's last name)
Second Last name: Clemente (mom's last name)
Nemo is a very lovely name :) he can also be named after the song, which must make Tuomas proud <3
ReplyDeleteMelody Angel are my two first names:p being a gothic, rock type of chick, this name sounds a bit too happy and gay for me in my opinion :D but when i think about it, i know i was named so because my parents both love music and are proud of our Christian background, and so they named me after the things they love :] and of course i love music so i'm like "yay i'm Melody!" and also interestingly enough, i'm the most musically talented in my family (or so i think)
<3
Hey Nettan))
ReplyDeleteThe wonderful thing is that in Russia we do not have second names as in Europe. But what is called second name in our country is the father's name with a special ending. For example, my name is Kira, my father's - Valeriy, so I am Kira Valerievna. When we talk to older people or people who take higher place than we, we usually call them with his name+father's name. What about my own name combination, it's really unusual in here (our Facebook analog Vkontakte says there nobody with name+surname combination like mine;) But sometimes it gives me creeps to pronounce that as the name, father's name and surname all have the "r" letter and when you try to spell it... Well, not always succeed for the first time))) But sure there aren't many Kiras as it's not a traditional russian name, Anna, Maria, Anastasia, Tatyana, Ekaterina are the most wide-spread ones, and for men it's Alexander, Alexey, Vladimir, Mikhail. But now I see people trying to invent unusual names for their children and it's happening all over the world))
I always adored the story of Captain Nemo, the film I liked also and this NW's song was the first one of Nightwish I heard many-many years ago. Nemo means "no one". But it's more important how a person understands and feels about his name)))
Btw, in Europe and USA my name is being written like "Keira" though being spelled like "Kira". So it's still a mystery for me how to write my name with roman alphabet, as it is Кира in the russian one))))
Good luck and hugs!
Kira=)
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI'm provided with only one name - Ginta. And I do like it. Not rare, but not very common name here in Latvia. And means "amber".
The only problem with it - when I write e-mails from my job mail, spelling corrector always tries to correct it to "Giant" - I would'nt say I feel really happy for it :D. I'm not THAT big!!
I have always loved my name. My name is Kjetil and I'm norwegian. I think that Kjetil is very common in Sweden but I am not sure.
ReplyDeleteHeh, my second name is Helena. :) I liked it as a child and wanted it to be my call name, because I hated my first name, Tuire. It's a Finnish name, but not very common. Some people even got surprised that it's a girl name! Now I feel okay with it, though. Here in Norway I use both names when I write to somebody, just because otherwise they surely don't know if I'm a boy or a girl... ;D
ReplyDeleteHi Anette !
ReplyDeleteNemo is a beautiful name, I just love it :)
My name's Amandine and I quite love it... It's a little too long and difficult to prunonce for people who don't speak French... But for me it's ok ;)
But my favourite names are Alice and Amarante (the French name for... Amaranth :) Another wonderful Nightwish's song :D)
Best wishes from Switzerland =)
Hey :)
ReplyDeleteI hear for the first time that name- your second name- and that your mother, sister and you have it both.
By the way, what's your mum's and sister's name, if you can tell? =)
Anette I also like a lot!
My name is Taja and since in Slovenia there isn't many people (around 2.000.000), my name have around 800 people.
I like it a lot, but I would like it more to be written as "Taaja" and not "Taja".
We don't have second name, maybe just two names together when parents don't decide which one to choose (for ex: "Ana" and "Maria" together comes "Anamaria")
I would love to have a second name, and that would be Astrid. Don't know why, but I just like it ;-)
Hugs,
Taja !
Hey Anette ;)
ReplyDeleteFirst, thanks for this cool description and origin :)
My Name:
I really dislike my name.
Christian, i dont know why, but for some odd reasons i feel nothing good when i hear my full name...i rather prefer Chris ;)
I need to say i like the names you choose, cause they are unique and sound wonderful :)
But this CHRISTIAN! sounds not wonderful, more like a stinkbomb of letters *LOOOOOOOOOL*
Hey i hope you have a good night and sleep well
dream beautiful things
and take care
hugs for ya
Love and Respect
Chris^^ ;)
Hey Anette!
ReplyDeleteI don't always like my first name "Alena" because sooo many people say it incorrectly even after I've corrected them haha. It is pronounced as "A-len-a" NOT "A-leeen-a" like most people think. I've gotten many different pronunciations for it and completely different names as well haha.
I HATE my middle name- 18 years old and still dislike it so much, I can't even say it. Very few people know it. hehe
Oh well, it's how it is.
You're so sweet, Anette! I love your blog. xoxooxox
-Alena
"Hayley" is just my nickname. My friends call me Hayley since I was a child.
ReplyDeleteMy "real" name is Helena and I always hated it for some reason. My father comes from greece and my mother is from germany, but they always wanted a grecian name. So they thought Helena would be a good one. Many people told me that they think it's a nice name but I still wasn't happy with it.
Until now haha :'D Awww it's so cool that you like the name. You're like one of my idols... Well, I'm happy now. xD I still don't like it that much, but maybe a bit more. (:
Take care :*
Love, Hayley (or Helena haha :'D)
Hey Anette!
ReplyDeleteWow, it's amazing... There are so many names in the world, but although there are so many people who have the same name, even in ONE country...
Well, my complete name is Kim-Noêmia Larissa Besen. I have to say I really like it and I'm proud of it! Noêmia is portugese, my dad was born in Brasil... My mum wanted to give me the name Lara Shirin first which is also veeery beautiful, I think. I use that name to make music, for my myspace-site and stuff like that.
I hope you're feeling better now and your cold is gone!
Hugs and love,
Kim-Noêmia
P.S.: Nemo is such a beautiful name, I think the connection to Nightwish is so cool!
:=)
There's a funny story about my name.
ReplyDeleteMy mom wanted a baby girl, should say blondie with blue eyes like her, named Cintia, since she was a little girl. But she never told that anybody.
She have this best friend ever, that grew up with her. And her best friend married and got pregnant before my mom.
When her child was born (a girl) my mom went to visit them at hospital. She had a little girl...very blondie with big blue eyes...and named Cinthia.
My mom got sick because she never knew, her best friend wanted a baby named Cinthia, neither her best friend knew about her wish.
After some complainants about who stole who's baby names, they agreed that the new born would be Cinthia and my mom's baby would be Cyntia.
My mom got wrong in only one thing...she never had a blondie blue eyed girl. I am a brunet with dark brown eyes.
I guess nature came with a way to differentiate the two "Cintias".
I like my name, the way it's writen and because it isn't that common in Brazil.
And I found lovely the name of your older son, and also find lovely the name of the youngest. Congratulations.
Tracy is my name...it means in Irish-Gaelic: warrior, courageous..i always like the meaning of it...but i always hated ppl calling my name, why i have no idea, my middle name is Ann ...my mothers name is Ann,my grandmother when she came to America after WW2 in the concentration camps in germany..reverted her name from Melissa to Anna, and i have 2 other cousins w/ that same middle name along w/ my daughter i gave that middle name Terra Ann ...which she loves her 1st name Latin spelling meaning Earth...I myself love "T" names..gee i wonder why ;)
ReplyDeletelove Tracy
Hi Anette!
ReplyDeleteWell, my full name is Eva Cecilia. I don't really like it so much because it's too short :P but I learn to appreciate it.
When I knew the reason why I carry this name I just run to my mom and gave her a really long hug. It's a long story, maybe some day I can tell you.
So, when I knew that it will be a song from Nightwish with my name I feel really exited and in the moment I hear you singing "Eva" I fall in love with your voice... and since day until now I'm your fan.
So, Anette, Nemo it's a great name for your baby and I'm quite sure he's going to love it.
*Hugs*
Hi, I am Brazilian and my first name is MARDEN.
ReplyDeleteI never had much interest in learning about the origin of my name, but recently, searching the internet I discovered that my name is of english origin and which he is usually employed in girls in England. I was a little frustrated but I like my name. It's different here in Brazil.
I love you Anette! You have a beautiful name. ;~)
Hi Anette!
ReplyDeleteNemo... It is very cool! I like it)
This is the most suitable name for your baby! It is a wonderful =)
I think that baby will be proud of his name when he grows up)
And my name is Pauline (I really don't know how it is in English but Google translator translated it as "Pauline" I would have written it "Polina" =))
It comes from the word Apollo in Greek mythology, the Sun God, patron of the arts, the God of the predictions. Yes, it means "sunny".
But I haven't second name...
I'm from Russia and we have not decided to give their children double names.
But we have a so-called "otchestvo" it is "father name".
We use them with due respect to the person or when referring to a more senior person from the experience and age. For example when the student becomes the teacher.
My dad called Denis, I mean "Denisovna"
Polina Denisovna =)
It is very funny, really?
Hugs, Полина =)
P.S. Sorry for my bad english!
I hope you understand me)
Hi Anette:D
ReplyDeleteNemo sounds great and I don't know why but it reminds me of the silent,autumn wind....
So my name is Justyna and it come from Latin-mean something like 'fair'(I always hope I am).
I don't like my name so much but I accustomed to hear it:)
PS.Big sorry for poor English:P
My name is Stefanie and in my age it seems as if every second other girl my age has the same name. The combination of my first name and my surname is given to 14 other people in my hometown. And I really hate this name. My friends call me Mic, it's a name from someone in a german tv series.
ReplyDeleteIf my father had chosen my first nme instead of my mother I would have been called Marie Jantina.
Jag heter Carl Edlund Anderson, an outrageously Swedish name, though my Swedish ancestors emigrated (to the US) a century ago. The first name "Carl" has been borne by all the eldest males of the family since emigrating, while my middle name "Edlund" is a surname from another Swedish branch of the the family. (In the US, old family surnames often get resurrected as middle, or even first, names.) I've always liked my name. :)
ReplyDeleteI now live in Colombia, South America; my wife is Colombian, and our daughter (now 10 months ago) is named Luna Maya Anderson. "Luna" is an uncommon but increasingly popular name here; Colombian pop-rock star Juanes has a daughter of the name. We picked "Maya" partially in reference to the Swedish/Scandinavian name "Maja" (a variant of Mary/Maria, as we have female relatives on both sides of the family with these names) and partially as a reference to the (unrelated) Hindu/Sanskrit name "Maya" (we have Anglo-Indian friends from the UK with daughters named "Maya", and liked the name). It's hard to say whether Luna will like her name yet -- but I hope so! I would. :)
I love the name Nemo. It is cute yet I can imagine a grown man with it as well. I aslo like that it can't really be shortened into something.
ReplyDeleteI got a yellow Labrador Retreiver about 5 weeks ago. I named her Chloe. The world around me assumes I named her after the Kardashians. But I've never watched that show.
My name is Tisa. Like Elena mentioned, pronounciations and misspellings get old, and I don't like having an odd name. I can correct people until the end of the world and I'm still Tisha or Tissa, instead of Tisa, just like Lisa, but with a "T". Some of the doctors I've worked with for 16 years still can't get it.
The origin of my name is Russian. In Russia, it is spelled Tisza. My mother was living in New Jersey while in college. Some good friends of hers came home from the pet store one day with a pair of Irish Setter pups. One named Holly and one named Tisa. My mom liked the name so much she asked them why the puupy got the name. The pet shop owner's name was Tisza, as was the name of her store. So whenever my husband complains that my nose is cold, I tell him it's the Irish Setter in me. ; )
Hej Anette!
ReplyDeleteWow, I wouldn't thought that Nemo is that common in Sweden. Although when I was still living with my parents couple years ago in my home village, there were some other parents who named their son as Nemo. I don't know them personally but I always thought that maybe they were Nightwish fans because the name Nemo :D
I have never hated my name. Well, I have never loved it either. I think my name is just fine for me. I was named after the queen of Norway because my parents wanted a royal name for me. My sister has also a royal name. Unfortunately I haven't had so glamorous life even though the royal name :)
Now, when I have grown up I have started little bit to dislike my surname. It's quite common in Finland, at least here where we live. But then again, I'm still quite proud of it :D
Anette is very beautiful name. And your second name isn't bad either :)
I was quite surprised when I was told how I got the name Kara and the middle name Elizabeth. Apparently my grandmother on my father's side was pregnant with a daughter, but she unfortunatly had a miscarrige. Then my parents found out about me and got married, then I was born. My father wanted to name me Kara after the aunt I could of had. Then my mother gave me my middle name Elizabeth after her great-grandmother. I'm happy to say that I love the name my parents gave me.
ReplyDeleteMy Parents chose name Ildar for me... Later I found out that it means "The master of the world"! xD. But I don't like and don't hate my name.
ReplyDeleteI was always annoyed with my name (Kerry -Gaelic meaning "little dark haired one) growing up b/c people always spelled it wrong (Keri; Carrie, Kari) or even mistook for a completely different name (Katie, Kelly, Karen). The biggest problem even now is my best friend is Carrie so when we're together and someone calls for one of us, we both answer and it gets really confusing! lol
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