With just three days left before the due date, we thought we'd get your opinions on a new option in the boys category. Maiken is our favorite girl name, and we think we have a good alternative with Ingrid.
Isak is a name with many meanings for us. For Anne, she likes that it means son of joy or he who laughs (as in the divine joke); and she wrote her dissertation on Scandinavian authors Isak Dinesen and Knut Hamsun. I associate the name with Isak, the first man who walked a path through the commons, in Knut Hamsun's Markens Grøde (Growth of the Soil), a new favorite of mine.
Although the name might sound old or old fashioned, we think the name has a lot of spirit and could fit a spunky, active, energetic little boy—which accurately describes the personality of the baby as we imagines it, how it feels to Anne in her belly.
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8 comments:
I'm a huge fan of Isak! Go for it. I like it better than ALL the male names you have considered publicly so far. We have friends here in Eugene with a half Swedish half American son named Isak, and it works well, as long as you're prepared for him being called "Eye-zick" too... We're totally okay with people thinking Eivind is "Ivan"--we expected it. Bilingual names are always hard and require give and take...
I'm checking in everyday for an update...thinking of you both!
Forgot to add that my favorite Isak is Isak Borg in Bergman's Smultronstället...
And here's the popularity history of the name from Norwegian Statistics:
http://www.ssb.no/navn/gutter/isak.gif
I think Isak (a.k.a. Isaac) is a great name. Makes me think of Isak Dinesen and the character Isaac Washington from the Love Boat and the character from Growth of the Soil. Erik and I ruled out biblical names, but I have to say that for a biblical name, Isaac is one of those old, rugged salt-of-the-earth type names (my brothers' names are David and Adam and I like Isaac the same way as those--good, solid old names). -Tara
I like it too.
Oops! I didn't mean to be "anonymous." It was marte who said, "I like it too."
But one more thought. As someone who has gone through life knowing what it's like to have a name that is frequently mispronounced (Martha, Martie, Marda, etc.), I can't stress enough how important it is that the name be spelled the way you want it pronounced. Erik named his son Leif and most people call him "Leaf." Erik actually has an acquaintance whose name is spelled "Lafe" which is the correct pronunciation of "Leif" in English. (Or at least the pronunciation Erik and Jenn chose.) Something to think about with your favorite girl's name especially.
i love it! i am a huge fan of biblical names, being a medievalist and all :-)
I like it too, and although it's an old biblical name, it's very popular in Norway these days. As is Mina, apparently. Whatever the name, I think that little baby should come out now!
Siri
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