Hi, I am looking for Scandinavian or German names which are good names to use in an English speaking country as well.

What do you think about

Ingrid
Greta
Oscar?

Any other ideas?

here are some scandinavian names that i like:
(boys)
Aleksanteri
Davin
Noah
Matias
Severi
Niilo
Mikael
Mikko
Luukas
Marko
Kalle
Jaakko
Joakim
Flemming
Iver
Kai
(girls)
Kelda
Annelisa
Kaja
Frederikke
Maren
Mia
Annika
Aurora
Elisabet
Rebekka
Eveliina
Adelheid
Ilona
Marjaana
Katariina
Kyllikki
Lahja
Liisi
Charlotta
Matleena
Meri
Miina
Mika
Olivia
Paiva
Raakel
Sari
Senja
Severina
Sinikka
Sohvi
Stiina
Sonja
Suvi (means summer)
Tahti (means star)
Teija
Ulla

I'm in the same situation as you.
I have a son called oscar and love the naem not sure about Greta though

Hi!

Here in finland we have lovely names like Elina, Eveliina, Annika, Pihla, Pinja, Salla, Sanni, Stella,
Camilla, Josefiina for girls, and for boys, Matti, Konsta, Mikael, Roope, Teemu, Aleksi, Casimir, Kasper,
luukas, Leevi.

Boys:
Axel (my father is peace)
Finn (from Finland)
Gunnar (war-warrior)
Jon (God is gracious)
Kent (comely;finely made)
Ruben (behold, a son)
Viggo (war)

Girls:
Britt (exalated one)
Carina (beloved or friend)
Dagney (a new day)
Elsa (god is my oath)
Ester (star)
Hedda (contending war)
Helga (sucessful)
Jana (God is gracious)
Kristin (follower of christ)
Maja (mother)
Sanna (lily)
Tora (thunder)
Ulrika (propersity and power)

Hope this helps.

Johana

Hey, ilived an long time in Germany!
I like the names

Lia
Liana
Lea
Emely
Leonie
Leni
Lara
Elisa
Lina
Zoe
Luisa
Paula
Melina
Hannah
Alina
Madeleine
Josefine
Nele
Loreen
Kira
Carina
Katharina
Mareen
Marleen
Mareike
Lena
Aline
Marta
Jana

Elias
Luca
Julian
Julien
Nico
Marius
Marco
Daniel
Linus
Lian
Louis
Noah
Janic
Mica
Jannis
Malte
Florian
Anton
Finn

How do you like this Names?

Anicia

I am from Denmark.

Ingrid, Greta and Oscar are not usual names to give your children in Denmark, and I think it is the same in the other scandinavian contries. The names are considered old-fashioned.
In Denmark we use a lot of english and christian names.

Maybe you could take a look at his site:
http://www.dst.dk/Statistik/Navne/bestemt_aar/2005-1.aspx

It shows the most popular girls-names (pigenavne) and boys-names (drengenavne), that were given to danish children last year.

GIRLS
Heidi, Matilda, Liesel (which are german)
Freya, Erika, Anika, Bo
(Which are scandinavian)

BOYS
Henry, Kiefer, Lance, Hugo, Koen
(which are german)
Osborn, Leif

Hi!
I am from Germany and I can say that the name Greta is going to be popular again!
In Germany children are often named after their grandparents the last time. Such as Martha (which was the name of my grandmother) Katharina (my other grandmother) Greta, Paula,
In Germany we use quite a lot American names as well such as Kevin, Dennis,...
My girls are named Femke Susann and Martje Christin. If I had a boy I would have named him Mats Eric or Leif or Paul or Finn.
Typical german boys names are:
Carsten (either with K)
Claus (either with K)
Andreas
Christian/Christof (Christoph)
Dirk
Thomas (Tomas)
Thorsten (Torsten)
Ernst (is oldfashioned)
Emil (oldfashioned but coming back)
Frank
Georg (oldfashioned)
Horst, Harald, Hans, Hermann (oldfashioned -I would choose other names! )
Ingo
Jens
Stefan

Girls names:

Amelie
Anna/Anne
Annette (Annett)
Andrea
Beate
Birte
Christina (Kristina/Kristine)
Dorothea (oldfashioned but coming back)
Elvira (oldfashioned)
Hanna
Ingrid (oldfashioned)
Iris
Johanna
Katharina (e)
Katrin
Lea
Lydia
Monika
Marie/Maria
Marlene
Paula
Regina/Regine
Rosi/Rosemarie
Stefanie
Sandra
Sonja
.
.
.
There are many more. If you like to get more just contact me!
Greetings from Telsche (another old german name, but very rare )