Message: "My cousin's first child"

My cousin's first child

by Caprice

4/11/2015, 11:24 AM

My cousin has become a father! It's a boy and his name will be Nils Bertil. Can't say I like it, sadly enough. Bertil sounds like a 100 year old man to me. My cousin actually wanted to name him Lennart, after our grandfather, but his girlfriend said "no way". Lennart is a typical "grandpa name" today and I don't exactly think it's beautiful (I would say it's like naming a child in an English-speaking country something like Howard or Ralph), but it would be so nice with a Lennart Junior and I'm sure our grandpa would have liked that.

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- Ninor (Frozten)

4/12/2015, 1:44 AM

I think Bertil is quite cute actually. And I think it fits right in with the name trends we have today, much more so than Lennart. Nils Bertil is a winner :)

- autumn23

4/11/2015, 6:41 PM

Congrats!
I quite like the Nils Bertil. Lennart is lovely as well.
I've never heard of Nils or Bertil so they're quite refreshing to me.

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- Joiya

4/11/2015, 4:46 PM

I like Howard and Ralph, I think they have a dated charm... but that is not everyone's cup of tea. Lennart is pretty cool to me, but it has no connotations in my head since I have never heard of it. I would just have assumed it was a retro chic name.

In any case... I love the name Nils Bertil. I mean... Bertil is just so bold and quirky, yet solid and lively. I like it even better than Nils. I am not totally sure how your cousin says the name though. Behr-teel? Bertle?.... I lean towards the first pronunciations.

Nils is hard for me to say aloud, I can't quite catch the pronunciation well... but I like the look of it and find its short and sweetness charming.

So, while I agree that Nils Bertil is an out-of-the-box name... I totally appreciate it for that. Kudos to your cousin for being bold.

- araslanka +2

4/11/2015, 12:24 PM

Bertil sounds like an old man to me, too... At least it's only his middle name. Nils is adorable. Though, I would've liked the sound of Nils Lennart better. Because Nils Bertil rhymes when I say it and I can't stand rhyming names. Hoping that it doesn't rhyme in Swedish?

- Caprice +1

4/11/2015, 12:47 PM

No, it doesn't rhyme in Swedish. Nils rhymes with "pills" and Bertil sounds almost like Bettie with an L in the end (the R sound is almost swallowed).

This message was edited 4/11/2015, 12:47 PM

- araslanka

4/11/2015, 2:28 PM

Okay, thanks for explaining! I'm glad it does rhyme at least (:

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