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Help[Opinions] Trygve
Met a guy by this name today. I'd never really heard it before, but I like it. I think it sounds kind and friendly. He pronounced it TRIG-vee. He had a very common English surname, and I liked them together-- something simple beside something that looks complicated. Applying that idea for a combo, I'd like something like Trygve Thomas.
Thoughts on Trygve?
Thoughts on Trygve?
This message was edited 1/3/2016, 7:57 AM
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I have to admit, this name is awesome. :D I like the way it sounds and the meaning (trustworthy). Unfortunately, I don't think many people in the US would know how to pronounce it right away.
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Holy crap that's my uncle's name! He didn't have a red beard by any chance, did he?
Seriously though, this is the first time I've ever heard of anyone besides my uncle being named Trygve. Personally, I think it's kind of charming, but that, I think, might just be personal bias. :-p
As for combos, I have a hard time picturing anything non-Scandinavian for a middle. That said, a "normal" English middle name might make a nice contrast. Thus:
Trygve Jonas
Trygve Joseph
Trygve Allan
Seriously though, this is the first time I've ever heard of anyone besides my uncle being named Trygve. Personally, I think it's kind of charming, but that, I think, might just be personal bias. :-p
As for combos, I have a hard time picturing anything non-Scandinavian for a middle. That said, a "normal" English middle name might make a nice contrast. Thus:
Trygve Jonas
Trygve Joseph
Trygve Allan
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Is your uncle a chaplain in MI? But this guy had brown hair anyway. :)
This message was edited 1/4/2016, 6:24 AM
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The first Secretary-General of the UN was called Trygve Lie https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trygve_Lie
I am Swedish so I have heard the name before, but I don't think I have actually ever met anyone called Tryggve anyway.
I am Swedish so I have heard the name before, but I don't think I have actually ever met anyone called Tryggve anyway.
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It's used in Sweden, although it's rare (and usually spelled Tryggve). We pronounce it TRYG-veh (short y sound, as in "very").
I can't really see it on a young guy; to me it sounds like a very old man.
I can't really see it on a young guy; to me it sounds like a very old man.
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Ditto
Should also add that "trygg" means "safe" in Sweden. In some areas "ve" is used, meaning "woe".
So Safewoe isn't really appealing as a name to me. :) Sounds ridiculous although I know it's used although not on someone younger than my grandpa.
Should also add that "trygg" means "safe" in Sweden. In some areas "ve" is used, meaning "woe".
So Safewoe isn't really appealing as a name to me. :) Sounds ridiculous although I know it's used although not on someone younger than my grandpa.
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Interesting. Not knowing anything about it, I think it had a more youthful sound. The one I met was like 40-45.
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I agree. As someone on the outside (US) it has a youthful sound.
Sarah Palin named her son Trigg as a play on Trygve, which is not well known, but is the closest association we have with the name here.
Sarah Palin named her son Trigg as a play on Trygve, which is not well known, but is the closest association we have with the name here.
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posh?
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