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Danish-English names for girls
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Abbey
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Aleta
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Alvina
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Amia
Amie
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Anda
Andi
Andie
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Andy
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Ann
Anna
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Ashlee
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Aston
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Calleigh
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Carol
Carol anne
Carola
Carolan
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Cass
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Cathy
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Chantel
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Charlee
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Charley
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Cherie
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Clare
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Danah
Danette
Dani
Dania
Danica
Daniela
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Danni
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Deanne
Debbi
Debbie
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Felicia
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Francine
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Gail
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Hana
Hannah
Harleen
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Haylee
Hayleigh
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Haylie
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Helene
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Tania
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Tara
Tarah
Tasha
Tashia
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Taylor
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Una
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Zoey
Danish-English feminine names from the /r/namenerds subreddit
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Additional Danish-English results
Feminine Danish names that may also be English words
The following names often appeared in English language web pages. That means that they are either English words, or names which are very familiar to English speakers.
Feminine English names that may also be Danish words
These names often appeared in Danish language web pages.
English word ending matches
Feminine English names often end with -na. Below are Danish names ending with the same word ending.
Fuzzy matches
These are names that would have been the same between the languages, if it hadn't been for a single character difference. Each entry shows an approximate match with the Danish name on the left, and the English name on the right.
Danish-English names popular in both
Names from this page that appear in the official baby name statistics of both a Danish-speaking and a English-speaking country.
| Name | Danish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Emma | #5 girls Denmark 2025 | #5 girls Canada (Ontario) 2024 |
| Olivia | #10 girls Denmark 2025 | #1 girls England and Wales 2025 |
| Lily | #13 girls Denmark 2025 | #2 girls England and Wales 2025 |
| Ella | #7 girls Denmark 2025 | #11 girls Australia (New South Wales) 2025 |
| Nora | #4 girls Denmark 2025 | #14 girls Canada (Ontario) 2024 |
| Anna | #17 girls Denmark 2025 | #11 girls Northern Ireland 2025 |
| Isabella | #23 girls Denmark 2025 | #10 girls England and Wales 2025 |
| Ellie | #16 girls Denmark 2025 | #21 girls Northern Ireland 2025 |
| Emily | #38 girls Denmark 2025 | #6 girls Northern Ireland 2025 |
| Hannah | #28 girls Denmark 2025 | #20 girls Canada (Ontario) 2024 |
| Luna | #14 girls Denmark 2025 | #36 girls Canada (Ontario) 2024 |
| Clara | #12 girls Denmark 2025 | #39 girls Northern Ireland 2025 |
| Molly | #41 girls Denmark 2025 | #32 girls Northern Ireland 2025 |
| Eva | #42 girls Denmark 2025 | #45 girls Canada (Ontario) 2024 |
| Victoria | #47 girls Denmark 2025 | #50 girls Canada (Ontario) 2024 |
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Abigail
Abigail is a biblical Hebrew name meaning “father’s joy,” with nicknames such as Abby, Abbie, and Gail. In the Old Testament, Abigail was the clever, beautiful wife of Nabal who calmed David’s anger with a generous gift and later became his wife.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Alice
Alice is a Germanic name meaning “noble” or “nobility,” originally a form of Adelaide, with variants such as Alys and Alyce. Alice is also linked to a Greek word for “truthful.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Amy
Amy comes from Latin and means “beloved” or “dearly loved,” with spellings like Aimee and Amie. Amy was a defining name of the 1970s, popularized earlier by Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, and some feel it is now dated.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Angela
Angela comes from Greek and means “messenger of God” or “angel,” with forms such as Angelina, Angelique, and the Irish Aingeal, and Angie as a nickname. Famous bearers include actresses Angela Lansbury and Angela Bassett and German chancellor Angela Merkel.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Ariel
Ariel is a Hebrew name meaning “lion of God” or “lioness of God,” used for boys and girls, with Arielle and Ariella as feminine spellings. In the Bible Ariel is a symbolic name for Jerusalem in Isaiah and the name of a leader sent by Ezra to find Levites.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Boys, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With
Beatrice
Beatrice is a Latin name meaning “she brings joy,” or “blessed,” with Beatrix and Beatriz as sister forms. Beatrice was adored by Dante and appears in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, while Beatrix Potter of Peter Rabbit fame is a well-loved bearer.
Sources: Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Baby Names Book
Cameron
Cameron is a Scottish clan name meaning “crooked nose.” Cameron is also read as “crooked river.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Boys, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With
Carmen
Carmen is Latin and Spanish for “song.” Carmen is also traced to Hebrew, meaning “garden” or “orchard,” as a Spanish form of Carmela.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson)
Chelsea
Chelsea is an Old English place name meaning “chalk landing place” or “chalk wharf.” Chelsea is also read as “ship port” or “landing place.”
Sources: 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Unusual Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 10,000 Baby Names
Claudia
Claudia is the feminine of Claudius and comes from Latin for “lame.” The name stayed popular despite its meaning, thanks largely to the Roman Emperor Claudius.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Dakota
Dakota means “friend” or “ally” in the Sioux language and is the name of the people for whom the two Dakota states are named. Dakota began as a boys' name but was quickly taken up for girls, and it carries a wild, Western sense of adventure.
Sources: 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Boys, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, 10,000 Baby Names
Edith
Edith is an Old English name meaning “prosperity in war” or “struggle for wealth.” Edith is also read as “spoils of war,” and the first Edith was a daughter of King Edgar the Peaceful.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Baby Names Book, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, The Best Baby Names for Girls
Elizabeth
Elizabeth is a Hebrew name meaning “God is my oath,” “pledged to God,” or “God’s promise.” Elizabeth has more spin-offs than almost any name, from Beth, Betsy and Liz to Elsa and Isabel, and it has stayed near the top of U.S. charts for well over a century.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy
Ellen
Ellen began as a form of Helen, meaning “light” or “shining,” and has long been a name in its own right. Some find Ellen too plain, but it has the quiet appeal of a simple staple that subtle-minded parents appreciate.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Evelyn
Evelyn is most often said to mean “hazelnut.” Other sources trace Evelyn to the Norman Aveline, read as “beautiful bird,” or link it to Eve’s “life” and the meaning “young and lively.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Unusual Baby Names, Numerology for Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book
Faith
Faith is a virtue name meaning “trust,” “strong belief,” or “belief in God.” A favorite of the Puritans, Faith is one of the few virtue names still widely used, and Fay or Faye make lighter alternatives.
Sources: 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, Baby Names Book, Baby Names Made Easy, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names, 10,000 Baby Names
Florence
Florence comes from Latin and means “blooming” or “flourishing.” The name took off thanks to Florence Nightingale, named for her Italian birthplace, who championed sanitation and compassionate care as a nurse in the Crimean War.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names, Badass Baby Names
Grace
Grace comes from the Latin gratia and means “grace,” “favor,” or “pleasing,” with Gracie as a beloved pet form. A virtue name loved by the Puritans and frequent in the Bible, Grace was seen as dowdy in the 1970s but is now as popular as in the late 1800s; it also recalls the mythological Graces.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Unusual Baby Names
Hannah
Hannah is Hebrew for “grace” or “God has favored me,” and is also a palindrome. In the Bible Hannah prayed for a child at Shiloh and dedicated her son, the prophet Samuel, to God’s service.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Harriet
Harriet is a feminine form of Henry or Harry, meaning “ruler of the home” or “leader of the house,” with Hattie as a nickname. Unlike other vintage names, Harriet has not yet revived despite Harry’s popularity, perhaps because it echoes “harried”; Henrietta is an alternative.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Iris
Iris is Greek for “rainbow,” and is also a flower name. In Greek myth Iris was the rainbow goddess who carried messages between heaven and earth; the stylized iris is the fleur-de-lis of France.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Jane
Jane is the feminine form of John and means “God is gracious” or “God’s grace.” Jane was the dependable everygirl from the 1920s to the ’50s, faded in the sixties, and now sits mid-pack, suited to literature lovers (Jane Eyre, Jane Austen) and Anglophiles alike.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Joyce
Joyce is usually read as “joyous,” from Latin or French. Joyce originally meant “lord,” from a Breton name that became an Anglo-Norman surname borne by one of the Galway “tribes.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, The Best Baby Names for Girls, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Irish Names for Children
Mary
Mary is linked to the sea, read as “drop of the sea” and later “star of the sea,” from Latin stella maris. Mary also traces to the Hebrew Miriam, meaning “bitter” or “sea of bitterness.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Classic Biblical Baby Names
Nancy
Nancy grew out of Ann and Anna and shares their Hebrew meaning, “grace.” Nancy was a top-ten name in the U.S. around 1935 to 1955, has been fading since, and has a cheerful girl-next-door feel.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Rose
Rose comes from the Latin name of the flower, with many forms such as Rosa, Rosie, Rosalie, and Rosetta. Rose was the earliest flower name, probably because of its connection with the Virgin Mary, and it stands for love and purity, while the Bible refers to the “rose of Sharon.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Ruby
Ruby is a gem name from the Latin for “red,” referring to the precious red stone. One of the first jewel names after the Civil War, Ruby was hot in the 1910s, faded, and is now back, ranking second in the U.K. in 2008.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Sarah
Sarah is a Hebrew name meaning “princess,” with nicknames such as Sally and Sadie. In Genesis, the beautiful Sarai was renamed Sarah and, late in life, bore Isaac to Abraham, earning the title “mother of nations.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Taylor
Taylor is an English occupational surname, from the Old French for “tailor,” for someone who cuts and alters clothing. Long a boy’s name, Taylor became a girl’s name around 1979 and rocketed into the top ten by the mid-1990s, and some books expect it to end up mostly feminine.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Boys, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Veronica
Veronica is a Latin name meaning “true image,” with Veronique and Veronika as foreign forms and Ronnie and Vera as nicknames. By legend, Saint Veronica wiped Jesus’s face with her veil as he carried the cross, and the cloth kept the image of his face, though she never appears in the Bible itself.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book
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All of the suggested Danish-English names on this page are matched solely on their written form — pronunciation may differ.