https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/ en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:15:37 +0200 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:15:37 +0200 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/collafirth/ Far out in the North Atlantic there are two groups of green islands: the Shetland islands, which today... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/collafirth/ Mon, 01 Nov 2021 15:45:00 +0100 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/salloev-carved-in-stone/ On a runestone found at Snoldelev to the south of Roskilde we can find the oldest written form of a place-name... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/salloev-carved-in-stone/ Fri, 01 Oct 2021 14:15:00 +0200 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/haabetz-colonie/ On July 3rd 1721 Hans Egede and his family, together with the crews of the two ships Haabet and Anne... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/haabetz-colonie/ Thu, 01 Jul 2021 09:15:00 +0200 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/lokke-names/ In the Danish landscape there are many place-names showing traces of old heathen gods such as Odin, Freyr,... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/lokke-names/ Tue, 05 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0100 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/dannebrog/ Most of us recognise Dannebrog as the ensign for all the Danes and the meaning of the name is something... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/dannebrog/ Tue, 01 Dec 2020 15:45:00 +0100 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/rasmussen/ When Denmark's participant went on stage at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon it was under the... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/rasmussen/ Tue, 01 May 2018 14:15:00 +0200 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/christmas-island/ The island in the Pacific known as Christmas Island is called the same in the language of the natives... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/christmas-island/ Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:15:00 +0200 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/tissoe/ The name of the lake in West Sjælland probably is connected to the old heathen gods – and... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/tissoe/ Fri, 10 Oct 2014 16:00:00 +0200 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/jelling/ As an historical location Jelling has formed the centre of rotation for many investigations and at the... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/jelling/ Tue, 07 Oct 2014 16:15:00 +0200 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/odense/ Odense is only the third largest city in Denmark but nevertheless perhaps the one that is most well-known.... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/odense/ Wed, 20 Aug 2014 11:30:00 +0200 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/zornig/ The High German surname Zornig is making frequent appearances in Danish media at the moment, a name that... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/zornig/ Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:00:00 +0200 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/vincent/ On 14th April 2011 it was revealed that the new Danish prince was in future to be referred to as Prince... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/vincent/ Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:15:00 +0200 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/tristan/ Tristan has been included in Statistics Denmark’s list of the 50 most popular boys’ names... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/tristan/ Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:00:00 +0200 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/majbritt/ The girls' name Majbritt is the one that has been authorised by the Nation Social Appeals Board in the... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/majbritt/ Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:45:00 +0200 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/alexander/ The name has given rise to many variants in different languages, including Persian and Arabic. Many celebreties... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/alexander/ Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:30:00 +0200 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/basse/ Most Danes have heard about the two rune stones in Jelling – only a few of them, however,... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/basse/ Sat, 14 Jul 2012 17:00:00 +0200 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/aarhus2/ The Mayor of Århus in 2010 proposed to change the spelling Århus to Aarhus. Cases like these... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/aarhus2/ Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:45:00 +0100 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/asger/ The roots of the masculine name Asger go more than one thousand years back in time and it can thus be... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/asger/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0100 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/johannes/ The name Johannes is probably the name that has given rise to the largest number of variants and short-forms... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/johannes/ Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:45:00 +0100 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/emma/ The popularity of the name in Denmark first became obvious in the middle of the 1990s. What is particularly... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/emma/ Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:15:00 +0100 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/aarhus/ In its present form the name à rhus would seem to be a compound of the words Ã¥re 'oar' and hus 'house'.... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/aarhus/ Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:30:00 +0100 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/corydon/ The newly-appointed Danish Minister of Finance has brought the surname Corydon into the limelight. https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/corydon/ Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:45:00 +0100 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/ribe/ Ribe is the first Danish town we know by name. There is no consensus on the meaning of the name, though.... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/ribe/ Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:45:00 +0100 https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/copenhagen/ How the Danish capital København has come to end up by being called Copenhagen in English is uncertain.... https://names.ku.dk/selectednames/copenhagen/ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:00:00 +0100