Enhance of Ivar: name your child after Ikea
For not even forty euros, you have a Billy. I've had to work hard for it my whole life, but if you're in the mood, you just buy it in aisle 18 at the checkout at Ikea.
My Billy is 31 years old, but the real BILLY is 39 years and world famous. Every 5 seconds, a BILLY is sold somewhere in the world. Can you count how many bookcases that is? But anyway, my husband is called Billy, and that's quite funny, considering we are now expecting two little ones together and are still looking for nice children's names. What turns out? Names from Ikea are trendy these days for kids. There are entire lists made with true gems. Good for inspiration, that's for sure.
The top choices that are most often selected:
- Malm
- Tarva
- Stefan
- Ivar
- Tobias
- Stig
- Franklin
- Ingo
- Fredde
- Sommar
- Norna
- Cilla
- Malinda
- Lova
- Henrika
- Johanne
- Mata
By the way, there is a logic behind the names at Ikea. Each category gets special names. Bookcases get names of boys or professions, a duvet is always named after a plant or flower. If you want something a bit more original; here are our personal favorites from Ikea:
- Västerön
- Dvala
- Älvängen
- Ingatorp
- Klippan
- Fjädermoln
- Viktigt
- Förhöja
- Björksnäs
Ah, who knows, it might be nice for inspiration. And honestly: Ingatorp, dinner is ready, is quite fun to say. By the way, I have one memorable story that is about Ikea. Once it was temporarily over between me and the one who is now sitting nicely with me on the couch. Let me put it this way: we've known each other for so long that we were once a bit without each other. My mother decided to take me to Ikea, I could pick something out because of my overwhelming, insurmountable heartbreak. She had forgotten that there were countless aisles with BILLY'S. Everywhere I saw The Terrible Name. Since then, we haven't been very often – although luckily that love has turned out well. We've even had three baby Billy's since.
Source: Mum Magazine
