If any Danish speakers follow me...

[catvalente@wandering.shop]

If any Danish speakers follow me...

What would be the Danish equivalent of the name Bob in English?

Being a standard very common male name w/uncle vibes, pleasing to say but old-fashioned & kind of pedestrian? Lars? Peet?

Thanks for your help! (Happy to take any other Danish tidbits too!)

[jesper_linnet@hachyderm.io]

@Catvalente Maybe this recent article from the official Danish bureau of statistics can help (the left part of the table is Top 20 male first names born in 1946): https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/udgivelser/NytHtml?cid=53107

EDIT: Btw, Peet is not really a typical Danish name.

[stveje@mstdn.social]

@Catvalente My first thought was Børge, although maybe that’s a bit too old fashioned. Lars is a common name but I don’t know if it has uncle vibes. Peet is a very unusual name, as in I don’t think I’ve ever heard it. Maybe Jens or Peter.

[stveje@mstdn.social]

@Catvalente Another suggestion is Knud, which I’d say has very strong uncle vibes. It’s also sort of old fashioned and maybe pedestrian.

[pfm2112@social.vivaldi.net]

@Catvalente I'd say 'Jens' fits the bill pretty well.

[madalex@fosstodon.org]

@Catvalente @randahl

[nielstfranck@mastodon.nu]

@Catvalente depends on the age of said uncle (onkel) I might go with Onkel Anders.
Donald Duck is called Anders And in danish and he is also called Onkel Anders.
There is also an Onkel Anders in an old Danish family movie which is quite known (Far til fire). So Onkel Ander will have some cross references to other known works.
But besides that I don’t really think there is a really good comparison to Uncle Bob, except a very common name for that generation.

[notsoloud@expressional.social]

@Catvalente
Ole could work. Works really well, perhaps TOO well when pronounced in English

[apodoxus@mastodon.online]

@pfm2112 @Catvalente I dunno about that. There are some pretty young and good looking "Jens" guys out there.

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

@stveje 'Knud' is back in fashion! I have met 2 baby Knuds recently. And a Svend.

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

@Catvalente I would get Uncle Bob vibes from Onkel Poul or Onkel Flemming. Or if you want a name that clearly signals 'old and old-fashioned', that you couldn't imagine on a baby these days, Onkel Henning or Onkel Bent.

[stveje@mstdn.social]

@CiaraNi Sven without a final D? Or was that a typo?

[trine_dk@helvede.net]

@Catvalente So many good suggestions here in the replies.

I would like to ad Preben to the mix.

Only because I somehow can’t keep from giggling inside when I say it. Preben. PrebenPrebenPreben.

It has exactly the generation and vibe of Bob in my opinion.
I often use that name to signify that type.

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

@stveje Ah, min fejl - nu fikset

[ciarani@mastodon.green]

@Trine_DK @Catvalente Preben. The perfect suggestion. As soon as I saw this, I thought: yes, of course! Onkel Preben is Uncle Bob. Sounds right and feels right.

[rhempel@mstdn.ca]

@Catvalente I met quite a few Henning, Per, Knud, and Flemming types that gave off uncle vibes ...

Onkel Per sounds very Danish