Nordic Unknown Names #comedy #nordic #norway #language #sweden #iceland #denmark #finland

[Vesperitis]

"Name Nameson" is like the human version of "Boaty McBoatface".

[Kosmik_]

Fun fact: there is a singer in iceland named jón jónsson

[SeLeevi]

Finland also has Nönnönnöö, which is an example name used in the army. Private Nönnönnöö.

[youarebymyside]

"One of us". That's actually so human.

[natescode]

"Name Nameson" makes sense. "John Doe" is a real name.

[irmiwolf]

In germany the name of unknown victimes/dead people is not published and will be marked down as being unknown, but we do have certain names we use for placeholder names or as an example. The most common among them are Max Mustermann (Max Example-Man) and Erika Musterfrau (Erika Example-Woman)

[laurakastrup]

Sweden being the overachiever with their Latin is 100% something I could envision for my Swedish friends… despite them not speaking Latin

[trixus]

Finnish way of naming the unknown is actually pretty wholesome. One of us... And Matti and Maija are very nice sounding names as well 😁

[olafurw]

All names in this video are pronounced flawlessly.

[NachoBearYeah]

In Argentina we say "Natalia Natalia" because we shorten "nomen nescio" to "NN" and then idk cops just named the Ns

[sumdumbmick]

the dude that invented autogyros was literally named John Doe, but in Spanish: Juan de la Cierva.

[dr.blauerkraut]

In Denmark ''Navn Navnesen'' is mostly used for example text. Like in the pharmacy when they show where to locate your Social Security Number on your card, and it's filLed out with zeroes and ''navn navnesen'' etc. For legal documents i think we use the same as sweden, Nomen Nescio

[josefins]

I work at a Swedish hospital, and in our ERs unkown people are called "Okänd Okänd" (unknown unkown).

[AcidDrinkerPL]

Jan Kowalski in polish (literally john smith) Kowal=Smith

[iXUZDAP]

Ola Nordmann is a national personification of Norwegians, either for individuals or collectively. It is also used as a placeholder name. The female counterpart is Kari Nordmann, and collectively they are referred to as Ola og Kari Nordmann

[MasterHigure]

In formal contexts (like ERs, where patients can come in without being identifiable), we use Nomen Nescio (or N. N. for short) in Norway too. Ola and Kari Nordmann isn't for specific people, it's more of a "the average Norwegian" type thing. Politicians and journalists use those names when they talk about how tax policy will affect you, for instance.

[ahkkariq]

Ola and Kari were very common Norwegian names 70-80 years ago. My name is Kari, and when I was born the name was not so popular anymore, and I got to grow up without being confused with others. Both names are still in use, Nordmann means person born in Norway.

[ThePippers]

As a Dane, I've never heard "Navn Navnesen" being used as John Doe. I'd use Jens Jensen, which is/was a common name. Or, if you're from the 90's, you might use the names Katha-Kaj and Bente-Bent, which are names for two androgynous cartoon characters.

[LongPeter]

In Iceland, odds are there is someone in the room who just knows who they are already.

[solas]

Nomen nescio literally means: „I don‘t know the name“