🇩🇰 Denmark

Approved name list exists

Denmark publishes an official list of approved first names. Names on the list are automatically accepted.

New names require approval

If a name is not on the approved list, parents must apply for approval from the Familieretshuset.

Must not be a surname in Denmark

A first name cannot be an established Danish surname unless it also has a tradition as a first name.

Name must be appropriate

Names that could be offensive or harmful to the child are rejected.

Gender-specific names

Names should generally correspond to the child's sex, though unisex names exist on the list.