What's wrong with Valdemar? Good, old, traditional Danish king's name - we've had several King Valdemars (including one the Great and another who got the Danish flag coming down to him from above). So what is the problem? I think it's a fine name.
The problem is that I read Voldemort, too. Even though I'm not in the HP fandom and haven't read the books/seen the movies. People have heard of him. And the likeness of the names is kind of frightening.
In German, we have a similar name, Waldemar (though it's very old-fashioned), and I think that since it doesn't start with a V, there's not such a big chance that it's misread...
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But I don't know if Valdemar is such a good name...
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In German, we have a similar name, Waldemar (though it's very old-fashioned), and I think that since it doesn't start with a V, there's not such a big chance that it's misread...
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An English friend of mine read Valdemar as Voldemort. :D
I'm also liking very much that they went with Prins Henrik's original spelling, rather than the Danish version.
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