Dino
The first boy name on the list is Dino, which has strong links to the classic Italian marque Ferrari. The brand’s legendary founder, Enzo Ferrari, had a son nicknamed Dino.
Ferrari Dino is named after the founder’s son – Photo: Ferrari
Alfredo “Dino” Ferrari was a talented engineer, and was supposed to take over the family business from his father. Unfortunately, Dino passed away from the effects of muscular dystrophy at the age of 24, and the father then decided to create the model “Ferrari Dino” in his memory.
Today, 1,184 people in Sweden are called “Dino”.
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Aston
One brand that can be seen as somewhat of a British equivalent to Ferrari is Aston Martin, which is perhaps best known as James Bond’s favorite marque.
Aston Martin is a long-established British brand – Photo: Marcus Berggren
The Aston part of the name comes from the small village of Aston Clinton, where founders Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford used to race their cars in the 1910s.
Aston is also a not entirely uncommon boy’s name, and can thus be a good choice if you are an enthusiast of British cars. Currently, 2,028 people in Sweden have “Aston” as their first name.
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Morgan
Another classic British sports car brand is Morgan, which was founded in 1910 and today is the only family-owned car manufacturer in England.
Morgan builds classic cars with a classic name – Photo: Morgan
Morgan is known for building their cars by hand using old fashioned methods, and with an old fashioned feel.
In Sweden, 11,111 people have the name “Morgan” as their first name.
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Charles
A more everyday name with a connection to the automotive world is Karl, which is the name of a small car from the German car brand Opel.
The Opel Karl is closely related to the Chevrolet Spark – Photo: Stellantis
The model is closely related to the Chevrolet Spark, and was produced from 2015 to 2019. Opel also produced the Adam small car during the same period.
“Karl” is a classic Swedish name, and today as many as 200,920 people in Sweden have it as their first name.
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Jesko
If you want your son’s name to really stand out at roll call, and to back one of Sweden’s proudest contributions to the automotive world, Jesko can be an interesting name.
Koenigsegg Jesko is named after founder Christian von Koenigsegg’s father – Photo: Koenigsegg
Supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg from Ängelholm showed off its new model Jesko at the Geneva motor show in March 2019. The name comes from founder Christian von Koenigsegg’s father Jesko von Koenigsegg.
Today, 9 people in Sweden have the first name “Jesko”.