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Hello, I'm looking for a German-origin names (m or f) to use for my next kid (German PILs), and pref. a 1 or 2 syllable name! Anyone got any good ideas? Danke sehr

i always liked Lothar.

Ein guter Freund von mir heisst Burkhard/Burki, seine Frau hesst Katrin, seine Mutter isst Irmgard. Meine Kollegin heisst Mirjam. Meine Nachbarin heisst Iris und ihre Tochter ist Alina.

Mädchen 2011

Mia
Emma
Hannah / Hanna
Anna
Lea / Leah
Leonie / Leoni
Lina
Marie
Sophia / Sofia
Lena
Emilie / Emily
Lilli / Lilly / Lili
Laura
Sophie / Sofie
Lara
Amelie
Emilia
Nele / Neele
Johanna
Sarah / Sara
Luisa / Louisa
Maja / Maya
Leni
Clara / Klara
Pia

Jungen 2011

Ben
Leon
Lucas / Lukas
Finn / Fynn
Jonas
Maximilian
Luis / Louis
Paul
Felix
Luca / Luka
Noah
Tim / Timm
Elias
Max
Julian
Philip / Philipp
Moritz
Niclas / Niklas
Alexander
Jan
Jacob / Jakob
Tom
David
Eric / Erik
Fabian

Amalie nn Mali

Some of the kids I remember from when I taught in Germany:

Lina
Maike
Lisa-Maria
Laura
Leonie

Dominik
Philip
Kaan
Fabian
Tim x2
Manuel
Leon

wish I could remember more of them!

Walter must be from german origins? and I knew a little girl named Nola as it was meant to be a german and irish name.

not a lot of fact there, but those are 2 i think of as german-ish!

Wolfgang or Gunther

Love Clara and Greta, Dominic and Jacob

Ooh and Anya

Dagmar
Cosima

I have a half German relative called Anya, would have been Marc if a boy.
They wanted names that worked well in Germany and UK.

poor Irmgard!

Etta
Gretchen
Marcus

@Partial-Stimmt! Soll alles durchlesen bevor ich auf den Postknopf drueke!

Klaus, Norbert, Johann, Martin, Christian, Richard, Sebastian, Timo, Helke, Arno, Albrecht, Peter, Manfred, Michael, Wolfgang, Wolfhard, Gerhard, Anselm, Oskar, Ingo, Bertolt, Lukas

Silke, Elke, Claudia, Sabine, Christa, Pia, Suzann, Marlene, Magda, Beate, Bettina, Finja, Cosima, Eva, Adelheid, Nina, Romy

i know 2 German people who have great names, Stefan and Varina. they are both great people too!

I have a German friend called Heike, (pronounced Hika in english). I have always like it. I think the mail version would be Heiko.

telsa and strippybear, your suggestions would be like calling a baby in the UK Rosemary or Susan - a very 1970s name . Especially Norbert, Manfred, Gerhard, Heike - they are VERY unfashionable at the moment.

I know - but as here, what comes around goes around!

Johann, Florian, Malte, Magnus, Anton, Jonas, Linus

Luise, Lena, Milla, Jana, Greta, Marlene

Britta, Dagmar, Astrid, Ines

Some names that work in both English and German, and also are pronounced very similarly:

Philip, Marcus, Lucas, Anton, Max, Ben, Frank, Tobias, Tristan, Martin

Tessa, Dora, Louisa, Anna, Natalie, Connie, Lilly, Stella, Helen, Fiona

There's also some names like Zoe, Grace and Alice that are pronounced the English way in Germany, well, usually, at least by younger people.

Ilse/Ilsa - would that be old lady chic in Germany?

Amalie