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German Names

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Chocolocolate · 23/12/2010 19:19

Can anyone suggest any good German names. Boys & Girls.

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kitchenunit · 20/06/2016 16:59

Case in point mypropertea

Annelise is probably pronounced Ann-uh-lees-uh. It sounds like Annaleeza to English ears but it really isn't that at all.

kitchenunit · 20/06/2016 16:57

Bear in mind anything which sounds like an "a" ending to our ears is very probably actually an "e" and to German ears often sounds like a rather unattractive "uh".

So for instance "Charlotte" probably sounds to English ears like "charlotta " but to German ears like "charlott-uh"

A small point and irrelevant if you're in the uk, but it affected the names that we were happy to go with.

Also think about difference in pronunciation generally. I didn't want to DC to have something pronounced differently in each language - confusing when you're not sure whether to introduce yourself as English "Caroline" or "Caro-leenuh"

mypropertea · 20/06/2016 16:57

Anneliese (said Annalisa)

HyacinthBouquetNo1 · 20/06/2016 16:53

Elisabeth

kitchenunit · 20/06/2016 16:50

Lieselotte is a famous story about a cow!

kitchenunit · 20/06/2016 16:49

DSs kindergarten class:

Anna
Hanna
Maya
Berenike
Lionel
Leonard
Matthias
Hannes
Catherina
Susan
Emma
Raggi
Nuno
Theo
Niklas
Lasse
Clara

Names I considered which got laughed at:
Otto
Hektor
Ingo
Liesel
Isolde
Claudia

mariafrancesca82 · 20/06/2016 16:28

Hi, my nan is German and I'm proud of my German roots so want German names for my kids but names that work in English also.
I named my son Konrad and am pregnant again, if it's a girl I'm having Freyja or Heidi, or another boy I'm thinking Gerard...
There is also Karl, Kurt, Greta, Maria.....

JiltedJohnsJulie · 28/12/2010 14:39

Nightstar there is one in DS school and it does seem to suit him.

Think if you choose a name like that you are going to have to prepare yourself for a few raised eyebrows and the odd Shock look.

sadiesadiemarriedlady · 28/12/2010 14:33

Adelaide

Nightstar · 28/12/2010 14:32

I love the name Wolfie (shortened from Wolfgang), how completely cool is it? Very!

anamaria22 · 28/12/2010 09:44

It would be Fabian in German, Fabien sounds French.

I love Florian.

clumsymumsnowdriftbaby · 27/12/2010 22:42

boys:

florian
arlo
fabien

girls:

matilda
greta
ida

Janoschi · 27/12/2010 21:51

Lieselotte I've heard in Germany (my DH is German). I love the name, especially the nn Lilo. Filine I've not heard of but it sounds lovely. How is it pronounced - Fill-ee-nuh?

anamaria22 · 27/12/2010 20:09

Really, am surprised at that, but maybe Lieselotte is gaining popularity along the granny chic theme. But I would be really surprised if Gretchen was in Germany..?

oldandgreynow · 27/12/2010 18:01

Yes Lieselotte is in Germany

mathanxiety · 27/12/2010 17:23

Lieselotte is somewhere in the 400s in LittleElf's list so there are a few.

anamaria22 · 27/12/2010 15:40

I bet Gretchen and Lieselotte are NOT growing up in Germany...are they?

oldandgreynow · 27/12/2010 12:12

I know a little Gretchen- which I presume is German and I have a German friend with a little girl called Lieselotte (probably not spelt like that)
Mt DC's grandma is German and she is called Anneliese and her sister is Marianna

mathanxiety · 27/12/2010 02:05

I love
Dagmar (though unfashionable)
Letizia
Tabea
Lene
Magdalena
Romy
Paulina
Leonora
Cosima

Laurenz
Klemenz
Leopold
Konrad
Johannes
Matthias
Marius
Franz
Fritz
Alois
and Killian
Valentin

anamaria22 · 25/12/2010 21:24

My German friends' children are called Clara, Quentin and Konstantin.

zenoushka · 25/12/2010 20:18

Till

Anja

Jakob

Eva

diddl · 25/12/2010 10:15

Names that I´ve heard here that I really like are

Jonas, Jasper, Jette & Filine.

emkana · 24/12/2010 23:45

Some of the names mentioned on here sound absolutely terrible to my German ears!

I like

Matthias
Fabian
Florian
Johannes
Julius
Leonard (Lay-oh-nard)

Mia
Lina
Lena
Leonie
Friederike
Marie

A1980 · 24/12/2010 23:36

Christoph
Jakob (yakob)
Torsten

Friederike
Birgit
Stefanie