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German & Russian ??

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MamaBlue4 · 13/03/2013 23:35

We're planning baby #5 - I think I'm pregnant but too early for test.

I have 4 other dc, all with some sort of German name, as my dh is German and we'd like another German name but my mind is completely blank and some names I find hideous. For example; my mother-in-law wants to call the baby Gertrude if it's a girl - not happening!

However I'm half Russian and would like a Russian name. My dh doesn't mind, so I'm thinking Russian name, German middle name.

We can't use Greta, Fredrich, Dieter, Domeczek, Kellen.

Any suggestions? :)

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poppydaisy · 14/03/2013 14:33

For baby number 5 how about Quentin (derived from Latin Quintus, meaning 5)

Other 'international' names: Frederick, Alexander, Helena, Isabella, Katharina?

mathanxiety · 14/03/2013 14:31

Those boy names are lovely.

For a girl:
Maria
Olga
Sofiya
Antoniya/Antonia
Irina
Roksana
Juliya/Yuliya
Veronica
Lara
Lidiya

Sharpkat · 14/03/2013 14:04

Alexander with nickname Sasha. I love it and have lived in Russia. Alexander seems Germanic but with the Russian nn.

delilah88 · 14/03/2013 14:02

Agnieska?

delilah88 · 14/03/2013 14:02

Anna?
Katarina?
Alicia?

MamaBlue4 · 14/03/2013 12:49

Thank you all for the suggestions. We have chosen two Russian first names each.

Boy first names: Aleksei or Nikolay (my grandfather suggested this, apparently, it's the name of a children's poet who was the author of my father's favorite book. My father's response, "It's good strong name, fond memories. I read baby da book."

We're still stuck on girls names and middle names, so keep the names coming :)

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kelou75 · 14/03/2013 11:29

Amalina, Albina, Birtina, Edeline, Halle, lorelei, Romy, Anastasiya, Bohdana, Inessa, kiska, Helina, Polina, Tatiana, Annushka, Uliana.
Boys; Ivo, Keifer, Kasper, Hendrich, Gunther, Nikolai, Yerik, felix

cuillereasoupe · 14/03/2013 10:09

Vadim and Lothar.

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 14/03/2013 10:05

Maxim
Roman
Artur

Lukas
Felix
Andreas

Anjou · 14/03/2013 07:12

Some of my favourite boys names are Russian :

Ilya
Kiril/Kirill - nn Kir
Konstantin
Igor - nn Iggy
Luka
Nicolai - nn Nico
Lev

For girls :
Magdalina
Anya/Anja
Severina
Mila

How well any Russian name will sit with your other DC's depends on how German sounding they are, I guess.

Good luck with #5 & with the name, OP!

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 14/03/2013 00:54

Elena
Oksana
Viktoriya

Alisha
Lorelei
Sabrina

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