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Cool German girls' names?

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CruCru · 16/08/2013 22:07

Hi all

I am pretty fixed on wanting to call our DD Claudia but wondered if I should consider any other names. I seem to like fairly "Germanic" or Scandinavian names. I really like Ingrid but DH hates it and Astrid is a bit too popular where I live.

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Devora · 31/08/2013 22:13

Sigrid
Lisbet
Edith

lonnika · 31/08/2013 21:26

Hmmm
I love the name Lonnika :)

NulliusInBlurba · 31/08/2013 21:17

It's interesting how the lists vary in terms of when they were/are popular. Caip's list is basically popular names of women who are now 30 to 50, whereas mammaemma's list is their daughters/grandddaughters - popular names of babies and young girls now. Shout out 'Clara' or 'Helene/Lena' or 'Nele' at any playground and half the girls will turn round! And anything like Helga or Brunnhilde is essentially pre-war or 1950s at the latest. I know plenty of Brigittes, but none of them are under 50!

Some other names of women/girls I know - you might want to avoid these:
Grit (honestly, she's a lovely woman)
Frigga (10yo girl, named by fans of all things Scandinavian)

You'd also want to bear in mind that some names are the same as in the UK, but with very different pronunciations, eg Laura (to rhyme with how) or Julia (you-leeah).

Letticetheslug · 31/08/2013 20:56

Anna
Liselotte
Eva (Ayva)
Brigitte (Brigeeta)

mathanxiety · 31/08/2013 20:51
Mutteroo · 31/08/2013 19:40

Names in my German family:

Erica
Ruth
Ursula
Anke (I kid you not)
Brigitta known as Gitty)
Elisabeth
Elizabeth
Petra
Laura
Sabine
Helga
Christa
Paula (pronounced Pow-la)
Annie

mathanxiety · 31/08/2013 19:39

Oh -- I love Renate and Leni, and Lena.

I also love Mummaemma's list (esp Leonie, Helena - Leni as a nn maybe - Frida, Johanna)

Another name I love, popular in Germany right now, is Marie, and I also love Romy, short for Rosemarie or as a name in its own right.

Pia and Paula are fairly popular in Germany at the moment. Stella, Pauline and Antonia are also in the top 100 or thereabouts. Also Mila and Mira.

LilyLilyLilyOiOiOi · 31/08/2013 19:25

My German family consists of:
Claudia
Samanta
Donna
Heike
Sabina
Sophia Marina

worldcitizen · 31/08/2013 15:43

Oh, and like MagicKey's list as well Smile

worldcitizen · 31/08/2013 15:41

Hey Crucru, most of these names are so NOT cool and are truly awful in the sense of sounding dated, sounding very typical of specific generation.
Lots of names mentioned here are...I'm lost for words.

I think mostly spot on are mummaemma and MissWimpy Smile if you're serioulsy considering names which are cool and yet timeless and cannot be pin-pointed too much to a certain social or age group. But maybe you want that, than please disregard my post Grin

MissWimpyDimple · 31/08/2013 15:20

Julia
Katja
Carmen
Andrea
Iris
Uschi
Lina
Marga
Hanna
Eva
Maja
Karla
Mariska
Lotte
Marlies
Charlotte
Alice
Maria
Emma

ohmymimi · 31/08/2013 15:14

Hilde (pron. Hildee)

mathanxiety · 31/08/2013 07:18

Dagmar
Cosima
Alexa
Frieda

forevergreek · 30/08/2013 21:47

Marina

A friend has just named her little boy Darwin ( dar-vin)

3MenAndMe · 30/08/2013 21:39

I love Kerstin as well...
My 8 week old supose to be Kerstin Elizabeth, however became James Frederick...;)

brightnearly · 30/08/2013 21:16

Kathrin
Julia
Anja
Mareike
Friederike
Anna and Annalena
Kerstin
Annika
Petra
Inge and Ingeborg
Isolde
Mathilde
Minna
Amalie
Magali
Elfriede, short Effi or Elfi
Trude and Trudi (would no do that one to anyone, though)
Elli
Jana
Gudrun
Gunda or Gundi
Leni
Christine, Christina and Christiane

Fraxinus · 30/08/2013 21:13

Renate,
Or spelled differently renata.

yomellamoHelly · 30/08/2013 19:19

My exchange was called Simone. Always thought it was a pretty name.

LeoandBoosmum · 30/08/2013 19:14

Astrid

withaspongeandarustyspanner · 30/08/2013 17:58

And Greta

Basically, I seem to be drawn to names from The Sound of Music :)

withaspongeandarustyspanner · 30/08/2013 17:58

Liesl
Lotta

Ihatepeas · 17/08/2013 13:27

Love Greta!

Janek · 17/08/2013 12:49

I've always liked Insa and also Isolde.

SpeedwellBlue · 17/08/2013 12:42

Liesl?

Manoodledo · 17/08/2013 12:40

I have a German friend called Lena, which I love. Last time round we also had both Ingrid and Astrid on our list.

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