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German boys names

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FünfundvierzigLuftballons · 28/01/2024 16:22

Would love some suggestions on German boys names that work well in English. I generally like short and snappy over long and flowing but open to anything.

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FünfundvierzigLuftballons · 28/01/2024 19:00

I think Rudi is super cool but I’d worry that he’d get English kids making ‘rude’ jokes or sth?

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FünfundvierzigLuftballons · 28/01/2024 18:54

NameChange30 · 28/01/2024 18:19

Yes I wondered the same.
The names on my list are all to my taste but not very obviously German!
I do like Tobias, too - how German is that?!

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That was in response to you. I

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FünfundvierzigLuftballons · 28/01/2024 18:53

I would say very purely based on the fact that it’s my relatives name 😂

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Irridescantshimmmer · 28/01/2024 18:47

Dieter
Gunter
Ludwig ( Ludwig)
Johan ( Johan)
Sebastian
Clause
Wolfgang
Franz

BassoContinuo · 28/01/2024 18:36

Perhapsanorhertimewouldbebetter · 28/01/2024 18:33

The pronunciation can sometimes be an issue.

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And I think there are a couple of sounds that some English speakers can’t get - from memory I think the German ch sound can be difficult; possibly some of the vowels with umlauts as well

MissyB1 · 28/01/2024 18:34

No one has mentioned Wolf? Dh has a great German friend called Wolf.

Perhapsanorhertimewouldbebetter · 28/01/2024 18:33

XelaM · 28/01/2024 18:31

To be honest almost any German name works in English

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The pronunciation can sometimes be an issue.

Flora56 · 28/01/2024 18:32

Otto
Sebastian
Max
Felix
August

XelaM · 28/01/2024 18:31

To be honest almost any German name works in English

XelaM · 28/01/2024 18:30

Dennis
Phillip
Michael

Echobelly · 28/01/2024 18:26

I've always liked Florian.
Albrecht is cool, but maybe too obviously German

ginoclocksomewhere · 28/01/2024 18:23

Torsten
Frank
Hans (like France)

Looove Otto but I know so many dogs with that name 🤣

NameChange30 · 28/01/2024 18:19

Perhapsanorhertimewouldbebetter · 28/01/2024 16:43

Yes I agree, there's a lot of similar common names, but I wondered if OP wanted something that sounded more traditionally German?

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Yes I wondered the same.
The names on my list are all to my taste but not very obviously German!
I do like Tobias, too - how German is that?!

Longdarkcloud · 28/01/2024 18:04

Kurt or Curt
Lorenz
Ralf
Rudi
Felix

menopausalmare · 28/01/2024 17:57

I know a German lad called Tilo. Never met another. Nice and short and snappy.

MerryMarigold · 28/01/2024 17:56

My German friend has Linus and Silas. Obviously the pronunciation is different but they are quite used to that.

DuchessOfSausage · 28/01/2024 17:22

Frank

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FünfundvierzigLuftballons · 28/01/2024 17:08

Thanks. So yes was thinking names that work in German and English rather than let’s call baby boy Karl-Heinz ;)
I like Adam, Max, Felix, etc and was just trying to see if I’m missing any cool lovely ones I haven’t thought of.

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whatahat · 28/01/2024 16:58

I know a Sigmund who goes by Sig and it's such a cool name.

bumblebreath · 28/01/2024 16:56

I like:

Kai
Klaus
Andreas
Stefan
Kristof
Ralf

SingingSands · 28/01/2024 16:52

Some of our German connections are:

Alexander
David
Albert
John
Felix
Marius
Lukas
Mark
Thomas
Tobias
Max

Arnoldthecat1 · 28/01/2024 16:50

Carbgirl · 28/01/2024 16:28

I love Johann (pronounced yo-han). It’s just John in German but I think sounds so cute in English.

It's more like Yo-hahn rather than Yo-han.

XelaM · 28/01/2024 16:46

Rex
Leif
Werner

Not short, but I really like:

Daniel
Matthias
Johannes
Sebastian.

Skylab24 · 28/01/2024 16:44

Tobias oder Hendrick oder Jens

Perhapsanorhertimewouldbebetter · 28/01/2024 16:43

NameChange30 · 28/01/2024 16:32

Depends how obviously German you want, but these names work:
Adam
Christoph (Chris)
Felix
Gregor (Greg)
Jonas / Jonah
Leo
Levi
Max
Noah
Otto
Theo

If you look at the latest top boys' names in Germany there are a lot of names that are popular/common in the UK.

Yes I agree, there's a lot of similar common names, but I wondered if OP wanted something that sounded more traditionally German?