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Unique girl names - esp German?

79 replies

Walnut8 · 13/12/2009 18:02

I posted a while ago, saying that my husband and I were thinking about calling our baby girl Annaliese. My DH has now decided that he's not entirely sure about this name which is fine but we can't seem to find anything else that we like that suits our very harsh-sounding german surname. We've ruled out many names that we like, ie Chloe, Juliet because they just don't sound right with the last name!

Can anyone pls give me some suggestions of nice sounding German girl's names (or names that would suit a harsh sounding surname). We are after something a little unusual as I have looked at lists of popular names in Germany over the last few years but the names all seem very common - there are many Lauras, Hannahs & Annas in DH's family. Thanks everyone.

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Walnut8 · 13/12/2009 18:49

It definitely doesn't have to be German, and we don't live in Germany. The only reason we are currently thinking along the lines of German names is that they seem to suit the surname more, which is long, with harsh syllables.

Thanks for all of your suggestions so far! I am running them past DH as I type this. We are both liking Lucia (would that be a soft or hard "c"?) and Alexa.

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BlauerWeihnachtsengel · 13/12/2009 18:33

I think one of the problems is that many 'traditional' German names are now massively unpopular. I take it you don't want to go down the Waltraud / Sieglinde / Gisele path (a bit like calling your kid Ethel), or God forbid, Grit - the ultimate no-no for a child with English relatives, I'd have thought. The 'classical' names popular now tend to be similar to English names, so you have Charlotte or Sophia in the top ten.

Going through my dcs' class lists (now aged 7 to 11), there are the following:

Wilhelmina
Aline
Jette
Maren
Luise
Alexa
Therese
Annika
Alicia
Nele
Lene
Le na

A generation older (ie the women who are now 15-40) there are the rash of 'K' names:
Katrin
Karen/Karin
Kirsten
Katja
Kathrin
Karola/Carola
Kristina/Christina

As well as:
Leonie
Anja/Antje
Tanja
Stefanie
Nicole
Julia
Sabine
Uta
Wiebke
Lucia
Jana
Simone
F riederike
Ariane
Clara

Best of luck in finding a name that you both like, and that suits your dd well.

LynetteScavo · 13/12/2009 18:31

It's hard to say without knowing what your surname is.

Katya?

Nadia?

Does it have to be German?

Do you live in Germany?

nighbynight · 13/12/2009 18:23

Bettina
Gisela
Lisa
Katerina
Elena
Annamaria
Veronika
Martina
Sunne
Christa
Therese
Astri d
Magdalena
Theresia
Carla
Ursula
Sabine