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Wolfgang and Ursula

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HerbalHolly · 17/12/2009 16:56

Wolfgang for a boy or Ursula for a girl... any thoughts? My partner likes them, my sister likes them, my Dad hates them... what do you think?

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EdgarAleNPie · 18/12/2009 14:14

ursula = she bear - good name for little girl? don't think so

Wolfgang - not a goer for me,

Paolosgirl · 18/12/2009 14:12

I know a couple of (young) Ursulas, so it doesn't seem too off-beat - quite like it in fact.

Wolfgang on the other hand conjures up pictures of overweight, middle-aged German men, will have the other children howling at him in the playground, and makes you sound as if you are Trying Too Hard to be different. Can you tell I really don't like it?!

Piffle · 18/12/2009 14:11

My eldest has Wolfgang as a middle name, he got called Wolfie for a while.
I love it as it's strong, unusual and quite funny.

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HerbalHolly · 18/12/2009 14:08

Hey that's good too!

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belgo · 18/12/2009 14:05

Wulfric is another name I like.

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HerbalHolly · 18/12/2009 14:04

Amazing! They seem to be like marmite in that people have quite certain strong reactions to them.

Interesting words being used to describe your reactions ranging from fantasy, saddle a child, adore, wacky, very very normal. Who'd have thought it!

Belgo - Leon is a great idea esp. as the babe is likely to be a leo. Lupé sounds nice but for me a bit too complcated to explain to someone hearing it for the first time, perhaps.

I think of the names Ursula and Wolfgang as being old, traditional and sturdy but not boring.

Canella - Wolfram is a nice alternative. You're right it's less harsh. I'll def see what DP says about that one.

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FoxyRevenger · 18/12/2009 13:35

Sorry, I think they are both fairly awful but especially Wolfgang. I don't know if I would saddle a child with such a name. It does sound a 'wee' bit like you've tried so hard to be wacky that it just comes off a little odd.

belgo · 18/12/2009 13:00

If you like animal names I know a Leon and Lupé brother and sister.

MRSvWOOLF · 18/12/2009 12:48

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belgo · 18/12/2009 12:38

They are both coming back - I know a couple of baby Wolves,(but no Wolfgangs) and I've seen Ursula mentioned a few times on Mumsnet.

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HerbalHolly · 18/12/2009 12:36

WOW! I had no idea there'd be so many replies!
Thank you all for your input.

MaggieAnFiaRua - 'chosen by someone sane and competent' I'm very happy with that.
LucyHugBox - I'm not German no but I do have a thig for old European names. I didn't know that Ursula and Wolfgang were outdated maybe this is the begining of the come back!

My partner calls me 'Bear' and he has taken to calling our babe-to-be 'Little Bear' and Ursula means bear so that's where that comes from. As for Wolfgang - we both like wolves, Mozart and Goethe. It think it sounds like a pretty study name. The surname is short, very common and very British so I think it should work ok - and not be too complicated.

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indieangel · 18/12/2009 12:10

Love them. Ursula is the name of my cat, Sula for short and I wish we'd used it for one of our children now.

goingforitagain · 18/12/2009 12:07

Awful! sorry

canella · 18/12/2009 12:01

i know a couple and thats nearly their names - thats the reason i clicked on the thread! like ursula - not a fan of wolfgang! what about wolfram instead - not as harsh!

spaghettina · 18/12/2009 11:54

Ursula is lovely, perhaps Wolfgang is a little "out there" unless you're German...

Mistletoesnowman · 18/12/2009 11:52

I like Wolfgang but Ursula reminds me of the witch in The Little Mermaid I'm afraid.

BlauerWeihnachtsengel · 18/12/2009 10:59

Oops, thisside, hope I didn't offend you and your Wolfgang/Ursula-named aunts and uncles. I just happen to know an arrogant Wolfgang and a neurotic Ursula and was projecting.

BlauerWeihnachtsengel · 18/12/2009 10:57

Yup, when I think of Wolfgang I either think of an overweight, slightly arrogant German pen-pusher mid-50s type, or Mozart - didn't wifey call him Wolfie in the film or am I fantasising?

And Ursula is the same age but slightly neurotic, probably from being married too long to the aforementioned Wolfgang - the pen-pusher not the composer. Either that or she's a saint - don't you get schools called St. Ursula's?

diddl · 18/12/2009 10:44

I hate them both.

valbona · 18/12/2009 09:44

I adore, really adore both of them in theory ... but I have to admit they are on my list of fantasy names I wouldn't actually call my child (well not if DH has anything to do with it)

Lucyhugbox · 17/12/2009 23:03

I was going to ask are you German? I really like both names - especially Wolfgang - but they are the names of 40-something friends of mine, so they are not trendy names if that's important to you.

bigstripeytiger · 17/12/2009 22:44

I know someone called Wolfgang, people call him Wolf.

Thissideofchannel · 17/12/2009 22:41

There is nothing 'cool' or 'whacky' about Wolfgang, monkeyfacegrace, really! It is a very, very common name for 50 year old Germans - really nothing cool about it imo.

monkeyfacegrace · 17/12/2009 20:34

[vomit emoticon] Ursula should be kept exclusivally (sp?) for sea witches, and Wolfgang sounds too 'im trying to be cool-look at my sons whacky name'.
But...Im only one person, so go with what you like!

Thissideofchannel · 17/12/2009 20:30

Wolfgang (Wolfie) and Ursula (Uschi) are VERY popular names for 40-60 year old Germans, very much like Rosemary and Harold in the UK. No German baby would be given those names currently - they really sound old fashioned (but not yet cool like Leopold or Maria which are making a big comeback for example).

So I really don't like them on a baby, but only because I know too many German aunts and uncles and friends with the names.

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