So here's the situation: DP is Swiss (German speaking), his parents speak little English, and tend to mispronounce especially names. I grew up in Switzerland as well but my mum is English, so I and my family are bilingual. We live near London now and for the foreseeable future, but might end up going back to Switzerland at some point, or somewhere completely different.
So we need to find names that work well both in (Swiss-)German and English, and possibly in French as well (my parents now live in French speaking Switzerland, and as DP and I both also speak French, we might end up in a French speaking country at some point).
But that's just one part of it. The other problem is that I can't pronounce the letter "r" correctly. In English I can gloss over it, but not in German, and not when I'm spelling something out. So the name(s) must NOT contain any "r".
And to continue, we would like a name that is not too popular, not in any top10 lists, but still "normal" enough that people won't stumble too much.
We have been finding girls' names much easier than boys. Sooooo many boys' names seem to contain "r"s. Oh, but with girls, we would really like it NOT to end on an "a".
Any help/suggestions would be much appreciated!
Here are some we have been considering, just to give you an idea:
Boys:
Selvin/Selwyn
Elliot
Ianto
Nevio
Ëmile / Emilio
Nico (is hugely popular atm in Switzerland - so probably not)
Girls:
Enid
(Emily - but only before we realised it was number one in the US)
Elodie
Elisabeth
Any thoughts/suggestions?