German Names

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Can anyone suggest any good German names. Boys & Girls.

Do they still do the hyphening thing in Germany - Karl-Heinz, Frieder-Otto, Rainer-Werner or Rainer-Maria etc?

Really belgo? Mind you I know a Hans and a Wolfgang who are both English, not related and live in the NW.

Jilted - I know them in belgium. The names I've suggested on this thread of all of people I know, young and old.

Sorry belgo, didn't mean to doubt you. Just sounded like the beginning of a joke and made me smile.

Christoph
Jakob (yakob)
Torsten

Friederike
Birgit
Stefanie

Some of the names mentioned on here sound absolutely terrible to my German ears!

I like

Matthias
Fabian
Florian
Johannes
Julius
Leonard (Lay-oh-nard)

Mia
Lina
Lena
Leonie
Friederike
Marie

Names that I´ve heard here that I really like are

Jonas, Jasper, Jette & Filine.

Till

Anja

Jakob

Eva

My German friends' children are called Clara, Quentin and Konstantin.

I love
Dagmar (though unfashionable)
Letizia
Tabea
Lene
Magdalena
Romy
Paulina
Leonora
Cosima

Laurenz
Klemenz
Leopold
Konrad
Johannes
Matthias
Marius
Franz
Fritz
Alois
and Killian
Valentin

I know a little Gretchen- which I presume is German and I have a German friend with a little girl called Lieselotte (probably not spelt like that)
Mt DC's grandma is German and she is called Anneliese and her sister is Marianna

I bet Gretchen and Lieselotte are NOT growing up in Germany...are they?

Lieselotte is somewhere in the 400s in LittleElf's list so there are a few.

Yes Lieselotte is in Germany

Really, am surprised at that, but maybe Lieselotte is gaining popularity along the granny chic theme. But I would be really surprised if Gretchen was in Germany..?

Lieselotte I've heard in Germany (my DH is German). I love the name, especially the nn Lilo. Filine I've not heard of but it sounds lovely. How is it pronounced - Fill-ee-nuh?

boys:

florian
arlo
fabien

girls:

matilda
greta
ida

It would be Fabian in German, Fabien sounds French.

I love Florian.

I love the name Wolfie (shortened from Wolfgang), how completely cool is it? Very!

Adelaide

Nightstar there is one in DS school and it does seem to suit him.

Think if you choose a name like that you are going to have to prepare yourself for a few raised eyebrows and the odd look.

Hi, my nan is German and I'm proud of my German roots so want German names for my kids but names that work in English also.
I named my son Konrad and am pregnant again, if it's a girl I'm having Freyja or Heidi, or another boy I'm thinking Gerard...
There is also Karl, Kurt, Greta, Maria.....

DSs kindergarten class:

Anna
Hanna
Maya
Berenike
Lionel
Leonard
Matthias
Hannes
Catherina
Susan
Emma
Raggi
Nuno
Theo
Niklas
Lasse
Clara

Names I considered which got laughed at:
Otto
Hektor
Ingo
Liesel
Isolde
Claudia

Lieselotte is a famous story about a cow!

Elisabeth