DrEmJ's baby name shortlist

[DrEmJ]

Hi
Already posted a list once and got some helpful commnets-thanks.However with 7 weeks to go I´m going round in circles.
Porblem is -I´m English, husband German living in Germany.Have a horrendously long unpronouncable to most, German surname -Sulzbacher so looking for a "bilingual " first name . Any comments welcome .Our little boy is 17 months-Magnus William ( scandinavian/Scottish/german)
so here's the shortlist of baby names I'm considering that I generated with Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder. Let me know what you think.

Girls
Beatrice
Bryony
Constance
Cordelia
Effie
Eleni
Elodie
Elsa
Emmi
Evangeline
Genevieve
Leonie
Livia
Magda
Marlena
Natalie
Ronja
Thea
Vivienne

That's a very nice list - I actually like most of them. If I were to pick three, I'd say Livia, Vivienne (think Vivi is lovely) and Magda (Maggie is adorable). Although thinking about it would Magnus and Magda be a bit much?! In which case my third choice would be Thea.

Emmi is my fave from that list. Bryony does not go at all. Second choice would be Natalie.

I like Leonie- traditional but a little but different. Livia is lovely too. I went to school with a Livia- parents were both classicists!

Beatrice is on our shortlist....but there were three at toddler group this morning!!
I like Constance too (name of DH's great grandmother) but DH says it's a 'fat girl's name!'.

PS- I think that Germans would definitely have problems with saying Beatrice anything like it's said here!

Yeh they pronounce it BEE AHHH TRICE ... should give up on it but just in mourning because i like it! Thanks for advice so far ..Yeh wasn´t sure myself about Magnus and Magda , is Magnus and Maggie any better? Next problem is my sister called her second girl Olivia..but then nick named her VIVI so definately couldn´t use that nickname for Vivienne:(. Men are funny about girls names ..they bizarrely seem to hold v v strong opinions usually negative to anything you suggest! Wasn´t sure about bryony because its meaning is pants ( thorn bush or something like that) What responsibility we mothers have for our future childrens´ happiness!!stress!X

I think Elsa is lovely - very simple, definitely works in English/England and the one downside (IMHO and from an English perspective..) is that it sounds a little bit German so perfect for a English/German family

Love Elodie!

Vivienne and Magda are great. Love Marlene - nn Leni (spelt the German way, but I guess that could lead to pronounciation differences). Have you thought about Cosima - so pretty and bilingual.

I Emmi and Thea. My daughters Connie as i dont like Constance. My fave names at mo are Ethne and Estelle but i wont be using them.

LOVE Genevieve...a lot

Lovely list.

My favourites are Bryony, Elodie, Elsa, Leonie, Livia, Natalie.

Magda's great but not with Magnus.

I like the following names from your list:

Beatrice
Bryony
Constance
Cordelia
Elodie
Natalie
Vivienne

Beatrice and Genevieve are my favourites. I think Genevieve Sulzbacher would be stunning!

From your list I like

Marlena (Lena)
Elsa
Vivienne
Livia

Also like

Johanna
Mariela

Beatrice and Constance are both lovely.

Is the baby definately a girl then? I know a german Iris, Christina, Catya, Beatrice, Heidi (yes really), Biergit (I think that's Bridgit), Heike, Anna.

I really like Eleni from your list! Might suggest it to my husband for DC3due in May!

Beatrice - like
Bryony - OK
Constance - lovely :)
Cordelia - pretentious
Effie - don't like
Eleni - not keen
Elodie - like
Elsa - OK but do think "lioness"
Emmi - prefer Emma
Evangeline - like
Genevieve - OK
Leonie - OK (do you like lions?)
Livia - not keen
Magda - don't like
Marlena - like
Natalie - like
Ronja - no, reminds me of man's name Ron
Thea - not keen
Vivienne - don't like

Beatrice for me

oh and Constance

Beatrice - Beautiful
Bryony - lovely and a bit on the hippy/ arty side too
Constance - beautiful but I really dislike Connie as a nn
Cordelia - lovely, makes me think Brideshead Revisited
Effie - sounds like a curse under the breath, and also a milkmaid's name
Eleni - lovely, very Greek
Elodie - sounds truncated, as if it should be Melody
Elsa - lovely, Germanic, would be very nice with Magnus
Emmi - too nicknamey. Would you use Emma or Emmeline on the BC?
Evangeline - too much. Angeline is nice. Evangeline is like a conglomeration of two long names.
Genevieve - nice but a bit frilly
Leonie - lovely and unusual
Livia - lovely, less popular than Olivia
Magda - beautiful, Germanic, and would be very nice with Magnus
Marlena - lovely if pronounced the German way and even spelled Marlene, also great with Magnus
Natalie - nice but I prefer Natalia
Ronja - not sure; too like naming a girl after a male relative called Ron
Thea - nice but a bit wispy
Vivienne - very nice

I like Elsa, Magda, Marlena/ Marlene and Leonie, Beatrice, Bryony, Constance, Vivienne and Cordelia.

And Livia and Eleni.