Well at least he didn't suggest Adolf

[zeegilly]

I'm German. DH is irish.
As surname will be very irish, we have agreed that DCs will get a German first name.
I was thinking a relatively simple German name or a name used in both German and English

DH has come home today after making his shortlist.
But he really thinks that 'the name' is in this list and wants me to put it to you lot.

Please please be honest

Girls

Hedwig
Ebba
Jutta
Ortrun
Elfriede

Boys

Jochim
Bertram
Dietrich
Dietfried
Ekkehard/Eckehard

I like Otto, Stein, and Kurt for boys too if Josef is no good. However as it can be pronounced just like Joseph then I don't see much problem.

How about Axel/Axl

Well he can have a 'proper' German name without it being ugly!!!

Of your list I don't think Joachim, Elfriede or bertram sound obviously German

Heidi/Hansel/Greta

My DH is part German. His relatives are called:

Male

Wolfgang (Wolfie)
Thomas
Andreas
Matthias
Otto
Clemens
Reiner
Heinz

Female

Claudia
Annette
Renate
Erika
Angelika
Agnes
Sonia
Liliane
Madeleine
Dorothee
Elisabeth
Friederike (Rike)
Kathrin

zeegilly, I think cases like this are why the concept of vetoes exists :)

I am not German, though I lived there for a couple of years. I'm sorry but those names are terrible. Please 'help' him reconsider! or failing that register the name you like when he's not there

Oh i love angelica. OP your husband has thought of the fact that your child had to go to school in the uk hasn't he? Picking a name my child wouldn't be bullied for I'd much more important than what country it sounds like it came from I think... X

I have a German husband and lived in Germany for many years. I think his names are very old fashioned awful but at least they are not Tim, Lena, Marie, Jonas, Max... Like 70% of German dc at the moment.

I would go with Katharina, Constanze kind of names.

I do think that German names show much more regional variations, and his names sound quite Norddeutsch.

I love the name Lioba, which is very southern German but pretty. Short version Lio.

Avoid anything ending in -e like ute, Renate cause Brits can't pronounce and your dd will be known as ootie

Why is your Irish DH suggesting German names?

I do like Oirish names , but have recently suggested to DH we should have named our boys Raven, Wolf, Bear and Griffin .
Sorry, not v helpful, I know

Have to agree with Yashie. DH is German and has had some abuse because of it from adults (!) so we decided the surname was enough for the kids. Sad really. But then i also wanted to reflect my heritage in their names!

And as Mme Lindor says - -ate names will be pronounced wrong and spelt with an a at the end!

Loads of lovely German names here... www.babynameworld.com/german.asp
Alaric is awesome and you could get away with it easy thanks to Vampire Diaries!! X

Hedwig and the Angry Inch! Great film. Think I'd leave the name though

Ebba and Elfriede and Dietrich are nice I think. I actually taught an Adolphe last year (pronounced Adolf). Luckily, he left before we started our World War Two topic...

Helene
Klara / Clara
Dorothea

Verena is nice, and very German

Theodore
Hugo
Edmund
Konrad

Kilian is a fab boys name, And the name of Irish saint who took christianity to Germany

Otto
Oscar
Sasha
Caspar

Conrad, Felix, Anton, Sofie, Antje, Sandra, Katia

Caspar always reminds me of the ghost

I vote for Elfriede - gorgeous and Elfie for a little girl is lovely!

Best baby name thread title ever!

Well, for a start, Frida!
Don't like any of the girls names, sorry.
I had relatives called Sigrid (pronounced see-greet) and Ilsa/Ilse. Also Gretchen, seems very populer in the states (not that that is a recommendation necessarily). And Gretel, not too keen on it myself but its not been mentioned yet).
On the boys list my fave is Joachim followed by Bertram (Wooster!) And Dietrich.

I like Konrad and Sofie.

Do you live in Germany? Because I am not German, live in the UK and would fail attrociously at pronouncing any of his choices.

Frida
I suggested Gretchen when pregnant and DH laughed like a drain. Said it was v old fashioned and farmer-wife-ish

Knew a family whose kids were Anton, Greta and Frieda. Fab names.

Anorher family - Berenike, Rebekkah, Torben and Vivianne

Torben is nice, was Berenike a girl or a boy?
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