What about Ferdinand? (German/English dual heritage)

[BabyLabyrinth]

I've already posted on here looking for boys' names that are pronounced similarly in both English and German (DH is German, we live in Germany).

What do you lot think of Ferdinand? I think Ferdy is quite sweet as a nickname.

Other names we like (although the first two aren't pronounced the same in the two languages ...):
Arthur
Jonathan
Alexander

Other names I like that DH has vetoed:
Sebastian
Rueben
Tristan
Christian
Thomas

Cheese, your English is bloody brilliant then! Decidedly better than my German Yes, that's the right pronunciation.

Henrietta is lovely, too. I'm surprised the Scottish family would turn their noses up though -- it's not a weird name in English, imho.

Going to completely hijack my own thread now: on the subject of OPOL, how is bringing your DD up in Scotland? Are you a SAHM? We are undecided about moving to England in the next few years because I'm terrified DC won't learn enough German. If DH is out at work all day long and they're in English schools, I don't know how they would stay fluent. If we stay here in Germany, it's a bit easier. English is everywhere anyway, and I'm basically a SAHM, so all games and songs and chat at home is in English. (But all friends are German, so when we're out she hears me speaking German a lot, and they all speak German to her.)

Onesleep, that's exactly how I felt when I first thought about it!

Luxemburgerli, are your ILs British then? I think Tobias is quite lovely in English, whereas I can understand why Florian was met with (although I like it now I know a few Florians here). That's exactly the problem - having to go on the sound of the name because you don't know the connotations in that culture. Quite a lot of the German names I like have been vetoed by DH because they remind him of old men or Omas or something.

Glad having a name mangled by everyone didn't scar you for life

BabyLabyrinth - no, in the middle

I took my German husband's surname when I got married... I didn't think it was a particularly complicated one but boy is it mangled every time I'm back in the UK!!

Nope, my ILs are German. Maybe the have a point then

I'm surprised the German ILs don't like Tobias or Florian!

I took DH's name, too - but it's not too complicated for English-speaking people. In fact, a hell of a lot easier than my maiden name.

I like it! love ferdy too. knew a Ferdia and thought it was short for Ferdinand

I love Tobias (Toby for short). I would have added it to my list but I called my cat Toby aged 8. Dammit.

Ferdinand is nice. We had the same discussions in my family, I'm Swedish but we live in Scotland. Similar pronunciation is the key!

We went for Axel for our boy. It's very common in Sweden but rare here. Funnily enough my German friends have been quite underwhelmed by it! We've had a lot of positive comments her in UK (but people wouldn't tell you the negative of course).

I was pushing for Edgar for a while. Albert is also nice I think, and Alfred. Hans is nice in German.