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Cool German girls' names?

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CruCru · 16/08/2013 22:07

Hi all

I am pretty fixed on wanting to call our DD Claudia but wondered if I should consider any other names. I seem to like fairly "Germanic" or Scandinavian names. I really like Ingrid but DH hates it and Astrid is a bit too popular where I live.

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MoreThanWords · 17/08/2013 08:35

Oh god no, you couldn't name a child Anke!!

JumpingJackSprat · 17/08/2013 08:37

claudia is beautiful, id go with that if i were you :)

TheMagicKeyCanFuckOff · 17/08/2013 11:23

I can only do Scandi names-
Ebba
Maja
Astrid
Linneá
Wilma
Alva
Klara
Signe
Elvira
Freja
Elin
Svea
Linn
Tindra
Märta
Frida
Juni

Those are our top names in my country.

CoolStoryBro · 17/08/2013 11:27

I have a friend called Elke (pronounced Elkie). I love her name.

kitty555 · 17/08/2013 12:06

Gertrud, Brunhilde, Wilhelmina, Trauthilde and Anneliese are very very old-fashioned and I am not sure anybody calls their girls those names nowadays.

Maybe one of these:

Nele
Lena
Franziska (short version is Franzi)
Mette
Kristin
Bente
Lea
Inga

Smile
Gobbolinothewitchscat · 17/08/2013 12:35

I have a German friend called Marin. I like that. Another German friend is called Enke and a third Kirsten. The Kirsten has a baby Lena

Gobbolinothewitchscat · 17/08/2013 12:35

Sorry - Kerstin

Manoodledo · 17/08/2013 12:40

I have a German friend called Lena, which I love. Last time round we also had both Ingrid and Astrid on our list.

SpeedwellBlue · 17/08/2013 12:42

Liesl?

Janek · 17/08/2013 12:49

I've always liked Insa and also Isolde.

Ihatepeas · 17/08/2013 13:27

Love Greta!

withaspongeandarustyspanner · 30/08/2013 17:58

Liesl
Lotta

withaspongeandarustyspanner · 30/08/2013 17:58

And Greta

Basically, I seem to be drawn to names from The Sound of Music :)

LeoandBoosmum · 30/08/2013 19:14

Astrid

yomellamoHelly · 30/08/2013 19:19

My exchange was called Simone. Always thought it was a pretty name.

Fraxinus · 30/08/2013 21:13

Renate,
Or spelled differently renata.

brightnearly · 30/08/2013 21:16

Kathrin
Julia
Anja
Mareike
Friederike
Anna and Annalena
Kerstin
Annika
Petra
Inge and Ingeborg
Isolde
Mathilde
Minna
Amalie
Magali
Elfriede, short Effi or Elfi
Trude and Trudi (would no do that one to anyone, though)
Elli
Jana
Gudrun
Gunda or Gundi
Leni
Christine, Christina and Christiane

3MenAndMe · 30/08/2013 21:39

I love Kerstin as well...
My 8 week old supose to be Kerstin Elizabeth, however became James Frederick...;)

forevergreek · 30/08/2013 21:47

Marina

A friend has just named her little boy Darwin ( dar-vin)

mathanxiety · 31/08/2013 07:18

Dagmar
Cosima
Alexa
Frieda

ohmymimi · 31/08/2013 15:14

Hilde (pron. Hildee)

MissWimpyDimple · 31/08/2013 15:20

Julia
Katja
Carmen
Andrea
Iris
Uschi
Lina
Marga
Hanna
Eva
Maja
Karla
Mariska
Lotte
Marlies
Charlotte
Alice
Maria
Emma

worldcitizen · 31/08/2013 15:41

Hey Crucru, most of these names are so NOT cool and are truly awful in the sense of sounding dated, sounding very typical of specific generation.
Lots of names mentioned here are...I'm lost for words.

I think mostly spot on are mummaemma and MissWimpy Smile if you're serioulsy considering names which are cool and yet timeless and cannot be pin-pointed too much to a certain social or age group. But maybe you want that, than please disregard my post Grin

worldcitizen · 31/08/2013 15:43

Oh, and like MagicKey's list as well Smile

LilyLilyLilyOiOiOi · 31/08/2013 19:25

My German family consists of:
Claudia
Samanta
Donna
Heike
Sabina
Sophia Marina