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Girl's name help: if we like these...?

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bingeddybongo · 20/03/2016 13:28

I'm 36 weeks pregnant with DD and my husband and I have as yet failed to come up with a name for her that we really love. I'm happy to have a top three or whatever to choose from when she arrives, but we decided on DS's name (a proper grandad name) the day we found out he was a boy, so didn't have to put any effort into coming up with names at all. This time we're totally stuck and I'm really frustrated I am spending so much time worrying about it!

We'd like a name that works well in English and German and isn't wildly popular in either country. The names we quite like so far include:

Anna
Anya
Lana
Lara
Rosalind
Marlene (pronounced the German way: Mar-ley-na)
Lila (Lee-la)
Lilja
Lilianna
Julianne (Yu-lee-ah-na)
Emily
Matilda

I would be so so grateful for suggestions along these lines! Thank you :)

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ByronBaby · 21/03/2016 06:47

Lena? Miranda? Ine?

bingeddybongo · 21/03/2016 09:41

Thank you all so much! Gretchen is considered a bit old school over here (and not in a cute way Wink) but I do like some of these other suggestions. We have taken to writing names and name combinations down and sticking them around the kitchen to see what grows on us. Hopefully she'll just come out looking like one of them!!

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Sgoinneal · 21/03/2016 10:17

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JamieVardysParty · 21/03/2016 10:21

My two favourites at the moment are Vera and Adelaide.

How would these work in German?

SchoenbrunnGelb · 21/03/2016 10:30

Personal experience says that Flora and Isabel work perfectly well in both cultural contexts if you like either of those?

smartyclogs · 21/03/2016 12:29

Liria......li-ree-ah
Liala.....lee-a-la
Lilia......lilly-ah
Are all names of women I know, bit confusing when we're all together!!

JeanGenie23 · 21/03/2016 12:33

I had the pleasure of looking after a beautiful Marlene (German mum) I only needed to be told once how to say and spell it, it's not that difficult!!!

JudgeJudySheindlin · 21/03/2016 22:34

My German cousin is married to an Englishman. They have DDs named Laura (pronounced L-ow-ra) & Ingrid. They live in the UK & so they're forever having to say how Laura's name is pronounced! As you're in Germany I wouldn't worry about that issue.

I love Marlena & Lila out of your list. Try not to stress about it because the names you have listed are all beautiful

AutumnRose1988 · 23/03/2016 07:03

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