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Girls name help. German/British family

51 replies

startrek90 · 28/04/2020 16:25

Hi I could really use some help finding a name for our daughter. I was so sure she was a boy that I didn't even consider a girls name and I can't convert the one I had chosen (Joshua).

We have only one rule in that both families have to be able to say the name. So any names with a 'th' are out as Germans don't make that sound. Also our too boys have classical biblical names so something that would fit in with that.

The names I had considered were:
Marie
Bonnie
Eleonore (German version of Eleanor)
Annika
Maeve

But to be honest me and my family are completely stumped. I really don't want to come up with a name after she is born as I did that with ds2 and actually regretted it but it's too late to change it now. Please help

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sleepismysuperpower1 · 28/04/2020 16:30

I really like Marie and Bonnie. You could also consider Katrina or Yvonne?

Wheresthebiffer2 · 28/04/2020 16:30

Marlene
Lottie
Beata
Sonja

I like Annika from your list.

Dranktoomuchpepsi · 28/04/2020 16:31

Marie is lovely

anothernewone · 28/04/2020 16:36

Heidi?

Coldhandscoldheart · 28/04/2020 16:39

Astrid
Stella
Anna
Joanna/Johanna
Hanna/Hannah

PoirotAndHisMoustache · 28/04/2020 16:43

Maya?
Lisa?

BikeRunSki · 28/04/2020 16:45

Anna? Is that a German name? It us the name of my AngloGerman friend.

Katya?

StillWeRise · 28/04/2020 16:47

Eleonore, Beata will get mispronounced/spelt by Brits
also they will not put an H in Johanna
I'd go for something that sounds very very similar in both languages, like Hanna
Anna
Barbara
not Heidi, it just means the little girl with the goats etc

whatausername · 28/04/2020 16:48

Annika is nice and not common.
Maeve I think will date quite badly.
Eleonore is pretty but their attractiveness means El names are super popular. This might not bother you of course!
Bonnie, imo, is awful. It's a well-known adjective in Scots and I'd be embarrassed to introduce myself by the name.
Marie is lovely, don't hear it much these days!

GrumpyMiddleAgedWoman · 28/04/2020 16:50

Katharina? It's a classic and easy for Brits to say.
Adriana also transfers easily.

glitterbiscuits · 28/04/2020 16:51

Susanne or Susi

tadjennyp · 28/04/2020 16:52

I have an Anna because I am a German teacher. Emma would work well in both languages.

MrsBuckette · 28/04/2020 16:53

Sophie/Sophia/Sofia
Emma
Natasha
Lily

I like Annika

AdaColeman · 28/04/2020 16:54

Clara

Leonie

Ingrid

Heidi

Margret

Honeywort · 28/04/2020 16:54

Alice?

Mumma4262 · 28/04/2020 16:55

I used to work with a lady from Germany called Katrin and I always thought it was a lovely name.

PlanDeRaccordement · 28/04/2020 16:57

Nina?
It is a name that is said the same in both languages.

BillieEyeFish · 28/04/2020 16:58

Anya/ja, Amalie/Amalia

Ricekrispie22 · 28/04/2020 16:58

Claudia
Hannah
Leah
Joanna
Laura
Lydia
Lois

LotusClover · 28/04/2020 16:59

I love Annika and Maeve

olivo · 28/04/2020 17:01

Erika/ Erica?

JewelTheft · 28/04/2020 17:02

I wanted Astrid but DH overruled it.
Ingrid
Anja /Anya
Sonja / Sonia
Alexandra
Karolina
Kristen / Kristin

pinkpinecone · 28/04/2020 17:05

Not sure if these are your style but think the below all work.

Sophie
Nina
Clara
Matilda
Greta
Frieda

costco · 28/04/2020 17:09

Olga, Natalia, Emilia, Clara, Beatrix, Leonora (unfortunately abbreviated often though), Esther, Rosalind, Helena, Miriam

pinkpinecone · 28/04/2020 17:10

Isabelle also works well in both

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