German girl names

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Hello

I'm looking for names for my baby girl due in a few weeks. I live in a German speaking country so the name needs to work well in German and English.

So far on our list we have:
Sabrina
Imogen
Cassandra/Cassie
Tessa

Any other ideas? We're a bit stuck. Thank you!

Beate
Regina
Annelies

I like Elke. Ell-kuh as a broad pronunciation. But I’m sure you know that. I also like Petra. Both might be the equivalent of Gladys and Beryl for all I know, though.

Astrid is my favourite name.

Anna is another one that works well in both languages.

Erika

Leah
Marie
Anni
Leonie
Frieda
Nora
Antonia
Finja
Alina
Ingrid
Lena
Anna
Mia
Emma
Pia
Ida
Romy
Leni
Hannah
Jana
Alma
Laura

I'm not sure Imogen will be pronounced with a soft G in A German speaking country.

I like Emma and Amalia.

Also like Petra as someone else suggested, but as that was the name of my German teacher in the 1990s I suspect it’s somewhat dated.

Renata
Hildegard
Brigitta
Britta

Saskia
simone

Astrid
Ingrid
Kristen
Alexandra

Josephine
Leonie
Karoline
Michaela
Renate
Kerstin
Pauline
Marie

Anya
Heidi
Emilia
Millie
Matilda

My daughter’s German classmates were Anna, Hannah, Luisa, Sophie, Clara, Emma, Valentina, Sarah, Eva, Isabel. Much like her English classmates actually!

Anna works across many European languages. It happens to be my favourite name, too.

Birgit
Greta
Zelda
Giselle
Frieda
Aloisa

Brunhilde

Thanks, some nice ideas so far.
Like Annaliese, Erika, Clara and Alina. I'll add those to the list!

We've got quite a few friends with kids here, so a lot of the popular names that we like have already been used by close friends e.g. Emma, Anna, Isobel

Lotte

Marlene - a little old-fashioned but „cool“ old-fashioned - I know a five year old Marlene with German/English parents. Works well in both countries I think. Whereas the Renates and Erikas I know of are more in their 70s/80s…

But maybe Erika is due a revival!

I have a German friend called Melanie

As a German here, I wouldn't know how to pronounce Imogen if i hadn't moved to the UK when I was 19, so.. that name i wouldn't recommend.

How about Lina or Lena? ☺️

Was going to suggest Lina too!

maia
ines
Liesl
Emilia
mila
Katrina
Etta
elisabeth
Emilia
freya
annika

(I’m not German so I’m sorry if some of these wouldn’t work)

Sophie
Anna
Heidi
Katharina
Charlotte/Lotte