Please or to access all these features

Add post

Watch this thread

Save thread

Start a new thread

Flip thread

Hide thread

My feed

Saved Active Unanswered threads

Getting started FAQ's

Unanswered threads Acronyms Talk guidelines

Hide shortcut buttons

Talk

Flip

Get updates on how your baby develops, your body changes, and what you can expect during each week of your pregnancy by signing up to the Mumsnet Pregnancy Newsletters.

Baby names

How do you pronounce Elke?

10 replies

CocoDeBearisCocoDeBear · 05/03/2008 22:36

Is it Elka?
Or Elk?

Like the first one, is v pretty; Elk on the other hand, erm, I'm not so sure about.

OP posts:

Report

spicemonster · 05/03/2008 22:36

Elka

Report

Kindersurpise · 05/03/2008 22:39

Ell-kay

It is quite a difficult name to pronounce for English speakers. Same with Sabine, Ute, Renate.

Report

CocoDeBearisCocoDeBear · 05/03/2008 22:40

I like Ell-kay.

Where's it from, somewhere Scandinavian?

OP posts:

Report

hippipotami · 05/03/2008 22:42

Ell-kuh, if you want to pronounce it the Dutch way.

Report

LyraSilvertongue · 05/03/2008 22:42

El-kee

Report

Kindersurpise · 05/03/2008 22:54

A north German/Dutch name meaning noble, kind.

It is a bit old fashioned here in Germany, most Elkes are about 40 - 50 yo.

Report

didoreth · 05/03/2008 22:58

I have a German friend called Elke, pronounced Ell-kuh, she's not that old, only 33.

Report

CocoDeBearisCocoDeBear · 05/03/2008 23:01

Well I will put it on my list to try and kickstart a new generation of baby Elkes in the UK. Not that I'm even pg yet!

Funny, DD2 was nearly Greta.

OP posts:

Report

Kindersurpise · 05/03/2008 23:04

Ok, she is the exception to the rule

But you know what I mean, all my age group (around 35-45) British women are called Elaine, Audrey, Lynn, Jackie, Linda. In Germany they are Elke, Ute, Tanja, Renate, Susanne...

At the moment popular German girl names are
Leonie
Sofie
Marie
Anna
Lena

and variations of them, Leonie-Sopie, Anna-Marie, Anna-Sofie etc etc.

Report

Kindersurpise · 05/03/2008 23:06

We have a family in kindergarten, there kids are Martha, Freda and Anton.

Another family have Emma, Greta and erm, forgot the third DD.

Great names.

Report

Flip

Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

Mumsnet's better when you're logged in. You can customise your experience and access way more features like messaging, watch and hide threads, voting and much more.

Already signed up?

Talk

Baby names

How do you pronounce Elke?

Sign up to continue reading

Mumsnet's better when you're logged in. You can customise your experience and access way more features like messaging, watch and hide threads, voting and much more.

Sign up now to cast your AIBU vote

You'll get fewer ads, be able to hide, watch and save threads for later, and access loads more customisable features

Sign up now to cast your AIBU vote

You'll get fewer ads, be able to hide, watch and save threads for later, and access loads more customisable features