German boys names

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Would love some suggestions on German boys names that work well in English. I generally like short and snappy over long and flowing but open to anything.

What does Rory sound like in Germany?

Fabian

Wolfe

Adolf

Ludo (short for Ludwig)
Timo

Yes. Georgina is pronounced Gay-or-geena.

The R is just a different sound and if pronounced English which it would be lots of people would struggle to get it right. Same with J sounds.

God why does it not quote if you press reply?

Actually more like Geh-or-geena.

Holger

Dh is German. I love the name Henning but didn't get to use it as I had 2 girls.

Heinrich is my favourite!

Max
Emil
Tim
Thomas
Jacob
Noah

www.pampers.com/en-us/pregnancy/baby-names/article/german-boy-names

DD's German ex and his friends and brothers (all young men) were:
Felix, Lucas, Alex, Nico (x2), Leon and Adam

All suitably versatile and travel proof names!

That said, I've always harboured an immense soft spot for Wolfgang!

You have to tap the 3 dots (top right of post) and then quote.

Yes, but OP has pressed the reply button which you'd also expect to quote... it doesn't seem to do anything at all!

I like the name Florian.

I lived in a street called Florian-Geyer-Strasse when I was working in Schweinfurt for the summer many years ago.

I'd not heard the name Florian before but have met a few guys called Florian when I have been to Germany since.

I love the name Florian, but can't help thinking it sounds a little too... floral to work in UK.

Unfortunately I do think naming your child Florian is asking to get them beaten up in the UK - or at least constantly defending themselves. Names have connotations, whether we want to admit it or not.

I would recommend asking a large group of men what they think of the name rather than a predominantly female website.

I was pondering earlier on where you might see a snapshot of German names in an easily accessible way and it struck me that the names of the Bundestag's Abgeordneten would be quite a long list.

I've had a quick peruse and can see a Fabian and a Christoph, which I like.

https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete

I'm part German. In our family, we have Richard, Philip, Adrian, Hans, Andreas, Bernard, Otto, and Martin. Jürgen may be better known now due to football and the Great British Bake Off

@TheSquareMile , the downside is that those names are the names of adults.
If you looked at British MPs names, quite a few of them have names that aren't baby names these days.
List of MPs for constituencies in England (2019–present) - Wikipedia

Roman
Bruno

Yes, that did strike me afterwards! You're right!