German boys names

[FünfundvierzigLuftballons]

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.

These are the top baby names for last year in Germany.

https://www.beliebte-vornamen.de/jahrgang/j2023/top-500-2023

Ingo is perfekt

This is perfect thank you!

German-English families we know have boys named

Quentin
Max(imilian)
Sebastian
Oskar/Oscar

Most of the non-English name threads @TheSquareMile are likely to include a lot of dated names.

I think if you had the equivalent list of British names there would be a few current names and a lot of Paul, Mark, Sharon, Tracy, Ryan, Rebecca type names.

If you want a list of current names in a different culture or language, you need a list of names for children. I watched a youth festival type programmes and the same names seemed to come up again and again.
The UK equivalets might be something like Sophia Rose, Sophia Grace, Arlo, Reuben, Elodie, Elsie, Arthur...

Those names probably won't be widespread in your workplace yet.

If I was asked for German names I'd probably say names like Tanja, Petra, Angelica, Frank, Reinhard, Dieter etc but they're probably names used for babies about 65 years ago

Yes def true for the majority of suggestions on the thread. But we are German so have somewhat of an idea of what would very much be a ‘Gary’ kind of name. Just trying to maybe get some new ideas for names that can work in both languages that we haven’t thought of. Eg Adrian as above.

@FünfundvierzigLuftballons , I deliberately picked names of people aged 60 or older

Adrian is a bit of a Gary sort of name. It sounds dreary in a UK accent.
You might have heard of Adrian Mole.

I think you should go for something that works in both languages. Nothing ' too German '.

Coming from a fellow German..

My favourites

Sebastian
Alexander
Felix
Christian
Frank
Frederick ( Freddie )
Maximilian

Don't go for

Guenter Dieter Karl-Heinz Lothar Ludwig etc 😂

You could go for :

Andreas
Thomas
Juergen

( I don't like these as much, but they'd work in English ).

Fabian is also a nice name.

Sebastian is a great name in many European languages.

What about Conrad/Konrad?
Would that work well with your second name?
Or does that sound too old?

Conrad's great IMO (I much prefer the C version but that's personal preference). It's not common in the current generation, but it works fine with the styles of name a lot of people are using atm. I also like Clemens a lot, but the pronunciation varies again - Clay-mens in Germany.

To the PP who said don't use Ludwig - I know of two in their teens - it's very much come back with old man chic, and I should think most English speakers would be able to make a decent stab at the pronunciation.

@ShoesoftheWorld I like Ludwig too but I fear a lot of Loodwigg pronunciations coming. It's a lovely name when pronounced correctly.