Dh and I can’t find any girls name (half German)

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It’s an absolute nightmare, I love the name Elodie and always have done but dh hates it. He wants something that reflects his German heritage but can’t give me any names apart from his grandmothers name, we do also have a very German surname which I’m conscious of. I’ve said I’m happy for this as a middle name however I don’t like the name myself. We’ve already decided on Finn for a boy, which we both love.
TIA

Ada
Clara
Emilia
Heidi

Nena

I always like Frida (there are other spellings and variations)

Thats german and means peace :)

Elsa
Ida
Lena
Mia
Annelise
Emily

Hanna
Christina
Verena
Karen
Miriam
inge
Katerina

all German colleagues/ex-colleagues

Most of the names suggested are very antiquated.

Contemporary German names are mostly similar to English ones.

Have a look at this list here for some inspo

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

Anna
Saskia
Astrid
Ingrid

Adeline

Melanie is similar to Elodie and used in Germany.

Matilda
Hilda

Marta
Claudia

These names above sound really dated.

Most people use more ‘European’ name now, so very similar to English:

Anya
Henrietta
Hannah
Lena
Lara
Connie

If you like Finn for a boy, Maybe Theodora, Thea. I also know a Fina who is short for Josephine

Charlotte nn Lotta
Anna
Julia

Stella.

Adela?

If you look at the most popular names in Germany right now they are not generally particularly Germanic ones. We had the same issue (different European country) and just made sure the pronunciation worked in German too. We stuck to classic names (classic in English) because of the surname. I didn’t want them to forever be spelling out both of their names!

Be careful OP, many of the names suggested here are names that haven't been given to German infants for many decades, or are short forms (Gretchen, Liesl).
I don't know a single Petra, Astrid, Heike or Elke under 50 and the only Ingrid I know is turning 90 this year.

Madlen

I work with quite a lot of German women mostly aged 25-35.

Names are:

Lisa
Jana
Anika
Stephanie
Julia
Katharina
Carolina

Merle

Why don’t you try to find a more ‘international’ name that works in lots of languages/ isn’t specifically German? E.g:

Laura
Nina
Anna
Sophie/Sophia
Marie
Hannah
Clara
Charlotte

I know 3 children with German parents (living in the UK) called Clara, Frida and Flora, which are all lovely and work in both languages?

If names are antiquated now, by the time the child grows up they may be fashionable again.

I absolutely love Anneliese and had it on my girls names list without any German connections. Could be shortened to Anna which works well anywhere.

Love Clara as well.

As others have said, the suggested names are very dated and some are based on things like the sound of music.
Will she be bilingual and involved in the culture? It’s hard to have both first and second name making everyone assume you are from a certain country if that isn’t your identity at all. Could you give a family name as a middle name (her father’s grandmother’s name or similar) and give her a first name that expresses your background?

If the surname is German then his heritage is already reflected in the name 🤷‍♀️