Longer harsh baby names

[StamppotAndGravy]

We're stuck for inspiration. Please help!

I like quite harsh sounding baby names but DH so far isn't keen e.g.
Siân (my favourite, but rejected as common)
Margaret (boring)
Jana (our best friend)
Dana (a former colleague)

The only name he really likes so far is Juliette, but to me it's dated and fussy, plus I find Jools and July are awful. I'm going to propose Jacqueline and Annette as alternatives, but was hoping for some more ideas.

Extra complexity, we live abroad in a Germanic country. J names are pronounced with a Y or the French way, never the British way. Gs are risky pronounciation-wise. Es are pronounced A, and As are long and flat (e.g. Jana is Yaanaa, Eline is Aeleena). Most of the top hundred baby names are max 5 letters so anything fussy like Felicity will scream immigrant kid!

Thanks so much!

Margot
Brigitte
Katerina
Caitlyn
Barbara

Conrad
Ivan
Otto
Frederik
Robert

I should have said at the start. We're British-Dutch rather than German. It's mostly the same pronunciation issues as in German (eg George would come out chayorcha), but means that most classic German names are out for obvious reasons. I'd prefer a British-ish name, mostly because I find Dutch names quite boring.

Top names tend to be along the lines of Liam, Daan, Mees, Milan and Nora, Lila, Mila, Tess.

Demelza
Ruth
Angharad
Freda
Artemis

Hank
Dave
George
Leon
Howard

Are you a Zappa fan? @desperatedaysareover

What about Jon/John. Would just be yonne?

Maria. I knew a girl with Bavarian heritage and thought her name was lovely.

I like Kirsten, thanks!

Yup, probably mispelt to Jan most of the time. Jonathon is a bit safer because it's obviously international

Frieda
Audrey
Sukie
Margot
Anna
Erica
Greta
Gretchen
Kate
Vita
Maura
Billie
Lotte
Stephanie (Stevie/Steffi)
Ruth
Marlene
Frances

Victor
Magnus
Raffi
Marcus
Luke
Lucas
Paul
Frank
Vincent

@StamppotAndGravy , and in some places it shortens to Yoni

Juliet/Juliette is dated? But Jacqueline and Annette aren’t ? I don’t think Juliette has ever cracked the Top 100 (except in France) but I know multiple Jaqueline’s (all known as Jackie) that are in their 60’s and 70’s and an Annette of a similar age. The few Juliet’s I know are far younger. Worrying about Jules is fair enough though, I suppose that nn is a possibility.

Antonia or Antoinette instead? Linette? Greta? (rather than Margaret)

Maxim for a boy? Seems quite international. Maybe Nico? Although my favourite Dutch boys name is Bram.

@IamnotwhouthinkIam , Juliette is dated in France. It tends to get shortened to Julie in the UK, and Julie is dated. Jacqueline, Lynette and Annette seem like 1950s names.

Juliette is quite popular at the moment.

I know German siblings Ralf and Rita. Also a Steffan, which I really like.

Carolina
Wilhelmina
Juliana

Matilda?

Mattais
Dieter
Heath
Sean
Tobias

Catriona
Claire
Tanya
Shona

I accept that Juliette is dated in France (just like Claudia is in Germany, yet neither are dated in the UK). But Ive never met a Juliet/Juliette that was shortened to Julie in the UK? I’m a Julia and it’s never been shortened to Julie either, except by accident when a ( usually older) person has misheard my name. I think Julie is considered a completely different name to both and quite dated - I know lots of Julie’s in their 60’s and 70’s. Its like Diane vs Diana or Helen vs Helena etc. Nn Jules is a possibility though - although I haven’t had it myself and afaik neither have the couple of Juliet’s I know.

Jonathan
Adrian
Philip
Randall
Julian
Marcus
Warren
Robert
Rufus
Gregory

Martha
Patricia
Veronica
Catherine
Felicity
Margret
Jemima
Petunia

Christina
Ayda
Carolina
Amelie
Arnold
Alexander
Rudy
Sam

Many of these names aren't harsh.

How about Calista, Clarissa, Teresa, Griselda?

Agatha?

How else is Jana pronounced other than Yaanaa?

Moira
Seren
Nancy
Noel
Kim
Nicole
Nicholas
Owen
Walter (it would be pronounced Valter which is much nicer)
Felix

@Hucklemuckle , Ja(r)na, Jay-na.