Looking for boy/girl names that work in English and in German

[GermanMummy]

I'm German, DH is English, and our first baby (don't know if it's a boy or a girl) is due in a couple of weeks. Still haven't been able to agree on names though.

We'd like a name that works in English as well as in German with the same pronunciation and spelling - not too common but not too unusual/complicated either.

I like Felix, but DH thinks it reminds him of the cat. Also like Ricarda, but DH's market research revealed that people in England find that too unusual.

Both like Lucas and maybe Charlotte.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Would Magnus or Marcus work?

Astrid
Agnes

We too are an English/German family and named our dd Annabel and our ds Quentin. Both work well in both languages imo

Lucas was on our list too but is becoming too popular... and Charlotte is pronounced quite differently in German vs English imo.

My German friend (married to an Englishman) has Carissa and Markus.

Alexander, Phillip, Matthias, Felix, Fabian, Max, Oliver, Sebastian, Ben, Oskar, Patrick.

Victoria, Elisabeth, Magdalena, Katharina, Hanna, Emma, Anastasia, Natasha, Nicole, Isabelle/Isabella, Anna.

Lucas is hugely popular in Germany atm, which would put me off.

DP is half Austrian and we wanted a name that was a nod to this fact

On our shortlists were:
Girls: Astrid, Mathilda, Heidi, Anna
Boys: Otto, Oscar, Alexander, Peter

I absolutely adore Otto.

Louise, Sophie, Lisa
Michael, Stefan

Conrad
Oskar

Katrine
Hana

A german pal has a boy and girl.

Jakob and rebekah

Florian
Tristan
Osc(k)ar

Rosa
Maria
Gabriella

Kirsten?

Anna
Annalise (I know a very English girl called this, and it seems to work fine)
Liesl (I reckon that would work in UK)

Dare I say, my own son's name: Benedic(k)t

Caspar
Tessa
Katarina
Clara (luurve this one)
Katya

we have anna and max after german grandparents. lovely names on this thread

definitely not Ricarda as will be regarded as a girl's name here. sorry your Dh is right

Marta for a girl (but then I'm a little partial)

Sebastian for a boy

My dh is a Jurgen - German Dad, British Mum. He has never had any bother with it.

Michael

Surname is something else though!!!!

My mum is German and my brother is Felix as a result. He does get a lot of ribbing about Felix the cat.
How about Reuben?
My middle name is Marta - I don't like it.

Toby? Although it's a bit Lane Fox/Savills Country House department.

Margo

Liesel
Friedrich
Louisa
Kurt
Birgitta
Marta
Gretl

or too von Trapp for you?

Anna, Maria

Karl, Rudolf (although that may be a bit "red-nosed reindeer" in England), Philip, Emmanuel

e were in the same situation (me german/dh english)
our 3 boys are called:
Sven
Yannic (although wish now we had spelled it Yannick, lol)
Flynn

boys names that would also work:
Noah (my favourite, but dh can't stand it, )
Frederic
Marc/Marcel
Dominic
Tom/Tim
Dylan
Lucas
Henrik
Scott
Carl
Christopher
Marvin (although sadly in england it seems to old fashioned)
Kevin
Eric
Len/ Lennard
Patrick
Sasha
Yul

for Girls:
Anna
Anya
Allannah
Beatrice
Bernadette
Carissa
Cecilia
Cerys
Cara
Christina
Dinah
Esther
Francesca
Fiona
Florence
Hannah
Helen
Ilona
Inez
Jennifer (although depends on your german family if this will work )
Larissa
Lucy
Lisa
Lara
Lana
Melissa
Melina
Melanie
Natalie
Natasha
Ninaara
Olivia
O dette
Silvana
Sylvia
Stephanie
Tara
Tanya
Tessa
Vanessa
Victoria
Xenia
Yvonne
Yasmin

I think all of the above would work...although anything wiht an r in, might not work, depedning on your family!
In general I would avoid r names...I love the name Rhys, and ms was nearly a Rhys, until I heard my mum pronounce it, and it sounded godawful, lol