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Help[Opinions] German feminine names
This is my 1st attempt & finding myself a new name. Here is a list of names used only, as far as it says on here, in Germany. What are your opinions. I will say that I'm not 100% in love w/ all of them, i just didn't want to leave 1 out. (some are capitalized so i could keep the umlauts)
Adalheid Aleit Agnethe Aloisia Anelie Beate Brunhild Brunhilde CÄCILIA Caecilia Corona Dietlinde Eleonore Elfriede Elli Emilie Ermentraud Ermintrude Ermentraude Felicie Franziska Frauke Friede Friederike Fritzi Gerlinde Gertraud Gertrud Gisa Gitta Gratia Gretchen Gretel Gundula Hanne Hannelore Hedwig Hedy Heilwig Helene Helma Hermia Hiltraud Hiltrud Hiltrude Ilse Imma Imke Irmgard Irmhild Irmtraud Irmtrud Ivonne Jutta Jutte Katarine Katharina KÄTHE Katrin Kinge Kreszentia Kreszenz Kriemhild Kriemhilde Krimhilde Kunigunde Lene Leni Leonore Liesa Liese Liesel Liesl Lili Lisbeth Lieselotte Lilo Lora Lore Lotte Luise Lulu Luitgard Lutgard MÄDCHEN Mariele Margarete Mechtilde Meike Mitzi Minna Ottilie Raimunde Regula Reinhilde Rike Roswitha Sieglinde Silke Sommer Sonje Suse Svenja Swanhild Swanhilda Swanhilde Tabea Theda Theresia Ursel Uschi Ute Verena Vreni Walburga Waltraud Wibeke Wiebke Wilhelmina Zella Zenzi
Adalheid Aleit Agnethe Aloisia Anelie Beate Brunhild Brunhilde CÄCILIA Caecilia Corona Dietlinde Eleonore Elfriede Elli Emilie Ermentraud Ermintrude Ermentraude Felicie Franziska Frauke Friede Friederike Fritzi Gerlinde Gertraud Gertrud Gisa Gitta Gratia Gretchen Gretel Gundula Hanne Hannelore Hedwig Hedy Heilwig Helene Helma Hermia Hiltraud Hiltrud Hiltrude Ilse Imma Imke Irmgard Irmhild Irmtraud Irmtrud Ivonne Jutta Jutte Katarine Katharina KÄTHE Katrin Kinge Kreszentia Kreszenz Kriemhild Kriemhilde Krimhilde Kunigunde Lene Leni Leonore Liesa Liese Liesel Liesl Lili Lisbeth Lieselotte Lilo Lora Lore Lotte Luise Lulu Luitgard Lutgard MÄDCHEN Mariele Margarete Mechtilde Meike Mitzi Minna Ottilie Raimunde Regula Reinhilde Rike Roswitha Sieglinde Silke Sommer Sonje Suse Svenja Swanhild Swanhilda Swanhilde Tabea Theda Theresia Ursel Uschi Ute Verena Vreni Walburga Waltraud Wibeke Wiebke Wilhelmina Zella Zenzi
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MÄDCHEN means girl in german...not my cup of tea.
Just so you know who some of the names in usage actually are (not Mädchen) I'll list the names of that list I know people of. Beate CÄCILIA Elli Emilie Ermentraud Ermintrude Ermentraude Felicie Franziska Friederike Gitta Hanne Hannelore Ivonne Katharina Katrin Liesa Liese Liesl Lili Lieselotte Lotte Luise (i know a billion Marie-Luise's) Margarete Meike Sonje Suse Tabea Ursel Ute Verena Vreni
Just so you know who some of the names in usage actually are (not Mädchen) I'll list the names of that list I know people of. Beate CÄCILIA Elli Emilie Ermentraud Ermintrude Ermentraude Felicie Franziska Friederike Gitta Hanne Hannelore Ivonne Katharina Katrin Liesa Liese Liesl Lili Lieselotte Lotte Luise (i know a billion Marie-Luise's) Margarete Meike Sonje Suse Tabea Ursel Ute Verena Vreni
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I'm reading from top to bottom, so I only now got to this post. Sorry!
I'm commenting on the names I like.
Aleit - well, this is fresh and different! I love it.
Anelie - a good one. I once knew an Anelle from South Africa. She was of Dutch descent, and I loved her name!
Elli - Elli is also used in Finland. It's become really popular for babies in the past 10 years. For some reason, I don't care for it.
Emilie - GREAT
Franziska - as said, GREAT
Friederike - GREAT
Gisa Gitta - There's something about these two names that I really like. Good choices, although they tend to be on the nn side.
Gretchen - Well, this surely is something very typically German! Nice.
Hanne - Hanne is also very popular In Norway (Denmark, too?). Also used to some extent in Finland (and sweden?). Good one, although I prefer Hanna.
Hannelore - Another distinctly Central European name. I like it.
Helene - oh, a classic! GREAT
Ilse - I've loved Ilse ever since reading the Emily of New Moon books... GREAT
Jutta - Jutta is also used in Finland. Getting more popular now. A nice one.
Katharina - obviously GREAT!
Katrin - a very nice, German-sounding name. Also used in Scandinavia, though.
Leni - nice; I know a Finnish Leni. It's rare over her, though.
Lotte - also used in Scandinavia. Nice.
MÄDCHEN - heavy associations to Mädchen Amick. Nice, though! With a meaning 'girl' in German, I think it accentuates your femininity, quite like Elle!
Minna - this name was HUGELY popular among women of my age. Used all of Scandinavia, but most popular in Finland. Totally overused, too bad because it sounds nice.
Rike - I like Rike! Rika/Rika/Rikka/Rikke/Riika/Riikka sound great - but nn'ish.
Silke - typically German. Nice.
Sommer - NICE! I don't know the exact popularity of vocabulary names over in Germany, but I don't think Sommer is that popular. In an English-speaking country, I'd definitely use it!
Theresia - nice
Ute - another typically German name. Nice
Verena Vreni - these sound more Swiss than German to me. I've always liked both of them. I also like Veronika.
Wibeke - GREAT! Wibeke/Vibeke is one of my all-time favorites.
Lass
I'm commenting on the names I like.
Aleit - well, this is fresh and different! I love it.
Anelie - a good one. I once knew an Anelle from South Africa. She was of Dutch descent, and I loved her name!
Elli - Elli is also used in Finland. It's become really popular for babies in the past 10 years. For some reason, I don't care for it.
Emilie - GREAT
Franziska - as said, GREAT
Friederike - GREAT
Gisa Gitta - There's something about these two names that I really like. Good choices, although they tend to be on the nn side.
Gretchen - Well, this surely is something very typically German! Nice.
Hanne - Hanne is also very popular In Norway (Denmark, too?). Also used to some extent in Finland (and sweden?). Good one, although I prefer Hanna.
Hannelore - Another distinctly Central European name. I like it.
Helene - oh, a classic! GREAT
Ilse - I've loved Ilse ever since reading the Emily of New Moon books... GREAT
Jutta - Jutta is also used in Finland. Getting more popular now. A nice one.
Katharina - obviously GREAT!
Katrin - a very nice, German-sounding name. Also used in Scandinavia, though.
Leni - nice; I know a Finnish Leni. It's rare over her, though.
Lotte - also used in Scandinavia. Nice.
MÄDCHEN - heavy associations to Mädchen Amick. Nice, though! With a meaning 'girl' in German, I think it accentuates your femininity, quite like Elle!
Minna - this name was HUGELY popular among women of my age. Used all of Scandinavia, but most popular in Finland. Totally overused, too bad because it sounds nice.
Rike - I like Rike! Rika/Rika/Rikka/Rikke/Riika/Riikka sound great - but nn'ish.
Silke - typically German. Nice.
Sommer - NICE! I don't know the exact popularity of vocabulary names over in Germany, but I don't think Sommer is that popular. In an English-speaking country, I'd definitely use it!
Theresia - nice
Ute - another typically German name. Nice
Verena Vreni - these sound more Swiss than German to me. I've always liked both of them. I also like Veronika.
Wibeke - GREAT! Wibeke/Vibeke is one of my all-time favorites.
Lass
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Eliss! It's not on that list, but it's German! Pronounced kind of like AY-liss.
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Very quickly, I like
I've starred the ones that I love, and double starred the ones that I think would work for you.
*Aleit
Aloisia
**Beate
Eleonore
Elli
**Franziska (will look like a kreativ spelling)
Gratia
Gretel
*Helene
**Ilse
*Katarine
Katharina
**Katrin
Leonore
**Liesel
*Lilo - very cute
Lora
Mariele
Minna
***Theda - my favorite. Feminine, but not too feminine. And a positive meaning.
*Zella
And these aren't good in the US
Brunhild - a witch
Brunhilde - a witch in a comic strip!
Corona - a beer
Fritzi - Its seen as a kind of "Crazy" name, as are Lulu and Mitzi.
Siri
I've starred the ones that I love, and double starred the ones that I think would work for you.
*Aleit
Aloisia
**Beate
Eleonore
Elli
**Franziska (will look like a kreativ spelling)
Gratia
Gretel
*Helene
**Ilse
*Katarine
Katharina
**Katrin
Leonore
**Liesel
*Lilo - very cute
Lora
Mariele
Minna
***Theda - my favorite. Feminine, but not too feminine. And a positive meaning.
*Zella
And these aren't good in the US
Brunhild - a witch
Brunhilde - a witch in a comic strip!
Corona - a beer
Fritzi - Its seen as a kind of "Crazy" name, as are Lulu and Mitzi.
Siri
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I actually love Franziska. I think feminine forms of masculine names would work well for me (I explained in my post to Charlie, but I'm not sure it it makes sense). The only thing w/ Franziska is that I'm not in love with the meaning, Frenchman although on other sites it says free also, but i tend to tke the word of this one most.
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err
Frenchman means "free". The French used to be the Franks, from the Latin "francus", free (in the "non slave" sense). That's a very beautiful meaning.
Frenchman means "free". The French used to be the Franks, from the Latin "francus", free (in the "non slave" sense). That's a very beautiful meaning.
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Theda is also a feminization of a male name - Theodore. nt x
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I actually love Franziska. I also like the others, but I'm thinking something that would fit me is a feminine form of a masculine name because I don't exactly look feminine on the outside (or so I'm told) but I really am on the inside. Does that make any sense. The only thing w/ Franziska is the meaning isn't all that fabulous.
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That should have read Franziska of course. :-)
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