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Mentioning the middle names... I'm under the impression that it's a fairly new thing in Germany. When I clicked my way through all those BAs, about 1/3 of them (maybe a tad more) had the middle names mentioned. And I'm pretty sure a some of the babies who had only the first name mentioned don't have any middle name at all. For a while, it was a little out of fashion to give your children middle names (especially in the 1980s I think. Maybe this was a regional/"religious" thing as well: many of my Protestant friends from northern Germany have only a first name while most of my friends from the Catholic south have a first name plus at least one middle name. One of them is usually the name of a godparent).
Nowadays, the middle names are back - sort of. It's an ongoing discussion on the forums and among young parents(-to-be that I know) whether a middle name is "necessary" or not...

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Oh wow, that went off-topic, sorry for that. And as I said, it's just my impression. Maybe JHK can confirm...?

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Anyways, I'm with you on Alma: I'd love that name to come back. I really like it.

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Ditto on Odetta Margarethe. The flow is a little off, but for some reason this combo works for me.