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[Opinions] Anyone have favorite German names?
by Dracotorix
6/2/2013, 8:54 PM
Was talking to someone about their family tree, most of which was German, and wondered what German names are preferred by BtNers :P
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- Siân (Sharley)
6/4/2013, 6:51 AM
Okay, I haven't properly considered German names in years. Not sure why.Anyway, I like:Florian ♥ ♥
Dominik
Alexander
Felix
Sebastian
Luca / Luka
Tobias
Kind of like Klaus
And I want to like Jonas, but I can't decide if I do or not.
Sophia / Sofia
Petra
Lena
Katja
Once dated a girl named Angelika which is ridiculously fun to say, but I don't care for Angel- names.
Emma
Greta
Amelie
Annika -Okay, I've never actually met an Annika. Is this even used?
Kathe -This looks old and I've never met one of them either, but I've loved it for years. Almost forgot it was German.
Magda -Okay, I get a lot of slack for that one, but I still like it!
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- Dorchadas (Lucille)
6/3/2013, 2:43 PM
- Catalina (Catalina-lirio)
6/3/2013, 11:50 AM
Aleida
Amalia
Beatrix
Elisabeth
Elsa/Ilsa
Gisela
Gretl
Helga
Ingrid
Liesel / Liesl
Lieselotte
Magdalena
Maike
Melita
Rosemarie
Saskia
Sibylla
Zella
ZitaAloysius
Bruno
Emil
Ferdinand
Georg
Joachim
Laurenz
Matthias
Otto
Ralph
Rupert
Stefan
Tobias
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- Ninor (Frozten)   +1
6/3/2013, 9:44 AM
Wilhelm, Wolfgang !
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- Dracotorix
6/3/2013, 11:41 AM
Those are cool (especially Wolfgang)
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- sedora   +1
6/3/2013, 7:57 AM
So far people have listed exactly the kind of names I expected to see, lol.Horribly outdated (seriously, not in the good way), weird nicknames instead of actual given names and some that aren't even German at all.
Keep 'em coming. :)
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- Dracotorix
6/3/2013, 11:41 AM
Haha! It's weird to see how people who don't speak your language or haven't lived in your contry for very long (or at all) view your names. I know a lot of children of immigrants to the US from Asian countries, for example, with very dated names... and I like "-ko" names for girls in Japanese, although I know they are pretty dated in Japan.
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- FFF   +1
6/3/2013, 4:57 AM
I like Anneliese, Liesl, Louisa, and Clara. Not a big fan of the boys' names!
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- Dracotorix
6/3/2013, 11:39 AM
Anneliese is pretty! So is Louisa. I'd forgotten Louisa was German...
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- Dracotorix
6/3/2013, 11:34 AM
I like Anton, Bertram, Brigitta, Hannelore, Ilsa, Leopold, Ludwig, Rainer, Ulrich, Wilhelmina, Wolfgang, and Wolfram.
Friedrich and Winifred also have their charm...
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- sedora   +1
6/3/2013, 7:54 AM
I take it you don't live in Germany?Because those names are ALL terrible to modern German ears. Anton is the only exception, really.
We'd pitty children punished with any of the rest of these.
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- Frollein Gladys
6/5/2013, 4:02 AM
I disagree. Friedrich and Leopold are actually on the rise, and Ludwig is still alive and well on babies born down south. And Anton, as well as its feminine counterpart Antonia, has been one of the up-and-comers in recent years.Edited because autocorrect is going haywire on me.

This message was edited 6/5/2013, 4:07 AM

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- Naomi (guest)
6/2/2013, 9:37 PM
I like Dorothea, Greta, Gretel, Liesl.
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- Alcyone   +1
6/2/2013, 9:30 PM
I really like Petra and Greta.
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- Dracotorix
6/3/2013, 11:26 AM
I definitely like Petra. Greta is growing on me.
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