For pure fun: German or French popular names?

General Name Discussion
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Below is a (long!) list of names from the German top 500 and names from the French top 500.

Germany:

Magdalena, Erika, Cecilia, Käthe, Franziska, Lieselotte, Erna, Veronika, Felicitas, Elsa, Xenia, Levke, Leia, Alexandra, Katharina, Linda, Elisabeth, Malina, Aurelia, Lotte, Isabell, Ronja, Mina, Theresa, Greta, Rosalie, Jana, Anni, Pauline, Amalia

Olivia, Valentina, Elli, Lisa, Pia, Finja, Josephine, Martha, Paulina, Luise, Fiona, Julia, Eva, Zoe, Elina, Merle, Antonia, Isabella, Luna, Carla, Victoria, Mara, Alina, Marlene, Maria, Thea, Romy, Melina, Tilda, Emilia, Malia, Paula, Laura, Juna, Mira, Sarah, Nele, Sophie, Lara, Johanna, Lena, Charlotte, Mia, Maja, Lilly

Frieda, Anna, Ida, Mathilda, Leni, Clara, Marie, Mila, Lina, Lea, Ella, Emma, Hannah, Rita, Nina, Stella, Melissa, Annika, Jule, Anastasia, Freya, Liv, Rosa, Miriam, Yara, Diana, Mariella, Edda, Kira, Annabell, Helene, Elise, Jette, Liese, Cleo, Milla, Amira, Chiara

Aurora, Elea, Dalia, Carolina, Jonna, Enna, Thalia, Rebecca, Bella, Noemi, Vivien, Hedi, Flora, Vanessa, Liara, Melia, Marina, Lenja, Selma, Valerie, Svea, Adriana, Larissa, Eleonora, Adelina, Jolina, Fritzi, Alba, Fiene, Natalie, Henriette, Feline, Soraya

Annalena, Leandra, Tiana, Florentine, Romina, Helin, Gloria, Melanie, Minna, Meva, Evelina, Sonja, Janna, Hanne, Juliana, Evi, Rahel, Felia, Johanne, Ilaria, Ruth, Gabriela, Vera, Lisbeth, Nelia, Salome, Amanda, Verena, Irma, Cassandra, Enola, Franka, Inga, Adele, Enisa, Erva, Stefanie, Deborah.

France:

Joséphine, Enola, Julie, Sophie, Anouk,Morgane, Maëline, Cassandre, Céline, Marion, Mahaut, Anaëlle, Maëlys, Hortense, Bérénice, Augustine, Leïla, Jeanne, Justine, Sixtine, Valentine,Estelle, Noémie, Suzanne, Elise, Léna, Flora, Ninon, Zélie, Apolline, Tessa

Célestine, Emma, Noémie, Clarisse, Aline, Judith, Lucile, Maddie, Charlie, Alicia, Athéna, Célia, Marie, Maëlle, Sibylle, Clémentine, Angèle, Diane, Lilou, Aïda, Myriam, Anaïs, Hélène, Héloïse, Abigaëlle, Castille, Raphaëlle, Marilou, Mélissa, Aimée, Claire, Amélia, Salomé, Constance, Mathilde, Chloé, Thaïs, Céleste, Émilie, Axelle, Assia, Lila, Alba, Lou.

Charline, Coline, Yasmine, Gabrielle, Clara, Théa, Clémence, Capucine, Manon, Sarah / Sara, Éline / Élyne, Charlotte, Camille, Lucie, Margaux / Margot, Inès, Alice, Olivia, Lola, Aurore, Abby, Livia, Lily

Adèle, Victoire, Léonie, Lina, Zoé, Iris, Juliette, Agathe, Louise, Rose, Faustine, Océane, Éléonore, Rosalie, Violette, Cléa, Hanaé, Maxine, Madeleine, Olympe, Cassie, Daphné, Esmée, Blanche, Alizée, Gaïa, Louison, Athénaïs, Amélie, Eugénie, Elisabeth, Garance, Jade, Aliénor, Adélaïde, Yuna.

Aya, Sofia, Giulia, Yaël, Mélina, Alya, Irina, Alexandra, Laïa, Carmen, Milla,
Noélie, Wendy, Soraya, Chelsea, Ashley, Alessia, Charlize, Sienna, Emy, Astrid, April, Mira, Octavia, Esther, Sasha, Angelina, Brune, Sana, Lyana / Liana, Thelma, Maïwenn, Carla, Paloma, Rachel, Nina, Tasnim, Nour, Stella, Lison, Roxane, Maya.

Which style do you prefer?

Votes ~ :leaves:

German :de:: 6 votes
French :fr:: 5 votes

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I think I slightly prefer the [name_m]German[/name_m] ones

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Both are lovely! To my American eyes, the names on both lists come across as stylish, international, and fresh.

But if I had to name my daughters from the options on one of the lists, I’d pick the [name_m]German[/name_m] list!

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french! it has more names that i would consider using.

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I think I slightly prefer the names from the German list!

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Both lovely! I think :fr: just pips it for me.

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love both so much this is hard but german wins just slightly for me xx

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I prefer the [name_u]French[/name_u] style slightly more! :fr:

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[name_u]French[/name_u] :fr: but I adore some [name_m]German[/name_m] names such as [name_f]Leni[/name_f] :relaxed:

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I see a handful of my favorites on the [name_u]French[/name_u] list. I’m often partial to [name_u]French[/name_u] names, so no surprise! I’d choose that list to name a baby from.

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I prefer the [name_m]German[/name_m] list! So many of my favorites are in there. But I have found that I often really like names of German-origin in general, and my taste leans towards those, even though there are many pretty [name_u]French[/name_u] names I love, too. :slight_smile:

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Before looking at the lists, I would have said [name_u]French[/name_u] names. But the [name_m]German[/name_m] list actually has more of my favourite names (e.g. [name_f]Valentina[/name_f], [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f], [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f], [name_f]Adelina[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], [name_f]Aurora[/name_f], Amalia), which is somewhat unexpected to me. So I have to pick [name_m]German[/name_m].

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I’m going to say [name_u]French[/name_u]! :strawberry:

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[name_u]French[/name_u]!

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i’m going to say :de:!!

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[name_m]German[/name_m]