German Name

[name]Hi[/name] everyone. Im [name]Mareike[/name] and im from Germany. I have 3 kids [name]Friederike[/name] (we call her [name]Ike[/name]) 5 years old, [name]Leni[/name] (girl) 3 years old, and [name]Mattheus[/name] (goes b [name]Max[/name]) 2 years old. I found out im pregnant but dont know the sex yet. Me and DH need help with this one, i feel i used all the names i really love. I would appreciate boys and girls names. We want a name that would fit well with our other kids names and its a german name. Last name starts with a N and have two syllabes.

Thank you so much.

[name]Mareike[/name] and [name]Moritz[/name]

Some names I love. Not all are necessarily [name]German[/name], but I think they would work nonetheless.

Boys:
[name]Johan[/name]/[name]Johannes[/name]
[name]Jan[/name]
[name]Florian[/name]
Mirco
Maik
Sebastan
[name]Lukas[/name]
[name]Luca[/name]/[name]Lucca[/name]/[name]Luka[/name]
[name]Lars[/name]
[name]Tobias[/name] (this may be too close to [name]Mattheus[/name] though.)
[name]Sascha[/name]/[name]Alexander[/name] nn [name]Sascha[/name]
[name]Nico[/name]/Niklas
[name]Karsten[/name]

Girls:
[name]Johanna[/name]
[name]Karin[/name]
[name]Anneliese[/name]
[name]Liesel[/name]
katja
[name]Katharina[/name]
[name]Sabine[/name]
[name]Anke[/name]
[name]Ronja[/name]
[name]Anja[/name]
[name]Sanne[/name]
[name]Silke[/name]
[name]Valeria[/name]
[name]Saskia[/name]
Karolna
[name]Rosa[/name]
[name]Hannelore[/name]

Not sure if you like any of those. Let me know what you think.

Thank you for all the suggestions. From your list these are my favorites:

Boys:
[name]Jan[/name] ( i really like this one with Niklas, [name]Jan[/name]-Niklas)
Maik- really like it
[name]Lukas[/name]- DH really likes it
[name]Luca[/name]/[name]Lucca[/name]/[name]Luka[/name]- prefer [name]Lukas[/name] but still like it
[name]Lars[/name]- like it but not love it
[name]Tobias[/name]- nickname [name]Toby[/name]
Niklas- really like it

Girls:
[name]Johanna[/name]- favorite from your list
[name]Karin[/name]
[name]Liesel[/name]

For girls i like [name]Malin[/name] too. What do you think of it?

[name]Mareike[/name]

I like [name]Malin[/name], but do you think it would be too similar to “malen” the verb to paint?

[name]Just[/name] a thought! I’ll see if I can come up with some suggestions though too. Hmmm…

For a boy:
[name]Hugo[/name]
[name]Hansel[/name]
[name]Raul[/name]
[name]Sigmund[/name], nn [name]Ziggy[/name]
Willhem
[name]Oswald[/name] nn [name]Ozzy[/name]

Girls:
[name]Gretchen[/name] / [name]Greta[/name]
Madchen
[name]Frida[/name]
Hida / [name]Hilda[/name] / [name]Hilde[/name]
[name]Carla[/name]
[name]Franca[/name]
[name]Zelda[/name]

[name]Do[/name] you like one of them ?

[name]Hi[/name] [name]Mareike[/name], I’m [name]Marike[/name] :slight_smile:
Where are from from in Germany? I’m a true ‘Schleswig-Holsteiner deern’ and I think it makes a difference for your name choice.

I brainstormed a little and came up with some ‘classic’ names, which would fit the other names and also some that are a bit more unusual.

[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Pauline[/name]
[name]Mathilda[/name]
[name]Theresa[/name]
[name]Johanna[/name]
[name]Emilia[/name]
[name]Amelie[/name]
[name]Ida[/name]
[name]Jette[/name]
Inken
[name]Greta[/name]
Sunna
Yelva
Ylva
[name]Ilka[/name]

[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Hagen[/name]
[name]Levin[/name]
[name]Paul[/name]
[name]Oskar[/name]
Fridolin
[name]Hen/namerik
[name]Hannes[/name]
[name]Jasper[/name]

Anything you like or particular dislike?

By the way, I love love love [name]Malin[/name]! It will be my first daughters name.

Hallo [name]Marike[/name] :slight_smile: I am from Munchen, where are you from?

I liked your sugestions, good choices. Everytime i say [name]Malin[/name] at loud i like it more and more. DH likes it too but im not sure yet. I wanna see other names. But i love [name]Malin[/name]. [name]Do[/name] you think it goes well with [name]Friederike[/name], [name]Leni[/name] and [name]MAttheus[/name]??

[name]Mareike[/name]

I think [name]Malin[/name] fits in very well with the other children’s names. (I love them all by the way.)

[name]Ilsa[/name]
[name]Juliane[/name]
[name]Aloisa[/name]
[name]Adele[/name]
[name]Lorelei[/name]
[name]Raina[/name]
[name]Greta[/name]
[name]Hannelore[/name]
[name]Jutte[/name]
[name]Gitta[/name]
[name]Liesl[/name]
[name]Gretel[/name]

[name]Leopold[/name]
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Oskar[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Rudy[/name]
[name]Dieter[/name]
[name]Aldo[/name]
[name]Franz[/name]
[name]Wilmer[/name]
[name]Timo[/name]

[name]Welcome[/name]! I love your kids names.

My favorite german names:
[name]Andreas[/name]
[name]Julian[/name]- We have [name]Andreas[/name] and [name]Julian[/name] picked out for our future boys :slight_smile:
[name]Anton[/name]
[name]Soren[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Hans[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Benno[/name]
[name]Elias[/name]
[name]Emmerich[/name]
[name]Johann[/name]
[name]Leo/name
[name]Maximilian[/name]
[name]Dominik[/name]
[name]Hugo[/name]
[name]Axel[/name]

[name]Eva[/name]
[name]Greta[/name]
[name]Ingrid[/name]
[name]Emilia[/name]
[name]Liane[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Clara[/name]
[name]Amelie[/name]
[name]Adele[/name]
[name]Elsa[/name]
[name]Gisela[/name]
[name]Heidi[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Ottilie[/name]
[name]Katarina[/name]
[name]Sonja[/name]
[name]Annika[/name]
[name]Cora[/name]

Also, not sure if you are interested in popularity but here is the top 500 [name]German[/name] names for 2009: Vornamenstatistik 2009 * TOP 500

[name]Hope[/name] that helps!