I am fixing to write an essay centred around a [name_m]German[/name_m]-American boy from the [name_f]Chicago[/name_f] area born in 1865. I need a name. Ideally, one that works well in [name_f]English[/name_f] and [name_m]German[/name_m]. From what I’ve read, many of the early immigrants from [name_u]Germany[/name_u] kept their [name_m]German[/name_m] names, but later ones changed them to [name_f]English[/name_f] variants. Some common [name_m]German[/name_m] surnames that flow well with these first names would be appreciated as well. Danke.
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Leopold Müller? I don’t know if this is what you were looking, but this is what came to mind.
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Rudolph might work. Also [name_m]Arthur[/name_m], [name_m]Werner[/name_m], [name_m]Walter[/name_m], [name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_m]Philip[/name_m], [name_m]Martin[/name_m]… are you looking for [name_m]German[/name_m] names by origin or is it sufficient if they were used in [name_u]Germany[/name_u] at the time?
With a two syllable first I think a three syllable last flows best, like Oberhaus, Zimmermann, Hofmeier, Johannis, Diefenbach.
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So my family did this! [name_f]My[/name_f] great grandpa changed his name from [name_m]Franz[/name_m] to [name_m]Frank[/name_m] and my Papa from [name_m]Yosef[/name_m] to [name_m]Joseph[/name_m]- we kept our last name though as is. I went and looked up some names of [name_m]German[/name_m] immigrants to [name_u]Ellis[/name_u] [name_u]Island[/name_u] these were ones that looked like they fit the bill:
[name_m]Johan[/name_m]
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Hermann[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilhelm[/name_m]
[name_m]Karl[/name_m]
Last Names:
Schmidt
Muller
[name_m]Bauer[/name_m]
[name_m]Braun[/name_m]
[name_f]Sommer[/name_f]
Hoffman
[name_u]Keller[/name_u]
[name_m]Stein[/name_m]
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