Hello! This is my very first post on Nameberry and I need all your help! My boyfriend and I are expecting twin girls come [name_u]November[/name_u]! We just found out today that they are girls! We tried to hold off on finding out but we caved because we were getting so anxious to find out and we’re kind of impatient people!!! Now that we know the gender of them, we have to name them but that is a problem for the both of us and what we would want to name them!
A little background on us! My name is [name_f]Michaela[/name_f] and my parents are originally from Europe, the Czech Republic and Germany! I would like to see our girls to have names that show their ancestry and where some of their family still lives! My boyfriend, [name_m]Julian[/name_m], is from Germany and we met in college! He does not really care about their ancestry and he wants them to have names that are pronounceable in the US, where we will be living and raising them! We ideally will be speaking mainly [name_m]German[/name_m] around the house and I’ll try to speak Czech as well.
So, I am turning to everyone to help us find names that would both work with myself and my boyfriend. We haven’t really agreed upon anything since we usually say no to each other’s suggestions and have since given up on talking about names, which is slightly a problem thinking about it!
Names that have been nixed
[name_f]Oliva[/name_f]
[name_f]Lena[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]/[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
Thanks!!
Congrats on the twins! Here’s a little list!
[name_f]Eleonora[/name_f]
[name_f]Emeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Giselle[/name_f]
[name_f]Jocelyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Katarina[/name_f]
[name_f]Odetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Zinnia[/name_f]
[name_f]Anja[/name_f]
[name_f]Daniella[/name_f]
[name_f]Ondrea[/name_f]
[name_f]Verona[/name_f]
[name_f]Viera[/name_f]
My favorite combinations:
[name_f]Katarina[/name_f] and [name_f]Viera[/name_f]
[name_f]Jocelyn[/name_f] and [name_f]Giselle[/name_f]
[name_f]Anja[/name_f] and [name_f]Verona[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleonora[/name_f] and [name_f]Emeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps! 
Oh! and [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] and [name_f]Odetta[/name_f] [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] is one of my favorite names
Some possibilities:
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]/[name_f]Adele[/name_f]/[name_f]Adela[/name_f]/[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]/[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]/[name_f]Amalia[/name_f]/[name_f]Amelie[/name_f]/[name_f]Amalie[/name_f]
[name_u]Andrea[/name_u]
[name_f]Annelise[/name_f]
[name_f]Bettina[/name_f]
[name_f]Camilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Danica[/name_f]
[name_f]Daniela[/name_f]
[name_f]Darina[/name_f]
[name_f]Dominica[/name_f]/[name_f]Dominika[/name_f]
[name_u]Eloise[/name_u]
[name_f]Elsa[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]/[name_f]Freja[/name_f]
[name_f]Gabriela[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]/[name_f]Gretchen[/name_f]
Hannalore
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Irena[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivana[/name_f]
[name_f]Johanna[/name_f]/[name_f]Joanna[/name_f]/[name_f]Joanne[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Judith[/name_f]
[name_f]Justine[/name_f]
[name_f]Kristin[/name_f]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]
[name_f]Lenore[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f]/[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]/[name_f]Lucia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Marcella[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Mariana[/name_f]
[name_f]Marie[/name_f]/[name_f]Marielle[/name_f]/[name_f]Mariella[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]/[name_f]Mathilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Monika[/name_f]
[name_f]Natalie[/name_f]
[name_u]Nicola[/name_u]
[name_f]Noemi[/name_f]
[name_f]Paula[/name_f]
[name_f]Petra[/name_f]
[name_f]Rachel[/name_f]
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemarie[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabina[/name_f]/[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Samantha[/name_f]
[name_f]Sara[/name_f]
[name_f]Sonja[/name_f]/[name_f]Sonya[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Tanya[/name_f]/[name_f]Tania[/name_f]/[name_f]Tatiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_f]Theresa[/name_f]/[name_f]Therese[/name_f]
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_f]Vanessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]/[name_f]Veronika[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]/[name_f]Viktoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Zora[/name_f]
[name_f]Alina[/name_f]
[name_f]Alicia[/name_f]
[name_f]Annika[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Irena[/name_f]/ [name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Milena[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadia[/name_f]
[name_f]Nina[/name_f]
[name_f]Otilie[/name_f]
[name_u]Sascha[/name_u]
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]
[name_f]Selma[/name_f]
[name_u]Simone[/name_u]
Stefana / [name_f]Stephanie[/name_f]
[name_f]Zoya[/name_f]
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorena[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Danica[/name_f]
[name_f]Katerina[/name_f]
[name_f]Corinne[/name_f] or [name_f]Corinna[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Theresa[/name_f] / [name_f]Teresa[/name_f]
[name_f]Natalia[/name_f] / [name_f]Nathalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Selena[/name_f] / [name_f]Celina[/name_f] or [name_f]Serena[/name_f]
[name_u]Sasha[/name_u]
[name_f]Aleksandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Adriana[/name_f] / [name_f]Adrianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Adele[/name_f] / [name_f]Adela[/name_f] / [name_f]Adelia[/name_f]
[name_u]Clare[/name_u] / [name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Elisa[/name_f] / [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] / [name_f]Elsa[/name_f] / [name_f]Eloisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f] or [name_f]Emelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Estella[/name_f]
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f]
[name_f]Gretchen[/name_f] / [name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgia[/name_f] / [name_f]Georgina[/name_f] / [name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] or [name_f]Georgianne[/name_f]
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f] / [name_f]Imogene[/name_f]
[name_f]Julianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Jemma[/name_f] / [name_f]Gemma[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephina[/name_f] / [name_f]Josefina[/name_f]
[name_f]Kaia[/name_f]
[name_f]Leona[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalen[/name_f] / [name_f]Magdalene[/name_f] / [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Paulina[/name_f]
Thank you to those that replied! i have created a list of names that I personally like and that I’m going to show my boyfriend and try to convince him about them!
[name_f]Katerina[/name_f] / [name_f]Katarina[/name_f]
[name_f]Anja[/name_f]
[name_f]Annelise[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabina[/name_f]
[name_f]Petra[/name_f]
[name_f]Noemi[/name_f]
[name_f]Lenore[/name_f]
[name_f]Celina[/name_f]
[name_f]Adriana[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Josefina[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalene[/name_f] / [name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Milena[/name_f]
[name_f]Nina[/name_f]
Does anyone have any opinions on the list above???
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] and [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] would make a gorgeous pair.
I love [name_f]Milena[/name_f] and [name_f]Lenore[/name_f]-- they have similar sounds but are not overly matchy.
Congrats!
Some names that could work in both countries and wouldn’t cause many spelling/pronunciation issues:
[name_f]Maria[/name_f] / [name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_u]Julie[/name_u] / [name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Amalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f]Gabriela[/name_f] / [name_f]Gabriella[/name_f]
[name_f]Ella[/name_f]
[name_f]Elena[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Hana[/name_f]
[name_f]Jana[/name_f]
[name_f]Adriana[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_f]Liliana[/name_f] / [name_f]Lilli[/name_f] / [name_f]Lilly[/name_f]
[name_f]Daniela[/name_f]
[name_f]Nina[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Gisela[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f] / [name_f]Emily[/name_f] / [name_f]Emilie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lea[/name_f] / [name_f]Leah[/name_f]
[name_f]Luisa[/name_f] / [name_f]Louisa[/name_f] / [name_f]Louise[/name_f] / [name_f]Luise[/name_f]
[name_f]Johanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Lara[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] / [name_f]Klara[/name_f]
[name_f]Mila[/name_f]
[name_f]Sara[/name_f] / [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
[name_f]Freida[/name_f] / [name_f]Frida[/name_f]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Mathilda[/name_f] / [name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_u]Lisa[/name_u]
[name_f]Alina[/name_f]
[name_f]Mira[/name_f]
[name_f]Elisa[/name_f] / [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f] / [name_f]Isabell[/name_f] / [name_f]Isabel[/name_f] / [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] / [name_f]Isabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f] / [name_f]Viktoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] / [name_f]Josefine[/name_f]
[name_f]Katharina[/name_f]
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Theresa[/name_f] / [name_f]Teresa[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabell[/name_f] / [name_f]Annabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Carlotta[/name_f] / [name_f]Karlotta[/name_f] / [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Elina[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Milena[/name_f]
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] it helps! Sorry for any repeats!
I did some research on [name_m]German[/name_m] names that are a bit different as a nod to your heritage and some common American [name_m]German[/name_m] names.
[name_f]Evony[/name_f], Eina, [name_m]Kareen[/name_m], Cerian
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f], [name_f]Heidi[/name_f], [name_f]Liesel[/name_f]
Congratulations