My family is from Germany and I love to use one in the future. But most of the aren’t very beautiful, we only have an [name]Ursula[/name], an [name]Else[/name] and a [name]Ruth[/name].
Any suggestions?
There are some really pretty names used it Germany out there!
[name]Katharine[/name] / [name]Katharina[/name]
[name]Aloisia[/name]
[name]Magdalena[/name]
[name]Amalie[/name] / [name]Amalia[/name]
[name]Amelie[/name]
[name]Eva[/name] (EHH-vah, almost AY-va)
[name]Ava[/name] ([name]AH[/name]-va)
[name]Alina[/name]
[name]Klara[/name] / [name]Clara[/name]
I’ve always loved [name]Liesl[/name].
[name]Emma[/name], [name]Annalise[/name] and [name]Heidi[/name].
[name]Hanna[/name]/[name]Hana[/name]
[name]Leoni[/name]/[name]Leonie[/name]
[name]Amelie[/name]
[name]Nele[/name]/Nelee
[name]Luisa[/name]/[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Clara[/name]/[name]Klara[/name]
[name]Alina[/name]
[name]Melina[/name]
[name]Zoe[/name]
[name]Paula[/name]
[name]Ida[/name]
Finja/Finnja
[name]Lotta[/name]/[name]Lotte[/name]
[name]Greta[/name]
[name]Mathilda[/name]/[name]Matilda[/name]/[name]Mathilde[/name]
[name]Frida[/name]/[name]Frieda[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Heidi[/name]
[name]Marta[/name]
[name]Katharina[/name]
[name]Annika[/name]
[name]Elisa[/name]/[name]Elsa[/name]
Also, here’s a link to the top 50 baby girl names in Germany from 2011. http://www.firstnamesgermany.com/
[name]Adalia[/name]
Alarice
[name]Alberta[/name]
[name]Aloisa[/name]
[name]Amelia[/name]
[name]Aubrey[/name]
Audelina
Audris
Berdine
[name]Bernadine[/name]
[name]Carla[/name]
Delana
[name]Elsa[/name]
[name]Elvira[/name]
[name]Emily[/name]
[name]Farica[/name]
[name]Frederica[/name]
[name]Giselle[/name]
[name]Greta[/name]
[name]Hermina[/name]
[name]Ida[/name]
Idelia
Isolina
Jarvinia
[name]Johanna[/name]
[name]Klarissa[/name]
[name]Leona[/name]
[name]Liesel[/name]
Lilvina
[name]Lorelei[/name]
[name]Louise[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Mena[/name]
[name]Ottilie[/name] (in [name]German[/name] pronounced AWT-til-ee-uh)
[name]Raina[/name]
[name]Rosamond[/name]
[name]Ulrica[/name]
[name]Unna[/name]
[name]Verena[/name]
[name]Wilhelmina[/name]
My favorite [name]German[/name] girl names are [name]Carolina[/name] (caro-leen-a) and [name]Annalise[/name] (anna-lees).
I liked [name]Elke[/name], [name]Wilhelmina[/name], [name]Mareike[/name]. And [name]Liesl[/name] and [name]Eva[/name] from pp
My personal favorites, (Some of these aren’t necessarily [name]German[/name] in origin, but are very popular in Germany at the moment):
Annalena
[name]Annelie[/name]
[name]Anja[/name]
[name]Bianka[/name]
[name]Charlotta[/name]
[name]Cosima[/name]
[name]Edda[/name]
Feline
[name]Flora[/name]
[name]Franka[/name]
[name]Greta[/name]
[name]Gretel[/name]
[name]Gretchen[/name]
[name]Hermine[/name]
[name]Julina[/name]
[name]Juna[/name]
[name]Katja[/name]
Lenja
Levke
[name]Lieselotte[/name]
[name]Lina[/name]
[name]Luzie[/name]
[name]Marlene[/name]
[name]Michaela[/name]
[name]Nike[/name]
[name]Ottilia[/name]
Philine
Regula
Tamina
[name]Undine[/name]
[name]Verena[/name]
My personal fave has always been [name]Matilda[/name].
This might qualify as a guilty pleasure name…but I’ve always loved [name]Mitzi[/name]!
(Could also easily be a nn for [name]Maria[/name], or [name]Matilda[/name] imo for that matter)
[name]Saskia[/name] is my fav
Actually, I am from Germany and just found this website by accident.
It is funny that many of the names you mentioned are quite “oldfashioned” here in Germany, like [name]Aloisia[/name] (I think I never met a girl/woman called [name]Aloisia[/name]…but an uncle of my father was an [name]Alois[/name]) or [name]Wilhelmina[/name].
The girls my age are mostly called:
[name]Laura[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Lisa[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Lena[/name]
[name]German[/name] parents in 2011/2012 tend to name their daughters:
[name]Lily[/name]
[name]Emma[/name]
[name]Sara[/name] (SAH-ra, not like the English [name]Sara[/name])
[name]Emily[/name]
[name]Jennifer[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Lea[/name]/h
Maybe we should just switch our “traditional” lists of baby names…
[name]Eleonora[/name]
(excuse my English)
I know a lot of [name_m]German[/name_m] girls with the name [name_f]Laura[/name_f], although the name is originally from [name_f]Italy[/name_f]. :rolleyes:
[name_f]Alena[/name_f]
[name_f]Alida[/name_f]
[name_f]Aloisia[/name_f]
[name_f]Amalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Bettina[/name_f]
[name_f]Gratia[/name_f]
[name_f]Hannelore[/name_f]
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f]
[name_f]Liesl[/name_f]
[name_f]Liselotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Mitzi[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f]
[name_f]Valeska[/name_f]
[name_f]Verena[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is def my fav and I dont see it listed. Its a variation of adelheid. Also lorelei [name_u]Emerson[/name_u] emery or millie!