My family is [name]German[/name] and my grandmother came to Australia by boat after the World War II. I’d really love to honour some of the women in my family. Personally, I don’t really like many of our family names, from this side. But I was hoping if you Berries good help me maybe find some jems amongst the unattractive ones! aha. [name]Even[/name] if they’re a stretch in relation.
Here’s the list:
[name]Irmgard[/name] - It’s alright, I can only see [name]Irma[/name] as a possibility.
[name]Ursula[/name] - I dislike this!
[name]Else[/name] pronounced [name]El[/name]-sie
[name]Margarethe[/name]
[name]Antonia[/name] - My favourite out of the names I found so far.
I’m also open to any ideas of any pretty german girls names besides the common ones used now. [name]Just[/name] not [name]Gertrude[/name] or [name]Brunhilda[/name]! aha.
I’m doing family history searches so I may post them as well, later on.
Thank you!
I also have [name]German[/name] heritage (Austrian actually - but obviously the language is the same).
Names from my family tree that I love are:
[name]Margarethe[/name] - nn [name]Greta[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name] - nn [name]Lotta[/name] (to reflect the [name]German[/name] pronunciation)
[name]Valerie[/name] is also an oft used name in my family tree, but not one that I am particularly fond of.
I don’t have any [name]German[/name] heritage that I know of but here is some names that might work:
[name]Albina[/name]/[name]Albine[/name]
Aleida
[name]Astrid[/name]
[name]Cara[/name]
[name]Felicie[/name]
[name]Hanna[/name]
[name]Heidi[/name]
[name]Ilsa[/name]/[name]Ilse[/name]
[name]Ingrid[/name]
[name]Katja[/name]
[name]Liesel[/name]
[name]Lisbeth[/name]
[name]Lore[/name]
[name]Luzia[/name]
Odilie/[name]Ottilie[/name]
[name]Sascha[/name]
[name]Saskia[/name]
[name]Senta[/name]
[name]Yvonne[/name]
[name]Zella[/name]
[name]Ziska[/name]
[name]Zita[/name]
There is more in the [name]German[/name] section on behindthename
Oh fun! I am [name]German[/name]!
Some traditional [name]German[/name] names that could work:
[name]Cornelia[/name]
[name]Sabine[/name]
[name]Bea[/name]
[name]Ingrid[/name]
[name]Rosemarie[/name]
[name]Ida[/name]
[name]Elsa[/name]
[name]Frida[/name]
[name]Marta[/name]
This site is in [name]German[/name] only, but you’ll find a bunch of [name]German[/name] names from different decades, if you click through (on the right-hand side column, called “Jahrzehnte”):
Anyway, good luck! 
Oooh, I love all the suggestions on this thread! My dad’s traced traced our family tree back to the 1600s in Germany/the [name]Black[/name] [name]Forest[/name], so [name]German[/name] culture always fascinates me. Some of my favorite [name]German[/name] names are [name]Johanna[/name], [name]Emmeline[/name] (not sure if this is [name]German[/name] or not, but I’ve heard it is!), [name]Greta[/name] (I like this better on its own than any of the fuller ways to get it, like [name]Margaret[/name] and such), and [name]Clara[/name]/[name]Klara[/name].
I’m trying to remember the names on my [name]German[/name] side, but I’m not sure I remember too many. There were a lot of Claras, Annas, and Katerinas (not sure of the proper [name]German[/name] spelling)… If I have time I might go look it up a bit later, and leave a few more suggestions. 
Good luck!
[name]Anneliese[/name] is one of my favourite [name]German[/name] names.
[name]Wilhelmina[/name]
[name]Liselotte[/name]
[name]Dagmar[/name]
Aleydis
[name]Magdalena[/name]
[name]Johanna[/name]
[name]Franziska[/name]
[name]Bettina[/name]
[name]Dorothea[/name]
[name]Adelheid[/name]
Klotilde
[name]Edeline[/name]
[name]Friederike[/name]
[name]Gerda[/name]
[name]Gertraud[/name]
[name]Hannelore[/name]
[name]Gudrun[/name]
[name]Hedwig[/name]
[name]Katharina[/name]
[name]Rosalinde[/name]
[name]Ottilie[/name]
[name]Monika[/name]
[name]Sybilla[/name]
[name]Veronika[/name]
[QUOTE=shineah;1447240]Oh fun! I am [name]German[/name]!
Some traditional [name]German[/name] names that could work:
[name]Cornelia[/name]
[name]Sabine[/name]
[name]Bea[/name]
[name]Ingrid[/name]
[name]Rosemarie[/name]
[name]Ida[/name]
[name]Elsa[/name]
[name]Frida[/name]
[name]Marta[/name]
This site is in [name]German[/name] only, but you’ll find a bunch of [name]German[/name] names from different decades, if you click through (on the right-hand side column, called “Jahrzehnte”):
Anyway, good luck! :)[/QUOTE
This list is great, and a few favorites of mine are on here also.
I love the combo of [name]Ingrid[/name] [name]Sabine[/name]. Although I also really love [name]Sabine[/name] as a first name, and I’m a supporter of [name]Elsa[/name]/[name]Ilse[/name] (Ill-sah).
I am 7/8 [name]German[/name]. Much of my family tree is traced back to the 1600s and 1700s. Of course, the most common [name]German[/name] names are [name]Anna[/name], [name]Catharina/name, [name]Maria/name, [name]Margaretha/name, & Elisabethe(a). Other names are:
[name]Marike[/name]
[name]Ottila[/name]/[name]Ottilia[/name]
[name]Appolonia[/name]
[name]Sophie[/name]
Blandina
[name]Rosina[/name]
[name]Sybilla[/name]
[name]Dorothea[/name]
[name]Susanna[/name]
[name]Augusta[/name]
[name]Theodore/name
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Rebecca[/name]
[name]Magdalena[/name]
Almuth
[name]Eleonore[/name]
[name]Wilhelmine/name
[name]Eva[/name]
Talike
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Metta[/name]
Ilsabe
[name]Hedwig[/name]
Alste Marey
Eyse
Alheit
[name]Henriette[/name]
[name]Francis[/name]
[name]Marlena[/name]/Marlehn
Ahlke (usually paired with [name]Margarethe[/name])
Occa/Ocke
[name]Johanna[/name]
Tomike
[name]Amelia[/name]/[name]Amalia[/name]
[name]Hanna[/name]
[name]Charlotte/name
[name]Christine/name
[name]Barbara[/name]
Frederike(a)
[name]Agnes[/name]
[name]Regina[/name]
[name]Luisa[/name]/[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Agatha[/name]
[name]Sophia[/name]
Ilsabein/Elsabein
[name]Carolina[/name]
[name]Elise[/name]
Gerduth
Gesche
Gretke/[name]Grete[/name]
Heilke
Wubke
[name]Lisabeth/name
Treinke
Metje
[name]Bertha[/name]
[name]Ursula[/name]
Ooh, I like this one as I have [name]German[/name] ancestral lines too! Some of these might be repeats. I did’t look real close at the above.
[name]Johanna[/name]
Wilmene
[name]Wilhelmina[/name]
[name]Annette[/name]
[name]Tressa[/name]
Geesche (would be really an oddball first name these days)
Tietje (I’m not even sure how to say this one!)
Trientje (or this one!)
Gretje
Affke
Those are strictly from my ancestral tree.
You can also go here for a list of feminine [name]German[/name] names:
[name]Anneliese[/name] is one of my favorite [name]German[/name] names.
Popular names in Germany around the end of World War 2 and 1950’s:
[name]Angelika[/name]
[name]Marion[/name]
[name]Heidi[/name]
[name]Erika[/name] / [name]Erica[/name]
[name]Sonja[/name]
[name]Kerstin[/name]
[name]Ilse[/name]
[name]Annemarie[/name]
[name]Annelie[/name]
[name]Marlene[/name]
Irmelin maybe?
I lived in Germany for a little while, and have close friends from there.
I knew a [name]Hannelore[/name] while in Germany, I always loved her name and I’m pretty sure it was old-school [name]German[/name], although I’m not 100% on the origin–it might have Dutch roots. She pronounced it Hahn-uh-LOR-eh, although I have also heard it just Hahn-uh-lore.
[name]Anneliese[/name]
[name]Sabina[/name] or [name]Sabine[/name]
I have a [name]Zella[/name] in my family, named after a [name]German[/name] ancestress. People compliment her on her striking name all the time.
[name]Kirsten[/name], [name]Johanna[/name], [name]Henriette[/name], [name]Henrietta[/name]
Some nice ones are:
[name]Greta[/name]
[name]Hanna[/name]
[name]Ingrid[/name]
[name]Inga[/name]
[name]Ilse[/name]
[name]Elsa[/name]
[name]Elsie[/name]
[name]Heidi[/name]
I [name]LOVE[/name] the name Kaethe. It’s not listed on nameberry, but it’s listed on babynames.com. It’s pronounced [name]Kay[/name]-tah. Such a pretty alternative to [name]Katherine[/name] or [name]Katie[/name], too.
Almost none of the names listed here are [name_m]German[/name_m] names.
I created an account to respond to a several years old thread to make certain the ignorant people on the web knew this.
I can assist in [name_m]German[/name_m] names, etymology, and history is one is interested.
BTW- Here are some of my favorites. I included both genders, as many [name_m]German[/name_m] male names may be feminised:
[name_m]Wilhelm[/name_m]
[name_m]Heinrich[/name_m]
[name_m]Siegfried[/name_m]
[name_m]Friedrich[/name_m]
Wieland
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Konrad[/name_m]
Rüdiger
[name_m]Helmut[/name_m]
Volkmar
Günther
[name_m]Rudolf[/name_m]
[name_m]Dietrich[/name_m]
[name_m]Hermann[/name_m]
[name_m]Volker[/name_m]
Wolfram
Baldur
Huldrich
[name_m]Lothar[/name_m]
[name_m]Dieter[/name_m]
[name_m]ULRICH[/name_m]
[name_f]Wilhelmine[/name_f]
Brünhilde
Irmengard
Irmingard
Luitgard
Himiltrude
[name_f]REINHILDE[/name_f]
WALKÜRE
Ehrenfried
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Reinhold[/name_m]
Friedelinde
Ludwige
[name_m]Reinhard[/name_m]
[name_f]Hildegard[/name_f]
Austraberte
[name_f]Friederike[/name_f]
Kriemhilde
[name_m]Siegmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Bernhard[/name_m]
Karlheinz
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Reinhold[/name_m]
Einhard
Dietlieb
[name_m]Adolf[/name_m]
[name_m]Meinhard[/name_m]
Adelhelm
Richmut
Hartmut
Sieghard
[name_m]Siegmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Adolf[/name_m]
Wolfhard
Altmann
Friedbert
Walfried
Friedhelm
Volkhard
Adelbrand
Adelhelm
Adelhard
Sieglinde
Hildeberte
[name_f]Mathilde[/name_f]
Bertegang
Ludwiga
Meinhilde
Schwanhilde
Adelhelma
[name_f]Wendeline[/name_f]
Friedhild(e)
Sieghild(e)
Sieglind(e)
[name_f]Irmgard[/name_f]
Ermengarde