German Names
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babynamesI noticed that most of my favorite names are German. So I went to www.babynamesworld.com and did an origin search for German/Germanic names, and made a list of the ones I really like. I found a ton of girls names, not very many boys names. Also, if there's a name that I like (like Isabelle for example), and it was listed but I didn't like the German spelling (Isabell), I didn't put it on my list.
The names that were already my favorites, that inspired this search, are in bold.
GIRLS
Adelai
Adelaide
Alice
Allison
Amelia
Annelise
Arietta
Aubrey [It's listed as unisex name, but I only like it for girls]
Ava
Aveline
Caroline
Charlotte
Elodie
Emmaline/Emmeline
Evelyn
Genevieve
Harriet
Hattie [I would only use it as a nickname, but it's listed as a name on its own]
Heidi
Henrietta
Lorelai
Lottie [I would only use it as a nickname, but it's listed as a name on its own]
Lydia
Matilda
True
BOYS
Charles
Emery
Henry
Keifer
Miles
William
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Second Edit: A lot of these names are listed under other origins AS WELL, but according to www.babynamesworld.com, they're all German or Germanic, which are not the same. :]
Also, I'm not trying to argue a case here, I'm just stating that this particular source told me these names can be traced to German OR Germanic. If you disagree with my source, that's fine.
GIRLS
Adelai
Adelaide
Alice
Allison
Amelia
Annelise
Arietta
Aubrey [It's listed as unisex name, but I only like it for girls]
Ava
Aveline
Caroline
Charlotte
Elodie
Emmaline/Emmeline
Evelyn
Genevieve
Harriet
Hattie [I would only use it as a nickname, but it's listed as a name on its own]
Heidi
Henrietta
Lorelai
Lottie [I would only use it as a nickname, but it's listed as a name on its own]
Lydia
Matilda
True
BOYS
Charles
Emery
Henry
Keifer
Miles
William
--
Second Edit: A lot of these names are listed under other origins AS WELL, but according to www.babynamesworld.com, they're all German or Germanic, which are not the same. :]
Also, I'm not trying to argue a case here, I'm just stating that this particular source told me these names can be traced to German OR Germanic. If you disagree with my source, that's fine.
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Date: 2008-03-03 08:25 pm (UTC)Hubby's (William) family is German and we were looking at German names but I couldn't find any I liked. There are serval on this list that I like.
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Date: 2008-03-03 08:54 pm (UTC)most of the names are not german :(
AUBREY
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWB-ree
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Date: 2008-03-03 08:59 pm (UTC)That being said I've been to Germany and nobody could even pronounce my name (...Aubrey).
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Date: 2008-03-03 09:02 pm (UTC)but yeah its an uncommon name here...
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Date: 2008-03-03 09:25 pm (UTC)They didn't even try really, they just called me something like "Johanna's girl".
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Date: 2008-03-03 09:27 pm (UTC)I´m sorry for you
*hugs*
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Date: 2008-03-03 09:32 pm (UTC)I just thought they could say my brother's name, sort of, and I don't think it's any easier than mine (Dylan).
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Date: 2008-03-03 09:38 pm (UTC)but it depends on the age of your relatives...I just asked my parents to say dylan and abrey and they dont have any problem with dylan but asked again how to say abrey but after that it wasnt a problem ... and they never learned english...
but some people really have a problem to say it
my nephews name is vincent and this name is not so rare here but some call him vincenz !! O.o
even after telling them that it isnt Z they dont get it ^^
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Date: 2008-03-03 08:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-03 08:43 pm (UTC)Germanic makes more sense though.
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Date: 2008-03-03 08:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-03 09:20 pm (UTC)it is NOT the same !
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Date: 2008-03-03 08:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-03 09:22 pm (UTC)but so many people think that germanic = german...and I just want to clear it up
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Date: 2008-03-03 10:16 pm (UTC)But in the original part of the post it says that I searched German/Germanic origin names, so I acknowledged it there.
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Date: 2008-03-03 10:21 pm (UTC)well.doesnt matter..just wanted to clear it up as many think german is the same as germanic
and thats just sooo wrong ^^
and I wanted you to know that I dont want to be mean to you or something(hope it didnt sound like that)
I really liked your post and everything ..just wanted to clear that up :)
*hugs*
I like the idea that you searched for german names ..really...that makes me proud ^^
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Date: 2008-03-03 10:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-03 09:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-03 08:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-03 09:01 pm (UTC)Adelaide -english - from the Germanic name Adalheidis
Alice- English, French, Portuguese
Allison - english
Amelia - ?
Annelise - Danish BUT ANNELIESE = German
Arietta - ?
Aubrey - english
Ava - english and german
Aveline - english
Caroline - french - english
Charlotte - French, English, German, Scandinavian
Elodie -french
Emmaline/Emmeline - english
Evelyn - english - german
Genevieve - french
Harriet - english
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Date: 2008-03-05 12:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-03 09:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-03 10:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-03 10:29 pm (UTC)Alice
Amelia
Aubrey (on boys tho)
Evelyn
Matilda is in my top 3.
Henry
I Hate:
Adelaide (reminds me of a knockoff Kool-Aide)
Harriet
Heidi (sounds cheap to me now, but was nice in its day)
Lottie
Hattie
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Date: 2008-03-03 11:46 pm (UTC)Allison
Caroline
William
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Date: 2008-03-04 01:24 am (UTC)And Genevieve isn't derived from a Germanic name, or German at all -- it's French, originally from Gaulish which is related linguistically to modern Gaelic, Breton and Welsh.
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Date: 2008-03-04 01:26 am (UTC)What's the pronunciation on that? Ava is my favorite girl name but I have been looking for something similar since Ava is getting so popular right now.
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Date: 2008-03-04 12:31 pm (UTC)girls - most popular names from 1957-2000:
Andrea
Angelika
Anja
Anke
Anna, Anne
Annett
Antje
Barbara
Birgit
Brigitte
Christin
Christina, Christine
Claudia
Daniela
Diana
Doreen
Franziska
Gabriele
Heike
Ines
Jana
Janina
Jennifer
Jessica, Jessika
Julia
Juliane
Karin
Karolin
Katharina
Kathrin, Katrin
Katja
Kerstin
Klaudia (s. Claudia)
Kristin (s. Christin)
Laura
Lea
Lena
Lisa
Mandy
Manuela
Maria
Marie
Marina
Martina
Melanie
Monika
Nadine
Nicole
Petra
Sabine
Sabrina
Sandra
Sara, Sarah
Silke
Simone
Sophia, Sophie
Stefanie, Stephanie
Susanne
Tanja
Ulrike
Ursula
Uta, Ute
Vanessa
Yvonne
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Date: 2008-03-04 12:32 pm (UTC)Alexander
Andreas
Benjamin
Bernd
Christian
Daniel
David
Dennis
Dieter
Dirk
Dominik
Eric, Erik
Felix
Florian
Frank
Jan
Jens
Jonas
Jörg
Jürgen
Kevin
Klaus
Kristian (s. Christian)
Leon
Lukas
Marcel
Marco, Marko
Mario
Markus
Martin
Mathias, Matthias
Max
Maximilian
Michael
Mike, Maik
Niklas
Patrick
Paul
Peter
Philipp, Phillipp
Ralf, Ralph
René
Robert
Sebastian
Stefan, Stephan
Steffen
Sven, Swen
Thomas
Thorsten, Torsten
Tim
Tobias
Tom
Ulrich
Uwe
Wolfgang
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Date: 2008-03-04 06:07 pm (UTC)Alice
Evelyn
Genevieve
Harriet [Hattie]
Matilda
Henry
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Date: 2008-03-04 11:22 pm (UTC)GIRLS
Amelia
Annelise
Ava
Charlotte
Elodie
Harriet
True
BOYS
Emery
Henry
Miles
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Date: 2008-03-05 03:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-07 10:52 pm (UTC)Adelai
Adelaide
Caroline
Heidi
Henrietta
Lorelai
Lydia
Emery
Keifer
Miles