German names

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I'm from the UK, but currently living in Germany. There's something about German children's names at the moment that I find really interesting - I think it's that none of them are particularly German sounding, but on the other hand very few I would ever think of using myself. What do you think?


Bjarne
Leon
Fabian
Robin
Max
Can (pronounced Shen )
Lawrence
Hugo
Ben
Esben
Marlon
Marc

Marina
Gesa
Antonella
Helena
Nina
Valentina
Lea
Sina
Aileen



Philip x2 and Phil
Jeremias
Constantine
Oliver (Olli)
Eric
Alec

Kalle (Not sure if boy or girl)

Sophie
Larissa



Bernd
Hartmut
Dieter

Gertrude
Traudl
Helga