What is your favorite baby name with German origin?

Ernest

What is your favorite baby name with German origin?
I really like Stefan, Horst, DIeter and Karl.


For girls, Dagmar, Gerda, Adelina, and Frieda.
Reply:Grethe


Lorelei


Romy


Gunther


Heinz
Reply:Gretchen


Heidi
Reply:A lot of them only sound pretty when properly pronounced in German. So whichever one you pick, make sure you can live with the pronounciation it will get from average, everyday English speaking people. For example, Uta sounds pretty in German, but an English pronounciation will be horrible.
Reply:i like the boys name, Stefan, pronounced STEH-fin, stress on the first syllable, german version of steven.
Reply:Only German origin, or German forms as well? I quite like ...





Lorelei


Anneliese


Gretchen or Greta


Adele


Amelie


Mathilde


Eleonora


Catrin


Freja


Thora


Zella


Elsa


Ida


Inga


Ingrid


Saskia


Gisela





Conrad


Kilian


Hagan


Gregor


Rupert


Emmerich


Edmund


Torsten


Kasimir


Hendrik


Soren


Oswald


Lorenz
Reply:Matthias!
Reply:Ava
Reply:i like





Analiese


Branson


Charleen


Branson


Bind


heidi


i
Reply:hans
Reply:I'm kinda amazed at the replies you've got so far, as almost all the names are either typical American names (Gretchen, Heidi) or a tad old-fashioned.





Exept for Ava, Lola, Laura, Emma, Lucas, Karl, Stefan or Mathias I wouldn't saddle my child with any of them. (Kaiser takes the crown - that's not even a first name.)





I agree with the poster who said that you need to pick names that sound (almost) the same pronounced the German and the American way.





A good pick would be IMHO "international" names, names that are derived from the Bible (New Testament) or have gone around the world for other reasons. Names that are "normal" in both the US and Germany.





Some suggestions:


Lucas


Karl


Samira


Maria


Stefanie


Madeleine


Layla


Mandy


Carol


Martin


Nicolas


Margret


Madita


Lola


Marleen


Emma


Britta


Deborah


Alexa


Lucy


Victoria


Maya/Maja


Nicole


Kevin


Paul


Paula


Benjamin


Sophia/Sofia


Jenny


Melissa


Christin


Nina


Tessa


Nora


Sylvia


Anette


Dario/Darius
Reply:*****=MY FAV


GIRLS


Analiese


Belinda


Carleigh


Emaline


Emma


Evaline


Giselle


Idelle


Isabell


Klara


Lorelai*****


Marlaine


Rebekka





BOYS


Barrett


Brandt


Charlie


Diederick


Dominik


Emery


Emmett


Everet


Fredric


Garrison


Hayden


Keifer*****


Lukas


Tanner


Theodor


Warner
Reply:Analise or Bridgette
Reply:Derek %26amp; Lorelei
Reply:Not entirely sure if both are German, but I LOVE Kaiser for a boy and Greta for a girl.
Reply:I like Lola... that's what my great-grandma Fabiola went by.
Reply:I love many German names these are my favorite


Angelika


Laura


Heidi


Hans


Matthias


Andrea
Reply:arianna


adrian


william
Reply:My favorite German name for a girl is Annaliese. And my favorite German name for a boy is Karl. Happy Holidays!!!
Reply:I love Adela and Hannelore (hannah laura) for a girl.





For a boy, I love Paul and Edmund.
Reply:Adolf and Hitler