Unique german names

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Registered: 10-05-2006
Unique german names
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Tue, 10-10-2006 - 10:16pm

My husband and I are looking for non trendy and unique german names. Do you have any ides?
We are TTC so we still have oodles of time to think of something. :)

Thanks.

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Registered: 08-24-2006
Wed, 10-11-2006 - 1:35am
I think that Warren is a great german name for a boy. It's not very common but isn't so unique that people will have problems with the name. Good luck!
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Registered: 09-25-2006
Wed, 10-11-2006 - 2:44am

The German families I know who recently had kids

 
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Registered: 04-05-2006
Wed, 10-11-2006 - 8:24am

Hello and good luck on ttc.


Some of my favorite names are German!


Particularly-


I think Johanna is a gorgeous name. It screams German, yet it is looked upon favorably internationally and has experienced rare, but consistent usage in the US for decades.


Gretchen, the German nn for Margaret, is a lovely, lovely name.


I love Lottchen, the German nn for Charlotte, as well.


Keep us posted.

Ginger

Ginger

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Registered: 07-16-2003
Wed, 10-11-2006 - 1:01pm

One of my daughters is named Giselle. We rarely run into anyone else with the name.

Tracy

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Registered: 08-14-2003
Wed, 10-11-2006 - 4:26pm

My family is German, so some of these are my relatives' names:

Girls:

Liesl
Gretel/Greta
Anneliese
Hannelore

Boys:

Stefan
Klaus
Manfred (my dad's first name - he goes by Fred)
Wolfgang (my dad's middle name)

HTH!

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Registered: 10-05-2006
Sun, 10-15-2006 - 12:27am
Thank you all for your suggestions. I think Anneliese is pretty. :)
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