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WDYTO Adelheid? I've been mulling this one over in my head the last couple of days. It's a German/Dutch name that I think would be adorable for a daughter if I end up having children with X whose a German major (I'm falling in love with the language as well). His mother is German, adopted by Italians, and she named his sister Analise (Anneliese w/ shortened spelling), which was my all time favorite girl name long before I met X or his sister. Scary right? That gives me confidence that his mother and I have similar taste in names. But anyway I thought Adelheid nn Heidi might. be a sweet way to continue a tradition, with Adelheid's pronunciation slightly Anglicized from AH-del-hight to AH-del-ide, so that it's not so awkward for Americans to pronounce. I prefer this to the French Adelaide although I think Adelheid may actually be winning out as an mn rather than an fn. So maybe no nn Heidi then. So what do you think of Adelheid as a name. Mn or fn? Feel free to suggest combos if you like.

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I've been thinking about Annegret and Annika too, but these may be too close to Analise who usually goes by Ana. I've been seaching for the perfect German girls first name for a while. Found some beauties, but nothing's had the magic of Anneliese for me so far. Do you know of any good ones that aren't on the database?

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I'm having a bit more luck when it comes to German boys names. Some I'm seriously considering right now are...

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Falk
Elias
Engel ("angel," has personal signifigance)
Jonas (unfortunately this is recently very popular)

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Do these sound wierd to fellow English speakers? How bout German speakers. I'm curious to know how common these are or how dated they may seem in Europe.