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I am pretty irritated at how much I am being drawn to this name.
I am pretty irritated at how much I am being drawn to this name.
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Thanks, everyone!
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Heinrich has been a GP of mine for a long time. It's dandy and I rarely ever hear it. I generally shy away from harsh sounding German names, but I love it for some reason. I'm not so sure about combos.
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Hah! "Dandy." That is a great word for it.
Relieved someone else has been kicking it around too. :D
Relieved someone else has been kicking it around too. :D
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I don't really like it. It's sounds too stereotypical German to me. I mean it would be okay in Germany, but it sounds funny in English. No offense to anyone.
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Heinrich is too ponderous and Teutonic for my liking (then again, I love Hildegarde...).
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I might use it as a mn, for honouring purposes, because it was my great-grandfather's name. But once I posted about it and a lot of people said it made them think of Himmler. It seems to me there are enough other famous Heinrich's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich) for the association not to be too limiting.
I wouldn't use it as fn, though.
I wouldn't use it as fn, though.
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Ach, for once I get a German name not from my class about 20th century germany, and it's Himmler's name. doh.
I don't think it's a particularly impractical association, but I hope it doesn't bother me. When I was taking that class, Joseph became very vividly evil to me because of Goebbels. I don't know why.
I don't think it's a particularly impractical association, but I hope it doesn't bother me. When I was taking that class, Joseph became very vividly evil to me because of Goebbels. I don't know why.
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It's quite nice but very German in my opinion. I've always pronounced it Hine-rish but that's apparently not the correct German pronunciation :S
Overall I prefer Henrik / Henric although I'm not sure I think Heinrich and Henrik are comparable...Henrich has a much different "feel" than Henrik.
Overall I prefer Henrik / Henric although I'm not sure I think Heinrich and Henrik are comparable...Henrich has a much different "feel" than Henrik.
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I think it sounds very severe and over-the-top, especially for someone who doesn't live in Europe. I prefer Henry.
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I know, right? urgh
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I don't really care for it. I think of an old German naval officer. Absolutely no idea why.
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*LOL*
"I am pretty irritated at how much I am being drawn to this name."
You really do crack me up.
I went to high school with a kid named Heinrich; he was actually one grade below me, and was a good friend of my sister Lauren. He was a high level geek, but very sweet and kinda cute. So I have a positive association. :-)
"I am pretty irritated at how much I am being drawn to this name."
You really do crack me up.
I went to high school with a kid named Heinrich; he was actually one grade below me, and was a good friend of my sister Lauren. He was a high level geek, but very sweet and kinda cute. So I have a positive association. :-)
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It is frustrating. As if my taste were not cliche stompygerman enough, as if I did not find the american fixation on germanicity slightly distasteful. This is the last name I need to be liking. But I do.
I think one of the reasons I'm so annoyed is that for once, this stompy german namelove didn't come from a composer (felix, ludwig, wolfgang) or a nazi (albert) or a german prince (rudolf, franz), but from a little postmodern 14 year old american dude in a book I just read, whose sisters are Steffi and Denise, whose hairline is receding and who plays chess through the mail with convicted criminals. I don't even have that much admiration for the character, I just enjoyed reading his hard red-clay name, the way it crunches in your mouth. And then at some point, Steffi asks why he named Heinrich Heinrich, and the narrator says there's something strong and admirable about German names, their raw bare militarism, stuff like that, and I was so disappointed - the German-obsessed subculture is like the Irish-obsessed dominant culture, except more frightening, and I am so easily subject to it. And the frigging narrator was a professor of Hitler Studies, which is the creepiest aspect of german-obsession of all.
Anyway the point is the Heinrich in the book seems a little like your Heinrich, which makes me feel a little less guilty for liking it, lol.
I think one of the reasons I'm so annoyed is that for once, this stompy german namelove didn't come from a composer (felix, ludwig, wolfgang) or a nazi (albert) or a german prince (rudolf, franz), but from a little postmodern 14 year old american dude in a book I just read, whose sisters are Steffi and Denise, whose hairline is receding and who plays chess through the mail with convicted criminals. I don't even have that much admiration for the character, I just enjoyed reading his hard red-clay name, the way it crunches in your mouth. And then at some point, Steffi asks why he named Heinrich Heinrich, and the narrator says there's something strong and admirable about German names, their raw bare militarism, stuff like that, and I was so disappointed - the German-obsessed subculture is like the Irish-obsessed dominant culture, except more frightening, and I am so easily subject to it. And the frigging narrator was a professor of Hitler Studies, which is the creepiest aspect of german-obsession of all.
Anyway the point is the Heinrich in the book seems a little like your Heinrich, which makes me feel a little less guilty for liking it, lol.
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Combos -
Heinrich Ansel
Heinrich Martin
Heinrich Dieter
Heinrich Elias
Heinrich Ivan
Heinrich Irving
I honestly don't like Heinrich much. Could I sell you on Henrik? The -en sounds sweeter than -ein to my ears.
Henrik Orson
Henrik Bartholemew
Henrik Emil
Henrik Eldridge
Henrik Edison
Henrik Isador
Henrik Ivey
Henrik Marlowe
Heinrich Ansel
Heinrich Martin
Heinrich Dieter
Heinrich Elias
Heinrich Ivan
Heinrich Irving
I honestly don't like Heinrich much. Could I sell you on Henrik? The -en sounds sweeter than -ein to my ears.
Henrik Orson
Henrik Bartholemew
Henrik Emil
Henrik Eldridge
Henrik Edison
Henrik Isador
Henrik Ivey
Henrik Marlowe
This message was edited 6/25/2009, 11:36 AM
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Hey I really like Irving, Martin, and Elias. Thanks. :D
I dig Henrik too, though in a totally different way. The harsh HEIN is most of the appeal ofr Henrik. Emil, Edison, and Bartholomew are my fave combos of yours, but you have brought Marlowe to my attention.
I dig Henrik too, though in a totally different way. The harsh HEIN is most of the appeal ofr Henrik. Emil, Edison, and Bartholomew are my fave combos of yours, but you have brought Marlowe to my attention.
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LOL! Don't be irritated :) It's a good German name but I tend to mispronounce simply because I like the way "Hen-rik" sounds as opposed to "Hine-rik". "Hine-rik" reminds me of someone trying to say Heimlech, as in the maneuver.
All in all, I like.
All in all, I like.
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I thought of the maneuver as well
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it really does sound like it, doesn't it?
Doesn't put me off it, but it's definitely a good point. lol
Doesn't put me off it, but it's definitely a good point. lol
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