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HelpFinola, Désirée and Gangolf - three German name sightings
Today was a beautiful autumn day, so we were out and about - where I overheard these names:
Finola was a little girl of about 1 1/2 or two years. When I heard her mother call her name, I first thought it was Fiona (which is not that rare here anymore); then she said her name again, and it clearly was Finola.
Finola is a name I was very fond of several years ago, then forgot all about it... but when I heard it on this little darling today... well, it could grow on me again.
Désirée was about 4 years old. To be honest, I'm never really sure how I feel about this name, whether I like it or not. However, as it's not a name I hear all too often anymore, it was rather pleasant to see it used.
Gangolf was a man in his late 60s (if I had to guess). The name is quite rare these days, so this was pretty exciting for me ;-)
(In case you are wondering: Gangolf has the same meaning as Wolfgang and is pretty much an inversion of this name.)
Oh, and while we are at it: I just read the name Pleasance. It was a girl's middle name.
So, what do you think of these names?
(By the way, I'm guessing on the spellings)
Finola was a little girl of about 1 1/2 or two years. When I heard her mother call her name, I first thought it was Fiona (which is not that rare here anymore); then she said her name again, and it clearly was Finola.
Finola is a name I was very fond of several years ago, then forgot all about it... but when I heard it on this little darling today... well, it could grow on me again.
Désirée was about 4 years old. To be honest, I'm never really sure how I feel about this name, whether I like it or not. However, as it's not a name I hear all too often anymore, it was rather pleasant to see it used.
Gangolf was a man in his late 60s (if I had to guess). The name is quite rare these days, so this was pretty exciting for me ;-)
(In case you are wondering: Gangolf has the same meaning as Wolfgang and is pretty much an inversion of this name.)
Oh, and while we are at it: I just read the name Pleasance. It was a girl's middle name.
So, what do you think of these names?
(By the way, I'm guessing on the spellings)
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