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Re: Which German diminutive?

by EMB

5/5/2015, 5:29 AM

But I love German names. And old fashion German names are my style. However, I live in a very German populated area and have several friends with the names Heidi and Gretchen. That's the biggest thing that would keep me from using one of those names.

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- Joiya (guest)

5/5/2015, 7:51 AM

Old fashioned is right.

I used to live in Berlin and everyone there considered my name, Heidi, to be such and old-lady name. You were far more likely to meet a Heike or a Heidrun. (they are not actually variations on Adelheid btw).

In fact, the only other Heidis I have met were all American.

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