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HelpGerman Girl Names (Opinions please) Trying again
I read the post about Stellan and started to like the name. They said it was a boy name and I am pretty set on those. However, I am still not set on my girl combos except for Emerson Grace.
I really love the idea of using at least one name from Swedish and German orgin. I am mostly German, and a little part swedish, with others, but Swedish takes over because I worked with a guy from Sweden over the summer and it was nice to hear about his country.
Anyway, what about Stellan for a girl? Would anyone consider it? Or is it an absolute NO WAY!
What do you think of these other names I got off a German site (I am kind of picky about meanings as well so I added those). All were mentioned as girl names.
Callan - chatter (Cal-un) nn Cal or callie (Cal as in Calvin)
Clay - adhere, mortal (is this a NO because its a word and material?)
Ilse - form of Elisabeth
Lamar - the site had this down as unisex, meaning land...nn Mar
Nixie - water sprite nn Nix
Pepin - Perseverance (I worked at a Camp Pepin this past summer, and I grew so much. I feel a connection to the name, but is it too weird?)
Zelda - gray warrior
Zelinda - shied of victory. I dont like the like the idea of Linda, so maybe trying to find a variation? Or when you say it, do you pn. it a different way not to get Linda? I like Zelina in a way.
Zelma - form of Selma
For the last three nn Zel?
I really love the idea of using at least one name from Swedish and German orgin. I am mostly German, and a little part swedish, with others, but Swedish takes over because I worked with a guy from Sweden over the summer and it was nice to hear about his country.
Anyway, what about Stellan for a girl? Would anyone consider it? Or is it an absolute NO WAY!
What do you think of these other names I got off a German site (I am kind of picky about meanings as well so I added those). All were mentioned as girl names.
Callan - chatter (Cal-un) nn Cal or callie (Cal as in Calvin)
Clay - adhere, mortal (is this a NO because its a word and material?)
Ilse - form of Elisabeth
Lamar - the site had this down as unisex, meaning land...nn Mar
Nixie - water sprite nn Nix
Pepin - Perseverance (I worked at a Camp Pepin this past summer, and I grew so much. I feel a connection to the name, but is it too weird?)
Zelda - gray warrior
Zelinda - shied of victory. I dont like the like the idea of Linda, so maybe trying to find a variation? Or when you say it, do you pn. it a different way not to get Linda? I like Zelina in a way.
Zelma - form of Selma
For the last three nn Zel?
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The only German names I could find in your post are Selda (no longer used nowadays or better since middle-ages I guess)and Ilse. The rest is definitely not used here!
Zelda may be of German origin but same as Selda is not used here.
The top ten in Germany for 2003 are:
Marie
Sophie
Maria
Anna/Anne
Lea(h)
Laura
Lena
Leonie
Julia
Sarah
Maybe you could find a name out of these.
Some other names used in Germany (not only German origin) are: Emma, Elisabeth, Katharina, Tanja, Stefanie, Silke, Anja, Monika, Sonja, Birgit,Brigitte, Elke, Sandra, Michaela, Ingrid, Angelika, Alexandra, Diana, Susanne, Christa, Claudia, Martina, Sabine, Marion, Gabriele, Petra, Helga, Karin, Britta, Dorothea, Jutta, Sylvia, Johanna, Christine, Eva, Veronika, Ute, Anke, Kerstin, Heike, Marianne, Jennifer, Jessica, Bianca,Ursula, Beate, Pauline, Franziska and so on.
Zelda may be of German origin but same as Selda is not used here.
The top ten in Germany for 2003 are:
Marie
Sophie
Maria
Anna/Anne
Lea(h)
Laura
Lena
Leonie
Julia
Sarah
Maybe you could find a name out of these.
Some other names used in Germany (not only German origin) are: Emma, Elisabeth, Katharina, Tanja, Stefanie, Silke, Anja, Monika, Sonja, Birgit,Brigitte, Elke, Sandra, Michaela, Ingrid, Angelika, Alexandra, Diana, Susanne, Christa, Claudia, Martina, Sabine, Marion, Gabriele, Petra, Helga, Karin, Britta, Dorothea, Jutta, Sylvia, Johanna, Christine, Eva, Veronika, Ute, Anke, Kerstin, Heike, Marianne, Jennifer, Jessica, Bianca,Ursula, Beate, Pauline, Franziska and so on.
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um yeeah, defeintely, some of those are definetly not german.
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Well, whatever the origins, here are my opinions:
Stellan on a girl: Nah. Too masculine. Not good enough as a woman's name.
Callan: eh, sounds a bit too similar to a lot of trendy male names. Lacks something..not sure what. I like Callie though
Clay's a decent boy name; will be thought of as short for Clayton. I would not use it on a girl
Ilse: nice
Lamar: it's a surname that was used for a major street where I live, so it's masculine to me; otherwise, I guess I could get used to it on a woman
Nixie: word 'nix' in it is awfully negative sounding
Pepin: I could adjust to it, but it sounds a bit nicknamey
Zelda: okay; antiquated to me
Zelinda: okay; might appear to some as kre8iv form of Melinda, since changing initials to Z is a fad
Zelma: sim. to Zelinda
nn Zel: doesn't appeal to me particularly, but is okay
- chazda
Stellan on a girl: Nah. Too masculine. Not good enough as a woman's name.
Callan: eh, sounds a bit too similar to a lot of trendy male names. Lacks something..not sure what. I like Callie though
Clay's a decent boy name; will be thought of as short for Clayton. I would not use it on a girl
Ilse: nice
Lamar: it's a surname that was used for a major street where I live, so it's masculine to me; otherwise, I guess I could get used to it on a woman
Nixie: word 'nix' in it is awfully negative sounding
Pepin: I could adjust to it, but it sounds a bit nicknamey
Zelda: okay; antiquated to me
Zelinda: okay; might appear to some as kre8iv form of Melinda, since changing initials to Z is a fad
Zelma: sim. to Zelinda
nn Zel: doesn't appeal to me particularly, but is okay
- chazda
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For me Stellan for a girl really is NO WAY. Sorry.
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To be honest, i think the site you got it from, stinks! Maybe i got my knowledge of German names all wrong, but i think there's nothing German about Lamar, Pepin, Nixie, and Clay so i assume they have a Swedish part in them?..Zelda could be German, ditto for Zelinda, Zelma is a German name, Ilse is popular over there and here (holland), and i guess Callan could make it as a German name, but i'm not convinced..soo...where did you get it from? wasn't it a ubertrendy site? And Stellan..i get the association with Stalin for some reason, so no, i don't like it..maybe if it was just Stella, it would be sooo much better!! Sorry to sound so harsh!!
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I agree, which is why I didn't respond.
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