Germanic name for team green?

karlimonster

Hey everyone! I would love some help with names as I have learned my bf and I really lucked out naming our son, Ulysses Patrick. FN is literary (bf’s criteria) and a strong, unique, real name (my criteria). MN is a family name. We are team green and have oh so different naming styles. (Trust me, it's bad).

For reference, I’ll share some names on my personal short list. 

Girl:

FN: Florence, Lorelei, Ute 

MN: Alice, Brooke, Kay, Liebe (German for love, “lee-bah”)

Boy: 

FN: August/Augustus, Cormac, Elroy, Gustav 

MN: Alan, Brooks, and if I’m feeling really gutsy, Rad (German for bike, “rahd”)

All my bf’s name suggestions are nms or waaaayyyy too trendy.

In a perfect world we could meet some of our criteria AND the name would be Germanic to honor my heritage (our son’s name honors his). MN will be a family name. Would love to hear any input and/or suggestions as I have seen some of you guys are super creative and smart with names. Thank you!

Bringmemylongswordho

Well, I love Florence and Lorelei is nice. I'd drop Ute, cause, well, uterus. 

I like your middle names, and just as a general throwing it out the suggest Liesl, Renata, Benedikta, Dorothea, Wilhelmina and Theadora.

For the boys, I like Augustus. Nothing wrong with the others, just nms. For the middle, there's so many great German names that I'd just drop Rad, it's trying too hard.

Suggest 
Aloysius
Armin
Bastian 
Bertram 
Conrad
Detlef
Edmund
Emmerich 
Florian 
Johannes 
Kaspar
Leopold 
Ludwig 
Rainer
Reinhard
Roland
Waldemar 
Wendel
Wilhelm 
Wolfgang 
Wolfram 

karlimonster

Bringmemylongswordho said:

Well, I love Florence and Lorelei is nice. I'd drop Ute, cause, well, uterus. 

I like your middle names, and just as a general throwing it out the suggest Liesl, Renata, Benedikta, Dorothea, Wilhelmina and Theadora.

For the boys, I like Augustus. Nothing wrong with the others, just nms. For the middle, there's so many great German names that I'd just drop Rad, it's trying too hard.

Suggest 
Aloysius
Armin
Bastian 
Bertram 
Conrad
Detlef
Edmund
Emmerich 
Florian 
Johannes 
Kaspar
Leopold 
Ludwig 
Rainer
Reinhard
Roland
Waldemar 
Wendel
Wilhelm 
Wolfgang 
Wolfram 

Thank you

My bf mentioned that about Ute, even though the pronunciation is "oo-tah". I do like Dorothea, but my step mom is Dorothy and I have a feeling that would REALLY go to her head, ha ha.

I know, Rad is ridiculous, even if biking/bikes mean a lot to my bf and I.

Thanks for the suggestions. I do love Leopold, Conrad and some others a lot. 

WildWhat

I know people react strongly to this one, but I love the name Wilhelmina. 

magsugar13

I love Augustus and Gustav

Claudia
Erika
Federika
Johanna
Odette

CaboBride2015

Where do you live? If it's here in the States Ute is going to be a hot mess because the pronunciation is so far off from the spelling and looks like uterus. I love Lorelei and Augustus

ramoseecology

For a girl I like Florence. I would also suggest Frieda, Ada, Ida, and Zelda.

karlimonster

CaboBride2015 said:

Where do you live? If it's here in the States Ute is going to be a hot mess because the pronunciation is so far off from the spelling and looks like uterus. I love Lorelei and Augustus

California, so yes a mess. Also the name of a Native American tribe. Probably best to toss

Sassenach1743

I love Wolfgang for a boy, nickname Wolfie. Paired with Augustus or Brooks would be nice. 

Florence Liebe would be sweet for a girl... translates to "prosperous or flowering love". Also love Alice Johanna

Other suggestions; Greta or Gretchen, Ingrid, Mariele, Mathilde... all Germanic. 

For a full list of Germanic names go here.

karlimonster

Sassenach1743 said:

I love Wolfgang for a boy, nickname Wolfie. Paired with Augustus or Brooks would be nice. 

Florence Liebe would be sweet for a girl... translates to "prosperous or flowering love". Also love Alice Johanna

Other suggestions; Greta or Gretchen, Ingrid, Mariele, Mathilde... all Germanic. 

For a full list of Germanic names go here.

Thank you! It's nice to hear Wolfgang suggested. I love it, but I didn't know if it was too out there. 

virginiaunicorn11

Lorelei is perfect for a girl! Literary and German. Check, check. I also like Frida.

Johann (Goethe)
Friedrich (Nietzsche)
Heinrich (Heine, Boell)

Wolfgang is great