Top 25 B/G names in Germany

animalcrckr

We are currently living in Germany and I came across this list the other day and just thought it was interesting to see what names are similar in popularity compared to the US and also some that may not be as common.

 

Die Top 25 der Vornamen 2012

	M?dchen				Junge
1	Mia			1	Ben
2	Emma			2	Luca / Luka
3	Hannah / Hanna			3	Paul
4	Lea / Leah			4	Lukas / Lucas
5	Sophia / Sofia			5	Finn / Fynn
6	Anna			6	Jonas
7	Lena			7	Leon
8	Leonie / Leoni			8	Luis / Louis
9	Lina			9	Maximilian
10	Maria			10	Felix
11	Emilie / Emily			11	Noah
12	Emilia			12	Elias
13	Luisa / Louisa			13	Tim / Timm
14	Sophie / Sofie			14	Max
15	Amelie			15	Julian
16	Laura			16	Moritz
17	Lilly / Lilli			17	Philip / Philipp
18	Nele / Neele			18	Niclas / Niklas
19	Johanna			19	Jakob / Jacob
20	Lara			20	Alexander
21	Maja / Maya			21	David
22	Sarah / Sara			22	Jan
23	Clara / Klara			23	Henry / Henri
24	Leni			24	Tom
25	Charlotte			25	Eric / Erik

 

mjune3881

I like how they put different spellings together.  The US should do this too!

TeamHayes

You don't see Neely much here. We actually considered that for a girl.

LemonBlush

Interesting, thanks for sharing!

schnappycat

Wow, my name (Laura) made the list. That's interesting!

Zimger

I really like the boys list.

Thanks for sharing.

Guillerma

Wonder how you pronounce Leonie? Le-oh-knee? Lee-knee?

 

LOVE the boys' list. Oddly enough, most of my guilty pleasure boy names that I can't use because DH hates them are on this list. Must be because I'm of German descent and DH isn't!  Leon is one of my all time favorites.

animalcrckr

Guillerma:

Wonder how you pronounce Leonie? Le-oh-knee? Lee-knee?

 

LOVE the boys' list. Oddly enough, most of my guilty pleasure boy names that I can't use because DH hates them are on this list. Must be because I'm of German descent and DH isn't!  Leon is one of my all time favorites.

I am not sure.  As a side note though, the Germans do not pronounce any of the names on the list as they are pronounced in the US.  This may be obvious to some but it really throws me for a loop sometimes when we meet someone new and I am trying to figure out what their name is in English.  We live in an older part of our village and most of our neighbors do not speak any English.  They adore our boys though and always talking to us (we are slowly learning German) and giving them treats.  When they call our boys by their names they sound nothing like how I pronounce them.  

Fianschneid

Funny that DH and I, who were both born in 1980 make this list. It makes me feel like we might be international classics.

danuli8

Guillerma:

Wonder how you pronounce Leonie? Le-oh-knee? Lee-knee?

 

LOVE the boys' list. Oddly enough, most of my guilty pleasure boy names that I can't use because DH hates them are on this list. Must be because I'm of German descent and DH isn't!  Leon is one of my all time favorites.

In German, Leonie is pronounced LAY-oh-nee. I think it's quite pretty in German but sadly less so in English.

I have mentioned that my husband is German, and we are naming our son Daniel. In German, it is spelled the same, but pronounced DAHN-yell. We needed a name that was quite similar in both the US and Germany.