Do you know any German names for girls that are Spanish friendly?

Re: Do you know any German names for girls that are Spanish friendly?

• rsrs807

  September 2011

  Marina would be Spanish friendly and close to Maren.

  my great-grandmother (who was German) was Juliana, and went by Julia, which also works well for spanish-speakers obviously. 

  Marie/Maria would work too. 

  I know a woman born and raised in Germany whose name is Josephine, which could work for Spanish speakers.  Her daughters are Rebecca and Sarah (their father is German as well.) 
  

  
  
  

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• Eilis123 member

  September 2011

  Classics like Maria and Anna work well.

  Some that might be a little more unique are Elsa, Amalia, and Birgitta.  Julia is a beautiful suggestion, also.

  I've had to think about the same thing - my family is Swedish/Irish, but husband's family is from Portugal, and we've been thinking of names from my background that his parents can also pronounce  

   

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• MegLev

  September 2011

  Martina is a German name that is Spanish friendly!  

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• bearbelly

  September 2011

  What about Lena? It would probably go well with a German last name.

  Lena Marina would be a beautiful name.
  

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• HeyJune member

  September 2011

  Amalia is a favorite of mine. ( ah MAHL ee ah)

  It has German roots but it is easily pronounced in Spanish, and its original Hebrew meaning is "the work of the Lord."
  

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• SnoopyLuv member

  September 2011

  Ilsa/Elsa

  Anna

  Here's a list of names from 2010 in Spain. Maybe you can see which ones translate well to German:

   

  https://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/100sp2010.php
  

  
    Francesca Pearl is here!             Josephine Hope is almost 3!
  

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• farfanoogen member

  September 2011

  My cousins are german-argentenian. Luciana and Gisela.

  

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• plunderb member

  September 2011

  My daughter's name is Amalia, which is German, but works for my Italian family and my Portuguese-speaking neighborhood. There's another little Amalia whose mom posts on this board, and I believe they speak Spanish at home.
  

  
  
  
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• MaybeMore

  September 2011

  Adela, Agatha, Alina, Amalia, Angelina, Anna, Antonia, Augusta, Aurora, Berta, Bettina, Carla, Catrina, Clara, Claudia, Cora, Cornelia, Elena, Elisa, Eva....

  Some of these are also Spanish, but all would be easy to pronounce.
  

  
  
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• outlandartist

  September 2011

  rsrs807:

  Marina would be Spanish friendly and close to Maren.

  my great-grandmother (who was German) was Juliana, and went by Julia, which also works well for spanish-speakers obviously. 

  Marie/Maria would work too. 

  I know a woman born and raised in Germany whose name is Josephine, which could work for Spanish speakers.  Her daughters are Rebecca and Sarah (their father is German as well.) 
  

  IMHO, I'd stay away from "J" names. Unless you are OK with Spanish speakers calling her Hosephine, Hulia, or Hulianna.

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• MrsNap_515 member

  September 2011

  my family is austrian/german...my oma's name was Rosa, aunt's names were: annette, erna, my mom's name was Alin (pronounce like "Olleen")  My name is Noelle, in german they put the dots over the E i believe.

  Other german family names: theresa, linda, emilie, agnes

   

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• MaybeMore

  September 2011

  outlandartist:

  rsrs807:

  Marina would be Spanish friendly and close to Maren.

  my great-grandmother (who was German) was Juliana, and went by Julia, which also works well for spanish-speakers obviously. 

  Marie/Maria would work too. 

  I know a woman born and raised in Germany whose name is Josephine, which could work for Spanish speakers.  Her daughters are Rebecca and Sarah (their father is German as well.) 
  

  IMHO, I'd stay away from "J" names. Unless you are OK with Spanish speakers calling her Hosephine, Hulia, or Hulianna.

   There are also tons of Jennys in Latin America now. They mostly pronounce the J in that case as a Spanish LL or Y--the LL being, when not like a Y, sort like a zsh sound.

  Josefina is a legit Spanish name, and in that case the J is an H, but if you choose a name for which there is no equivalent, there are standard Spanish approximations. (Josefina is really pretty.)
  

  
  
  TTC since 6/02 (age 22) K/U instantly despite no AF for 5 months--preemie baby boy 1/03
  M/C 11/04 - M/C 05 - M/C 06 - BFP 2/08--fullterm baby girl 10/08 - M/C 4/11 - went to RE at age 31
  DX: crappy quality & infrequent ovulation, mild MFI
  Stimmed cycle #1 C/P 7/11 - Stimmed cycle #2 C/P 8/11 - Stimmed cycle #4 C/P 10/11
  On Stimmed Cycle #5
  Always thought I'd be a "mom of many"--now just hoping to be a "mom of one or two more!"

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• ATXBarber

  September 2011

  I like Lena and Julia

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