What do you think? Need some opinions!

hassibri · March 2015

Hello!
I'm wondering if you ladies could give me some opinion to the name I chose? Baby girl is due in June and at the moment my husband and I reside in Germany. However, we do plan on moving back, so I thought since we'll be living in America- baby girl should have a German name plus then everyone on both sides of our families are able to pronounce it. So anyways, I like the old school german Names and trust me there aren't a lot of them out there that are ... Graceful sounding- to say the least! The name we both like is Henriette/Henrietta and her middle name would be Rose- my middle name my mom's name. For short, we would call her Henri, which I think is cute but most Germans just tell me it's a boy's name...what do you think? And thank you! Other nickname options- Henny, Hattie, Etta... But Henris my fave

leahmary82 · March 2015

Not a fan of Henri as a nn for a girl. Etta or Hattie would be my pick. Also, I disagree--there are many LOVELY German names:
Alice
Anne
Anneliese
Danielle
Emma
Gabrielle
Gretel
Hannelore
Helene
Isadora
Liesl
Maria
Marlene
Marta
Sabine
Viktoria
Inge
Wilhelmina
Sofia

LNic5 · March 2015

I like Henrietta but agree with pp, I'm not a fan of Henri for a girl. Etta would be a much better nn.

Gretta Rose nn Etta
Wilhelmina Rose nn Willa
Winifred Rose nn Winnie or Winn
Adelina Rose nn Lina or Addie
Amalia Rose nn Lia
Annika Rose nn Annie or Anna
Beatrix Rose nn Bea
Brigitta Rose nn Bree
Dorothea Rose nn Thea
Louisa nn Lou
Lucia nn Lucy
Philomena nn Philo
Philippa nn Pippa

4N6s · March 2015

Henrietta nn Etta or no nickname
I don't like Henry on a girl.

MamaWren919 · April 2015

I wouldn't do Henri, especially since Henry is becoming so popular for boys. I like Etta. Many of the above suggestions are also great. Love Alice, Anneliese, Gretta, Adelina, and Lucia.

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