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01-09-2013 at 5:11 AM
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Top 25 B/G names in Germany

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

Mädchen

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

 
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I think that is a pretty great list!
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I like how they put different spellings together.  The US should do this too!
 
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Interesting list! Out of our soon to be 5 family members only one of our names is NOT on the top 25 list! And our baby due in April is number 1! Wow!

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01-09-2013 at 6:36 AM
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You don't see Neely much here. We actually considered that for a girl.
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Interesting, thanks for sharing!

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mjune3881:
I like how they put different spellings together.  The US should do this too!

Totally agree.

And I don't know why, but Paul seems so random to me.  It's a fine enough name, but it seems a little dated to me and I'm just surprised to see it so high. 
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Wow, my name (Laura) made the list. That's interesting!
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I really like the boys list.

Thanks for sharing.

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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.

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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.  
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Funny that DH and I, who were both born in 1980 make this list. It makes me feel like we might be international classics.
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01-09-2013 at 7:28 PM
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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.
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