German names! I like a lot of them and I also have some favorites.
Hey everyone. I’m Dana and you’re watching Wanted Adventure Living Abroad.
There are so many beautiful German names out there.
It was really hard for me to narrow it down to my top current favorite ones.
And I realized that it was also kind of hard to figure out if these names are actually
considered German.
I mean, names -- a lot of names -- have been around for a while and most of them originated
from somewhere else and then evolved over time.
So please let me know down in the comments if you consider these names German or if you think
of them being related to somewhere else first and foremost.
And let’s start with the girls names.
Interestingly, when putting this little list together I noticed that several of the names
that I like start with the same letter.
So first of all there are a couple names that start with the letter L. Lieselotte, for one.
Wow, when I heard this name for the first time -- Lieselotte -- I instantly liked it.
There’s just something about the name that makes me smile.
It sounds so bright and happy.
It reminds me of walking through the park on a warm, sunny spring day.
And it’s also a name that is quite different from anything that I had ever heard before.
Then I found out that the name Liesel and the name Lotte exist as well, and I immediately
liked both of those like those too.
Liesel is a short form of the name Elisabeth and Lotte can be short for either Lieselotte
or Charlotte.
And again, like the longer Lieselotte, there’s just something about the names Liesel and
Lotte that make me smile and make me think of spring.
And another name beginning with L that I really like is Leonie.
This name looks beautiful to my eyes and sounds just very melodious to my ears. Leonie
But now moving away from L names, there are also two names on this list that start with
an A: Anika and Anke.
As well as a third name that doesn’t start with an A but it does have a kind of similar
soft vowel at the beginning, and that is the name Elke.
These three names somehow feel both gentle and strong at the same time to me.
I know it’s a bit of a contradiction and I actually have no idea if that makes any
sense at all to anyone else.
I mean, how can a name “sound gentle” anyway?
I don’t really know, but to me these three names do.
Maybe it’s something about the fact that they all start with a kind of softer vowel
at the beginning but then they have that K in the middle, which has a bit of a harder,
more crisp ring to it.
I'm not really sure but I just, I really like how they sound and how they look as well.
And lastly for the girls names, I really like the name Verena.
To me this name just has such a beautiful ring to it.
It reminds me of a clear night sky where I can look up and see all the stars. Verena.
I just...it sounds really beautiful to me.
And now onto the boys names.
And I know, I might be a little bit biased with this first one, but I really like the name Stefan.
And no, I’m not only saying that because my husband’s name is Stefan.
I really do honestly like how this name looks and sounds.
But okay, yeah, like I said, I might be a little bit biased with this one.
Then we have two names starting with an F: Felix and Florian.
Again I have no idea if this makes sense to other people, but for some reason the name
Felix reminds me of a beautiful fall day when all of the trees are bright orange and red,
and there’s that buzz of fall excitement in the air.
Contrasted with the name Florian, which feels once again to me like spring.
The name Florian makes me think of sitting on a blanket under a tree on a just pleasantly
warm day with colorful spring flowers all around.
There's no ants on the blanket. Okay?
It's a nice spring day but there's no ants.
I mean there are ants. Like the ecosystem didn't fall apart. But there's just no ants on my blanket. Okay.
Now two names that begin with a T: Thorsten and Torben.
And I just really like how these names sound. Thorsten, Torben.
I can’t really describe what exactly it is that I like about them.
But these names seem like bold names to me.
Sometimes you don't know why you like something, you just like it.
I just like how they look and how they sound.
And lastly, I really like the name Maximilian.
I like how it looks with that X in the middle.
And I also really like how it sounds. It's a bit of a longer name.
And there's something about it that reminds me of a stream curving through a forest on
a warm summer’s day.
I know that's very specific.
But there's just something about Maximilian that makes me think of that.
So my question for you is: what are some of your favorite names?
And I talked a lot about what these names make me think of,
do these names make you think of anything? Please let me know in the comments below.
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Spring!
So first of all, there are a couple names starting with the letter L!