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[Opinions] Ancient Germanic first names.
by Lucille
1/28/2005, 2:26 AM
I was at a site about ancient Germanic first names lately (http://www.keesn.nl/names/ , it's available in English), and I found a few masculine names that I really liked. I might use a few of them as middle names for my future sons. :)Here's a list of the names that I like (it's not that long) - please let me know what you think of them. :)
Adalar
Adalbert
Adelbrand
Adelgard
Adelmar
Adelmund
Adelwald
Arnold
Dagomar
Dankmar
Dietmar
Edgar
Edmar
Faramund
Grimwald
Hildebrand
Kunibert
Leopold
Ludger
Ludwig
Odmar
Ottokar
Reinbrand
Roderick
Rodmar
Rudolf
Rupert
Rutger
Wilhelm
Wolfbrand
Wolfgang
Wolfram

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- edk (guest)
1/28/2005, 11:13 AM
they aren't my style
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- alice (alice17)
1/28/2005, 9:11 AM

I like Dagomar
Rudolf
Rupert
Wolframalice x
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- Miss Claire
1/28/2005, 8:54 AM
- Chrisell
1/28/2005, 2:54 AM
I like most of these! The asterisked ones are ones I especially like.I like:Adalar
Adalbert
Adelbrand
Adelgard
Adelmar *
Adelmund
Adelwald
Arnold
Dagomar
Dietmar
Edgar
Edmar
Faramund *
Leopold
Ludwig
Reinbrand
Roderick
Rudolf
Rupert
Wilhelm *
Wolfbrand
Wolfgang * (this is my great-uncle Hans' middle name)
WolframI dislike:Dankmar - dank is a word meaning "unpleasantly cool and humid" in English
Grimwald - don't like the 'grim' part
Hildebrand - too many feminine hild- names
Kunibert - looks strange to me
Ludger - just nms
Rodmar - just nms
Odmar - "odd"
Ottokar - just nms
Rutger - just nms
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- shantastic
1/28/2005, 2:40 AM