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Help[Opinions] Re: German Names
in reply to a message by LuzDeTuVida
I love Adelheid, nn Heidi. Very cute. Serious Adelheid yielding to adorable Heidi. Great idea.
By the way, as an American the way I would say Adelheid is closer to the German way than the one you've posted, "AH-del-highd," not "AH-del-ide." It's difficult for me NOT to put the "h" sound in there.
Hmm. I don't know if it's in the database or not, but Ermengarde ("EHR-men-gard") is fun. England's King George I's German mistress was Ermengarde Melusine von der Schulenburg*.
Amalia is also dancing around in my head through this comment. I love that she's not as common as Amelia.
I was watching a Biography Channel piece on Leonardo di Caprio (sp?). I was surprised that his mother is German. They pronounced her name "UR-ma-lin." Ermalin? Irmalin? Does anyone know?
As for the boys, I love Elias and Jonas, although I don't think of them as German per se. How about Alois, Rainer, Emil? Or how about X's mother's family tree? I bet she has a lot of great names.
* I just did a google search to make sure I was spelling George I's mistress' name correctly. I comes up as either "Ermengarde" or "Ehrengard." Ehrengard, nn Erin?
By the way, as an American the way I would say Adelheid is closer to the German way than the one you've posted, "AH-del-highd," not "AH-del-ide." It's difficult for me NOT to put the "h" sound in there.
Hmm. I don't know if it's in the database or not, but Ermengarde ("EHR-men-gard") is fun. England's King George I's German mistress was Ermengarde Melusine von der Schulenburg*.
Amalia is also dancing around in my head through this comment. I love that she's not as common as Amelia.
I was watching a Biography Channel piece on Leonardo di Caprio (sp?). I was surprised that his mother is German. They pronounced her name "UR-ma-lin." Ermalin? Irmalin? Does anyone know?
As for the boys, I love Elias and Jonas, although I don't think of them as German per se. How about Alois, Rainer, Emil? Or how about X's mother's family tree? I bet she has a lot of great names.
* I just did a google search to make sure I was spelling George I's mistress' name correctly. I comes up as either "Ermengarde" or "Ehrengard." Ehrengard, nn Erin?
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