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Very German sounding, strong names - what do you think of (nt)
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Ulrich is the first name I think of, because a branch of my family is from Germany and our earliest known ancestor was named Ulrich.
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Manfred! Love it. :)
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I like them. I can think of...Berta
Brunhild
Dagmar
Greta
Gudrun
Hilda
Kriemhild
Signy
SigrunAldegar
Anselm
Ansgar
Bertram
Sigibert
Sigifrid
Sigurd
WotanI tossed in some Nordic names, too since a lot of them have a "strong" sound as well.

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Are you looking for examples? I think very German sounding strong names are fine.

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Sorry, yes, I am looking for examples
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Ok! This will be fun, usually I ignore German names (I have a complex)Adelbert (I do love -bert names.)
Ansobert
Osbert
Waldobert
Wilbert
Ansgar
Otto
Egon
Falk
Friedemann
Gernot
Gottschalk
Herman
Horst
Huppert
Karsten
Kayetan
Korbl
Lambert
Leberecht (old-fashioned invented name with nice meaning)
Ludwig
Manfred
Marzell
Ortwin
Otto
Ottomar
Thorben
Tiedemann
Traugott (I like this for a girl though. It's invented so it's fair game)
Wendelin
Wenzel
WolfgangAleida
Aloisia
Dagmar
Elfriede
Gertrude
Gundula
Hannelore
Hedwig
Ida
Irma
Imma
Ingeborg
Jordis
Kathe
Liesel
Mechthild, Mechtilde
Odilia
Ortrun
Regula
Roswitha
Swanhild
Thekla
Ursel
Uschi
Walburga
Wanda
Zenziok, I'm converted. And I just got a wicked idea for a short story.

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Gernot!One of my new secret favorites! (Not so secret now, I guess) I'm totally in love with Gernot for some weird reason but I can't tell anyone in real life. A friend recently said Gernot was probably the worst name she had ever heard (not knowing that I like it). I didn't say anything. I'm such a coward!
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why is it the worst name ever? I think it's neat! Is it old fashioned where you are?
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Yes, very old-fashioned and I think it has always been rare. The friend I mentioned likes trendy / popular names (most of my friends do), so I wasn't surprised about her not liking Gernot but the worst name ever?

This message was edited 6/23/2011, 11:17 AM

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