German Girl Names

More out of style than Raymond.

With a soft e, sounds like an affected pronunciation of Rita.

The German short form Liesa is usually pronounced lee-za, but most people in America will say it like Lisa -- or, just to annoy you, Liza.

Too close in sound to the so-far-out-it-will-always-be-out Bernard.

Elizabeth is a name of hundreds of variations, but this German name for girls, redolent of the Olde Country, is unfamiliar in the U.S. and likely to remain so.

Variant of Marianne