German Names

Brings to mind phrases like "I vanda new bike" or "I vanda go home".

Variant of Marianne

The way Wilhelm is pronounced anyway, so a pointless spelling variation.

Selig comes from the Yiddish vocabulary word meaning 'happy, fortunate, blessed.' Most of us are more familiar with its Woody Allen variation, Zelig.

Probably intended as a variant spelling of Kyle, this German word (meaning "wedge") is not used as a name there.

See LOUISE.

The American child given this name of four kings of Denmark, not to mention one so similar to that of the Harry Potter archvillain Lord Voldemort, might have to pay a large emotional import tax.

Like Mitzi, the bubbly Fritzi shows signs of rising again. Has a bit of a comic-strip feel.

Less commercial-sounding than Brand.

Feminine spin on Arnold that received a brief flurry of use in the early 1990s.

Earthbound surname that few would make as first choice.

A name used in Germany and Holland as a form of Jerome, it's the unlikely moniker of fictional detective Hieronymous "Harry" Bosch.

The usual form of Eleonara is Eleanora, with each syllable pronounced, but transposing, adding, or subtracting a vowel or syllable here or there works fine and adds to the international, feminine spin on a solid name.

With the growing popularity for girls of such names as Aubrey and Audrey, Auberon feels like a fresh and viable option.