Upperclass German Baby Names?

Question

Upperclass German girl names needed (: It can be a name of your wealthy relative or just your thought. Boys also would be nice if you have time (:

Answer 1

They chose boys' names in the female version, like

Andrea (from Andreas)

Stefanie (from Stefan)

or simple names like Anna, Eva, or Susanne.

It's a sign of "upper class" if you don't give your kid a "middle name".

Usually, boys are christened with the name of their father or grandfather, and girls with the name of their grandmom. You don't christen girls to the name of their mother.

Some typical girls' names are Birgit (that's my sister's name, the "rider of the storm" from nordic mythology), Beate ("the beautiful", Latin), or Sybille (from Greek mythology, the prophetress of doom).

Answer 2

Well, Vera is wrong.

Of course a child's name says a lot about the parents' status - their educational status mainly.

Badly educated people often chose generic stereotypical French, English, or Spanish names; ironically, the parents often are not able to pronounce the names correctly.

Examples would be Jacqueline, or Kevin.

Well educated people tend to chose traditional and non-pretentious names; these are traditional German names, as Blue Daffodil has mentioned, but often people use German names that blend easily into English and French contexts, because those parents have a more cosmopolitan view of the future, and want their children to blend in easily, wherever they will chose to live. Examples for such German names are Paul, Peter, Philipp, Charlotte, Sarah, etc.

Then you have the more or less well educated, but more importantly pretentious, parents (of the neo-Bohemian, tree-hugging, Feng Shui loving kind - you know, like the mother from "Absolutely Fabulous"). They often opt for the unusual old (northern) German names, or Scandinavian names, in order to set themselves apart from all the other people they regard as inferior. I can't think of any example right now, but basically, just pick a random piece of furniture out of an IKEA catalogue, that will give you a rough idea how that kind of names sounds like.

Answer 3

Carolisabeth

Answer 4

Old fashioned girl names are very upperclass!

Sophie, Charlotte, Christine, Pauline, Gloria, here an example:

Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, geborene :Mariae Gloria Ferdinanda Gerda Charlotte Teutonia Franziska Magarethe Frederike Simone Johanna Joachima Josefine Wilhelmine Huberta ..Gräfin von Schönburg-Glauchau

same with boys:

Karl-Alban Maria László Gebhard Rudolf Johannes Georg Hubertus

Answer 5

I hope that we live in a day and age where there is no such thing as an ''upper class and a ''lower class'' but on this list here are all  the top 100 names of the year 2007 chosen by German parents.. that shows you that in Germany they use pretty much the same kind of names for girls as in the UK or in USA with the exception that not many unisex names are used in Germany.. if a unisex name is chosen then the second name has to clearly determine if it's a girl or a boy..

such as for example the name....Cameron.. is a guys name as well as a woman's name.. which we know because the actress Cameron Diaz is a woman.. but it sounds like a man's name... therefore if in German someone wanted to name a girl ''Cameron ..he would have to give her a second name to ensure it's clear Cameron is a girl and not a boy..

Cameron Sophie.. Cameron.Ann.. whatever.. and for a guy..

Cameron Joel, etc...

here are the most popular names in Germany of the year 2007 ..and you can go down that list to 2006 all the way back to the year you were born and compare what names were popular in Germany then. and go back to the beginning of 1900... and even back to Victorian times.. what girls were named in the years 1890 to 1899  and you will see at the beginning the names are quite restricted.. but once you pass over into the 1980's  a lot of English sounding and foreign sounding names get adopted into German name giving.. and nowadays not may German kids have typical ''German'' names anymore but rather ''internationally well known names..'' the times of ''upper class snotty names are thankfully over'''.all people are equal.. there should be no distinction in a name to tell a person they belong to a lower class.. There is just one class.. We are all humans and in my opinion there we are all of us of equal status.. nobody is superior ..and old titles are just that.. old titles.. they mean nothing in Germany anymore..there are a lot of old German titled family names but they are out of money and not important and have to work just as everybody else.. so it doesn't matter if they are the Countess of .. or the count of... because those times when titles were important in Germany are over.  Germany has no monarchy..and those people who nowadays give their kids long winded names consisting of 5 or 6 old fashioned first names are living in the past and not in the present day Germany...xx

A Gräfin of Thurn and Taxis doesn't matter now anymore.. she is hardly ever in the news same goes for Ernst August and Princess Caroline of Hanover..and she is the daughter of Princess Grace of Monaco and a born Princess and Grace of Monaco was the well known actress Grace kelly before her marriage..but nobody talks about them mujch and they have no power....of any kind.. the names are insignificant... just titles.. but without meaning... meaning 100 years ago but not now in Germany.

xx

http://www.beliebte-vornamen.de/2007.htm

Answer 6

subst99, great answer;-) Brilliant description of the parents who give their children IKEA-names.....I can think of some: Malte, Sören, Torben, Ingmar and the like.....Horrible!

As for upper-class names: Constanze, Gabriele, Johanna, Sophie, Hannah would be some girls' names that come to my mind....As for boys: Constantin, Frederik, Laurentin, Albert, Gabriel, Johannes....Just some suggestions!