Nordic/ Germanic girls names - what do you think?

So, I have been living in the UK for 12 years and am now back in Germany.
Whilst living here I quickly realised that most Vera‘s in the UK were 70plus, so thought if I ever have children Id like to make sure they have a name thats short, easy to pronounce and ideally also known in English speaking countries.

I do love nordic names though and would love your opinion/ suggestions on the following list.

Frieda (pronounced Free-da)
Ella
Eloise
Paula
Tilda
Wilma
Alma
Lotta
Selma

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My god daughter is called Eloise, and i love Freida. I remember it was very popular in Sweden when i spent time there in my teens. But again its an older person's name in the UK generally.

Ultimately its up to you - all lovely names 😘

I absolutely love Alma we had that on our list 💕

My niece is Eloise, she's 5, we call her Ellie.
My ex husband and his family are German/Polish/Danish - so we looked at Germanic names as well.
My current partner also has German in his immediate family, we've chosen a Viking name this time around.

I really like Ella x

I absolutely love Frieda! It’s so pretty and really unusual here in the UK, which I personally think is a good thing!xx

Lovely names ❤️ all would be fine here in the UK. Only Wilma would surely be Vilma in Germany?

Love all those names. Yes, some are older people’s names in the uk but they often come back round anyway, like Violet or Rose, they were old people names when I was little bit now they’re really popular. Wilma is especially lovely.

What about Greta? 🤔

Eloise or Tilda for me I think. A big 'no' to Paula (apologies to all the Paulas out there). And Wilma will just remind everyone of Flintstone.

Love Ella ❤

They’re all really lovely names! Lotta and Alma are particularly pretty I think!

We had Astrid on our list and my mom knows a lot of Astrids from working around Europe, but doesn’t go with our British surname at all 😭😅

I love the older style names - my favourite on your list is Alma, then Frieda and Wilma xx they are all so cute xx

I’m German, living in Uk. ;)
Frieda is lovely (is my best mates name) it’s short for Friederike.
Paula and Ella and Eloise are really nice as well!
Alma, Tilda, Selma and Wilma are quite old fashioned. Lotta is short for Charlotte usually, but I absolutely love that name.
Hope that gave you some input 😉 Xx

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