In Germany we have strict laws about how we may name our children. So that parents don’t name their kids “Arian Nation” or some shit. That said there is an actress whose name is Wolke (Cloud). She has no idea how her parents managed that one.
Apart from that I guess my Norwegian mother qualifies. Her name is Gerd which in Germany is a male name. We always know that companies have a shitty database when a letter for Mr Gerd arrives.
Strict name rules that still allow parents to name their children “Ralf-Rüdiger” or “Ronny-Horst”, both of which are real life examples (Ralf-Rüdiger worked at my company!).
Gerd as a woman’s name sounds nordically normal. But I still snicker when I hear about someone with “Maria” as a male middle name. Like Rainer Maria Rilke, or Carl Maria von Weber.
Yep, it is in french. Except it is Marie but that make very old fashionned name like few century fashion. You can use Marie as the second member of a compound name to make out of trend but still classic french male name : Jean-Marie, Pierre-Marie, François-Marie, etc.
In Germany we have strict laws about how we may name our children. So that parents don’t name their kids “Arian Nation” or some shit. That said there is an actress whose name is Wolke (Cloud). She has no idea how her parents managed that one.
Apart from that I guess my Norwegian mother qualifies. Her name is Gerd which in Germany is a male name. We always know that companies have a shitty database when a letter for Mr Gerd arrives.
Strict name rules that still allow parents to name their children “Ralf-Rüdiger” or “Ronny-Horst”, both of which are real life examples (Ralf-Rüdiger worked at my company!).
still waiting for a Host-Host or Rüdiger-Rüdiger
Gerd as a woman’s name sounds nordically normal. But I still snicker when I hear about someone with “Maria” as a male middle name. Like Rainer Maria Rilke, or Carl Maria von Weber.
Yep, it is in french. Except it is Marie but that make very old fashionned name like few century fashion. You can use Marie as the second member of a compound name to make out of trend but still classic french male name : Jean-Marie, Pierre-Marie, François-Marie, etc.
Maria is afaik the only traditional woman’s name that any baby in Germany can have as a second name
Gerd is a normal female name in Norway. Out of fashion atm, but somewhat common among the grand-parent generation.
Huh, Pilvi (Cloud) is a completely valid, if modern, name in Finland. We have pretty strict naming laws here too.