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Gorgeous lists.

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Vilhelmine- the only one I might consider unusable, due to have a similar sound/look to "villain." Though "Violet"'s only a letter off from "violent" as is getting increasingly popular so, maybe.
Astrid- great name, I like it's underused ending for girls
Freja- also great
Sybilla- a favorite of mine
Margareta- pretty, a little flowery for my taste
Katariina- ditto, I really like Katrine though- I find the sound more strong/interesting
Cecilia- very pretty, but again I prefer Cecile to get rid of some of the frills
Melisande- very cool
Marcella- Even though its nms, I really like this name for others
Eleonora- great name

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Boys:
Hendrik- a little "sporty" feeling in the US due to the truck
Johannes- wonderful name
Niklaus- also a big fan of this one
Rudolf (Rudi)- I admire someone who used this, I'd Rudy the more intuitive nickname spelling for a boy
Leif- great name
Gunnar- I fear that English speakers would say it the same as "gunner"
Feliks- great name
Sven- My favorite on the list, so underused
Otto- good solid name
August- trendier than anything else on here! but it's a nice name with good nickname potential

I'll admit most of these sound especially foreign and strange to my ears because I just haven't encountered them IRL. Meeting someone with one of these names would definitely color my perception of the name.

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Based on sound alone, I do like:

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Astrid
Margareta
Katariina -- love, actually
Melisande
Eleonora
Hendrik
Niklaus
Leif

Melisande and Cecilia are just lovely. I have always liked those.
Vilhelmine is not really my style, as I have always liked the variation of Willamina, but I can see that you like some more bolder sounds.

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I would call your girl's style "Eastern European Frill", mostly because you seem to like the elongated versions of pretty standard names, from other. Outside of Astrid, of course... which I also love but would never personally use.

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Your boy's names seem a little safer to me, a little more standard, but still handsome. I like Otto and Leif and Johannes as is, but prefer Nicholas, Felix, Rudolph and Hendric over Niklaus, Feliks, Rudolf and Hendrik. I guess I like my guy's names just a bit softer.

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Nice list though, and many would make decent sibsets.

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My favorites would be Johannes and Cecilia or Niklaus and Melisande.

Generally, I really like your naming style.

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It is hard for me to like any form of the name, except Wilhelmina, because I do love it so... :)

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My favorites of yours are:

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Cecilia - Works in so many cultures.
Astrid
Sybilla

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Feliks
Johannes - I love this name, however I do not feel linked enough to a culture that uses this name to use it myself.
Otto

I think all your boys are quite handsome; nice list. I like most of the names on your girls list as well but, as you are wanting opinions, I'll be honest and admit that I've never found Freja appealing sound-wise or visually though the history/meaning are interesting, that Cecilia's meaning bums me out, and that I really get nothing from Marcella (same for Marcie from the post below), nothing stands out to my ear, no imagery or "vibe". There's nothing wrong with these names; they've just never appealed to me, personally.

Love Vilhelmine, Astrid, Freja, and Cecilia. For the boys: Hendrik, Johannes, Niklaus, Rudolf (though I prefer the "ph" spelling), Feliks, and Sven.

Wow...that's a cool top 20. :)

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I like most of them, but these are my favorites: Otto, Leif, Niklaus, Johannes, Hendrik, Eleanora (better than Eleanor, IMO), Marcella, Cecilia, Freja, Astrid, Vilhelmine