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Lieselotte

Meaning — A German compound feminine name combining Liesel (a diminutive of Elisabeth, from the Hebrew "Elisheba" meaning "my God is an oath") and Lotte (a diminutive of Charlotte, the feminine form of Karl/Charles, from Germanic "karl" meaning "free man"). The name was fashionable in the German-speaking world in the 18th and 19th centuries, reflecting the German tradition of compound pet-names.·Germanic origin·Female·LEE-zeh-lot-eh

Lieselotte Lieselotte has a warmly baroque German quality — it is the name of Enlightenment-era aristocratic ladies and bourgeois heroines of the 18th and 19th centuries. Characters with this name project charm, social grace, and a certain artlessness that conceals real determination. The name suits protagonists of German Romantic literature as well as contemporary historical fiction set in the Habsburg or Prussian worlds.

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Historical FictionPeriod DramaLiterary FictionRomance

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LieselotteLiselotteLotteLiesel

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Lieselotte von PfalzLieselotte HoffmannLieselotte SchreiberLieselotte BaumLieselotte RichterLieselotte Braun

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