max and sophie...

most germans love to baptize their children „maximilian“ and „sophie“. not such a big surprise: perhaps parents thus want their sons to direct themselves to the huge and the great - and their daughters to the wise…

i go for maximiliane and sophian. 

if people use male names like marian, lucian - why is there no sophian? by the way: no hannan or annan either, as far as i know. maximiliane already exists, at least. nevertheless it seems more urgent to implant the idea of wisdom in the boys’ minds than the idea of greatness in the girls’...

that what does not exist - is it always the most important?