The names listed here are used in Germany and other German-speaking areas such as Austria and Switzerland. See also about German names.

ABIGAIL   f   English, German, Biblical
From the Hebrew name אֲבִיגָיִל ('Avigayil) meaning "my father is joy"... [more]

ACHIM (1)   m   German
German short form of JOACHIM

ADA   f   English, German, Polish, Hungarian, Romanian
Short form of ADELAIDE... [more]

ADALBERT   m   Ancient Germanic, German, Polish
Old German form of ALBERT... [more]

ADAM   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Jewish, Arabic, Biblical
This is the Hebrew word for "man"... [more]

ADELBERT   m   German, Dutch
German and Dutch variant of ADALBERT

ADELE   f   German, English, Italian
German, English and Italian form of ADÈLE

ADELHEID   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of ADELAIDE

ADOLF   m   German
Modern form of the Germanic name Adalwolf, which meant "noble wolf" from the Germanic elements adal "noble" and wulf... [more]

ADOLPH   m   German
Variant of ADOLF

ADRIAN   m   English, Romanian, Polish, German, Russian
Form of Hadrianus (see HADRIAN)... [more]

AGATHE   f   French, German, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Ancient Greek
Cognate of AGATHA

AGNES   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian
Latinized form of the Greek name ‘Αγνη (Hagne), derived from Greek ‘αγνος (hagnos) meaning "chaste"... [more]

ALBAN   m   German, French, English (Rare)
From the Latin name Albanus which meant "from Alba"... [more]

ALBERTINA   f   Italian, German, Portuguese
Feminine diminutive of ALBERT

ALBRECHT   m   German
German cognate of ALBERT

ALEIT   f   German
Low German short form of ADELAIDE

ALENA   f   German, Czech, Slovak
Short form of MAGDALENA or HELENA

ALEXANDER   m   English, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovak, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, help" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος)... [more]

ALEXANDRA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more]

ALEXANDRINE   f   French, German
French elaborated form of ALEXANDRA... [more]

ALEXIA   f   English (Modern), German
Feminine form of ALEXIS

ALEXIS   m & f   German, French, English, Ancient Greek
From the Greek name Αλεξις (Alexis), which meant "helper" or "defender", derived from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, to help"... [more]

ALFONS   m   German, Dutch, Polish
German, Dutch and Polish form of ALFONSO

ALFRED   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Polish, Dutch
Derived from the Old English name Ælfræd, composed of the elements ælf "elf" and ræd "counsel"... [more]

ALFREDA   f   Polish, German, Italian, English
Feminine form of ALFRED

ALIDA   f   Dutch, German, Hungarian
Diminutive of ADELAIDE

ALINA (2)   f   German, Italian, Polish, Romanian
Diminutive of ADELINA and names that end in alina.

ALOIS   m   German, Czech
German and Czech form of ALOYSIUS

ALOISIA   f   German
German feminine form of ALOYSIUS

ALOYSIUS   m   English, German, Dutch
Latinized form of Aloys, a Provençal form of LOUIS... [more]

ALWIN   m   German, Dutch
From either of the two Germanic names Albwin (a cognate of ÆLFWINE) or Adelwin (composed of the elements adal "noble" and win "friend").

AMALIA   f   Dutch, German, Finnish, Spanish, Italian
Latinized form of the Germanic name Amal, a short form of names beginning with the element amal meaning "work".

AMALIE   f   German
German variant of AMALIA

AMELIA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German
Variant of AMALIA, though it is sometimes confused with EMILIA, which has a different origin... [more]

AMELIE   f   German
German variant of AMELIA

ANDREA (2)   f   English, German, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Scandinavian
Feminine form of ANDREW... [more]

ANDREAS   m   German, Greek, Scandinavian, Welsh, Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek and Latin form of ANDREW... [more]

ANELIE   f   German
Short form of ANNELIESE

ANGELA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Russian
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL)... [more]

ANGELIKA   f   German, Polish
German and Polish form of ANGELICA

ANIKA   f   German, Dutch, Danish
German, Dutch and Danish diminutive of ANNA

ANINA   f   German
Diminutive of ANNA

ANKE   f   German, Dutch
Low German diminutive of ANNA

ANNA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Breton, Biblical
Latinate form of HANNAH... [more]

ANNE (1)   f   French, English, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Dutch, Basque
French form of ANNA... [more]

ANNEGRET   f   German
Combination of ANNA and GRETE

ANNELIE   f   German, Scandinavian
Short form of ANNELIESE

ANNELIES   f   German, Dutch
Variant of ANNELIESE

ANNELIESE   f   German, Dutch
Combination of ANNA and LIESE

ANNEMARIE   f   Dutch, German
Combination of ANNA and MARIE

ANNIKA   f   Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, German, English (Modern)
Swedish diminutive of ANNA

ANSELM   m   German, English (Rare)
Derived from the Germanic elements ans "god" and helm "helmet, protection"... [more]

ANSELMA   f   German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ANSELM

ANSGAR   m   German, Scandinavian
Derived from the Germanic elements ans "god" and gar "spear"... [more]

ANTJE   f   German, Dutch
Low German and Dutch form of ANNA

ANTON   m   German, Russian, Scandinavian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Romanian
Form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONIA   f   Italian, Spanish, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ARIANE   f   French, German
French form of ARIADNE

ARMIN   m   German
Modern form of Arminius, which was possibly an old Latinized form of HERMAN.

ARNDT   m   German
German short form of ARNOLD

ARNE (2)   m   German
Short form of ARNOLD

ARNOLD   m   English, German
From a Germanic name meaning "eagle power", derived from the elements arn "eagle" and wald "power"... [more]

ARTHUR   m   English, French, German, Welsh Mythology
The meaning of this name is unknown... [more]

ARTUR   m   German, Portuguese, Galician, Russian, Slovene, Polish, Czech, Romanian
Cognate of ARTHUR

ASTRID   f   Scandinavian, German
Modern form of ÁSTRÍÐR... [more]

AUGUST   m   German, Polish, Scandinavian, English
German, Polish and Scandinavian form of AUGUSTUS

AUGUSTA   f   German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, English
Feminine form of AUGUSTUS... [more]

AUGUSTINE (2)   f   French, German
French feminine form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).

AUREL   m   German, Romanian, Czech, Slovak
German, Romanian, Czech and Slovak form of AURELIUS

AURORA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Romanian, Finnish, Roman Mythology
Means "dawn" in Latin... [more]

AVA (3)   f   German
Medieval short form of Germanic names beginning with the element avi, of unknown meaning, possibly "desired"... [more]

BALDUR   m   German, Icelandic
German and Icelandic form of BALDER

BAPTIST   m   German
German form of BAPTISTE... [more]

BARBARA   f   English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene
Derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign"... [more]

BARNABAS   m   German, English (Rare), Biblical
Greek form of an Aramaic name which probably meant "son of the prophet" (though it is claimed in Acts 4:36 to mean "son of encouragement")... [more]

BARTHOLOMÄUS   m   German
German form of BARTHOLOMEW

BASTIAN   m   German
Short form of SEBASTIAN

BEATA   f   Polish, German, Scandinavian
Derived from Latin beatus meaning "blessed"... [more]

BEATE   f   German
German form of BEATA

BEATRIX   f   English, German, Dutch
From Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller"... [more]

BENEDIKT   m   German, Russian
German and Russian form of BENEDICT

BENEDIKTA   f   German, Czech
German and Czech feminine form of BENEDICT

BENJAMIN   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Biblical
From the Hebrew name בִנְיָמִין (Binyamin) which means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand"... [more]

BENNO   m   German
Short form of German names containing the element bern "bear".

BERND   m   German
Short form of BERNHARD

BERNHARD   m   German
German form of BERNARD

BERTA   f   Polish, Czech, Hungarian, German, Spanish, Italian, Slovene
Form of BERTHA

BERTHA   f   German, English
Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element beraht meaning "bright, famous"... [more]

BERTHOLD   m   German
Means "bright ruler" from the Germanic element beraht "bright" combined with wald "rule".

BERTRAM   m   English, German
Means "bright raven", derived from the Germanic element beraht "bright" combined with hramn "raven"... [more]

BETTINA (1)   f   German
Diminutive of ELISABETH

BJÖRN   m   Swedish, German, Ancient Scandinavian
From an Old Norse name meaning "bear".

BONIFAZ   m   German
German form of Bonifatius (see BONIFACE).

BORIS   m   Bulgarian, Russian, Slovene, German
From the Turkic name Bogoris, perhaps meaning "short" or "wolf"... [more]

BRIGITTA   f   German, Dutch, Hungarian
German, Dutch and Hungarian form of BRIDGET

BRIGITTE   f   German, French
German and French form of BRIDGET

BRUNHILD   f   German, Germanic Mythology
From the Old Norse name Brynhildr, derived from the elements brynja "armour, protection" and hildr "battle"... [more]

BRUNHILDE   f   German, Germanic Mythology
Variant of BRUNHILD

BRUNO   m   German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French
Means "brown" from Germanic... [more]

BURKHARD   m   German
Derived from the Germanic elements burg meaning "protection" and hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

CÄCILIA   f   German
German form of CECILIA

CÄCILIE   f   German
German form of CECILIA

CAECILIA   f   German
German form of CECILIA

CARINA (1)   f   English, German
Elaborated form of CARA... [more]

CARINA (2)   f   Scandinavian, German
Variant of KARINA

CARL   m   German, Scandinavian, English
German form of CHARLES... [more]

CARLA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, English, German, Dutch
Feminine form of CARLO, CARLOS or CARL

CAROLIN   f   German
German feminine form of CAROLUS

CARSTEN   m   German
Variant of KARSTEN

CATHRIN   f   German
German short form of KATHARINA

CATRIN   f   Welsh, German
Welsh form of KATHERINE, as well as a German short form of KATHARINA.

CHARLOTTE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French feminine diminutive of CHARLES... [more]

CHRISTA   f   German, Danish, English
Short form of CHRISTINA

CHRISTEL   f   German
German diminutive of CHRISTINA

CHRISTIAN   m   English, French, German, Scandinavian
From the Medieval Latin name Christianus meaning "a Christian" (see CHRISTOS)... [more]

CHRISTIANE   f   German, French
German and French feminine form of CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIN   f   Scandinavian, German
Variant of KRISTIN

CHRISTINA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
From Christiana, the Latin feminine form of CHRISTIAN... [more]

CHRISTINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French form of CHRISTINA, used as a variant in other languages.

CHRISTOPH   m   German
German form of CHRISTOPHER

CLARA   f   Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, English
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus which meant "clear, bright, famous"... [more]

CLAUDIA   f   English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Biblical, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CLAUDIUS... [more]

CLAUS   m   German, Danish
German short form of NICHOLAS

CLEMENS   m   German, Late Roman
Original Latin form of CLEMENT, as well as the German form.

CONRAD   m   English, German
Derived from the Germanic elements kuon "bold" and rad "counsel"... [more]

CORDULA   f   German
Late Latin name meaning "heart" from Latin cor, cordis... [more]

CORINA   f   English, German, Romanian
Variant of CORINNA

CORINNA   f   English, German, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Κοριννα (Korinna), which was derived from κορη (kore) "maiden"... [more]

CORNELIA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CORNELIUS... [more]

CORNELIUS   m   Ancient Roman, English, Dutch, German, Biblical
Roman family name which possibly derives from the Latin element cornu "horn"... [more]

CORT   m   German
Variant of KORT

CRESCENTIA   f   German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CRESCENTIUS

DAGMAR   f   Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Dagmær, derived from the elements dagr "day" and mær "maid".

DANA (1)   f   Polish, Czech, Romanian, German
Feminine form of DAN (1) or DANIEL

DANIEL   m   English, Jewish, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Biblical
From the Hebrew name דָנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]

DANIELA   f   German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, English
Feminine form of DANIEL

DAVID   m   English, Jewish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical
Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (dvd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

DEBORA   f   Italian, German, Dutch
Italian, German and Dutch form of DEBORAH

DENIS   m   French, Russian, English, German, Czech, Slovene
From Denys or Denis, the medieval French forms of DIONYSIUS... [more]

DENNIS   m   English, German, Dutch
Usual English, German and Dutch form of DENIS

DETLEF   m   German
Low German name meaning "people heritage", derived from the Germanic elements þeud "people" and leib "heritage".

DIANA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Dutch, Romanian, Russian, Lithuanian, Roman Mythology
Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS)... [more]

DIDI   m   German
Diminutive of DIETER

DIEDERICH   m   German (Archaic)
Older German form of DIETRICH

DIERK   m   German
Variant of DIRK

DIETER   m   German
Means "warrior of the people", derived from the Germanic elements þeud "people" and heri "army".

DIETFRIED   m   German
Means "peace of the people" from the Germanic elements þeud "people" and frid "peace, protection".

DIETHELM   m   German
Derived from the Germanic elements þeud "people" and helm "helmet, protection".

DIETLINDE   f   German
From the Germanic name Þeudelind, derived from the elements þeud "people" and linde "soft, tender"... [more]

DIETMAR   m   German
Means "famous people", derived from the Germanic elements þeud "people" and meri "famous".

DIETRICH   m   German
German form of THEODORIC

DIRK   m   Dutch, German, English
Short form of DIEDERIK... [more]

DOMINIK   m   Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Polish, German, Hungarian
Cognate of DOMINIC

DORIS   f   English, German, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
From the ancient Greek name Δωρις (Doris) which meant "Dorian woman"... [more]

DOROTHEA   f   German, Dutch, Danish, English
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Dorotheus, from the Greek Δωροθεος (Dorotheos), which meant "gift of God" from Greek δωρον (doron) "gift" and θεος (theos) "god"... [more]

DÖRTHE   f   German
Low German short form of DOROTHEA

EBBA (1)   f   German
Feminine form of EBBE

EBBE   m   German, Scandinavian
Short form of EBERHARD and other names beginning with the Germanic element eber meaning "wild boar".

EBERHARD   m   German
German form of EVERARD

ECKBERT   m   German
German cognate of EGBERT

ECKEHARD   m   German
Variant of ECKHARD

ECKHARD   m   German
Derived from the Germanic elements eg "edge" and hard "brave, hardy".

EDITH   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
From the Old English name Eadgyð, derived from the elements ead "rich, blessed" and gyð "war"... [more]

EDMUND   m   English, German, Polish
Means "rich protector" from Old English ead "rich, blessed" and mund "protector"... [more]

EDUARD   m   German, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Catalan
Cognate of EDWARD

EGON   m   German
Medieval German name derived from the Germanic element eg, which means "edge of a sword".

EKKEHARDT   m   German
German form of ECKHARD

ELEONORA   f   Italian, German, Dutch, Polish
Italian, German, Dutch and Polish form of ELEANOR

ELEONORE   f   German
German form of ELEANOR

ELFRIDA   f   English (Rare), German (Rare)
Variant of ELFREDA

ELFRIEDE   f   German
German form of ELFREDA

ELIAS   m   Greek, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, English
Cognate of ELIJAH

ELISA   f   German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish, English
Short form of ELISABETH

ELISABETH   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Biblical (Variant)
German and Dutch form of ELIZABETH... [more]

ELISE   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English
Short form of ELIZABETH

ELLI (1)   f   German
German diminutive of ELIZABETH

ELMA   f   Dutch, German
Short form of WILHELMINE or names ending in elma, such as ANSELMA.

ELSA   f   English, German, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of ELISABETH

ELSE   f   Danish, Norwegian, German
Diminutive of ELISABETH

EMANUEL   m   Scandinavian, German, Romanian
Scandinavian, German and Romanian form of EMMANUEL

EMIL   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, English
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".

EMILIE   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMMERICH   m   German
From the Germanic name Amalric, derived from the elements amal meaning "work, labour" and ric meaning "power"... [more]

ENGEL   m   German
Means "angel" in German.

ENGELBERT   m   German
From a Germanic name composed of the elements Angil "Angle" (the name of Germanic tribe) and beraht "bright"... [more]

ERDMANN   m   German
Altered form of HARTMANN

ERHARD   m   German
Means "honour and bravery", derived from the Germanic elements era "honour, respect" and hard "brave, hardy".

ERICH   m   German
German form of ERIC... [more]

ERIK   m   Scandinavian, Czech, Slovene, German, English
Cognate of ERIC... [more]

ERIKA   f   Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene, English
Feminine form of ERIK

ERMENTRUD   f   German (Archaic)
German form of ERMINTRUDE

ERNA   f   German
German feminine form of ERNEST

ERNST   m   German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of ERNEST

ERWIN   m   German, Dutch
Derived from the Germanic elements eber "wild boar" and win "friend"... [more]

ETZEL   m   German
Medieval name derived from Germanic adal "noble".

EUGEN   m   German, Romanian, Czech, Slovak
German, Romanian, Czech and Slovak form of EUGENE

EVA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Russian
Latinate form of EVE, and a variant Russian transcription of YEVA... [more]

EVELYN   f & m   English, German
From an English surname which was derived from the given name AVELINE... [more]

EVERT   m   German
Low German form of EVERARD

EWALD   m   German
From a Germanic name which was composed of the elements eo "law, custom" and wald "rule".

FABIAN   m   German, Dutch, Polish
From the Roman family name Fabianus, which was derived from FABIUS... [more]

FABIOLA   f   Italian, Spanish, French, German
Elaborated form of FABIA... [more]

FALK   m   German, Yiddish
Means "falcon" in German and Yiddish.

FELICIE   f   German
German form of FELICIA

FELICITAS (1)   f   German, Late Roman
Late Latin name which meant "good luck, fortune"... [more]

FELIX   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin... [more]

FERDI   m   German
Diminutive of FERDINAND

FERDINAND   m   German, French, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, English
From Ferdinando, the old Spanish form of a Germanic name composed of the elements frið "peace" and nanð "daring, brave"... [more]

FERDINANDA   f   Italian, German
Feminine form of FERDINAND

FESTER   m   German
Low German short form of SILVESTER