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Ancient Germanic Feminine Names

The names listed here were used by the Germanic peoples of Europe. See also about Germanic names.

ADALHEIDIS   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of ADELAIDE

ADELA   f   English, Spanish, Polish, Romanian, Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element adal meaning "noble"... [more]

ADELAIS   f   Ancient Germanic
Shortened form of ADALHEIDIS

ADELINA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, German, Finnish, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Latinate diminutive of ADELA

AENOR   f   Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Probably a Latinized form of a Germanic name of unknown meaning... [more]

ALDA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Ancient Germanic
Feminine form of ALDO

ALLOVERA   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form (possibly) of ELVIRA

AMALASUINTHA   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of MILLICENT

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

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

AMELINA   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of EMMELINE

AUDA   f   Ancient Germanic
Feminine form of AUDO

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

AVELINA   f   Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Diminutive of AVILA

AVEZA   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of AVIS

AVILA   f   English (Rare), Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic element avi, of unknown meaning, possibly "desired"... [more]

BERHTA   f   Ancient Germanic
Older form of BERTHA

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

BRUNHILD   f   German, Germanic Mythology, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements brun "armour, protection" and hild "battle"... [more]

BRUNHILDE   f   German, Ancient Germanic
Variant of BRUNHILD

BRUNIHILD   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of BRUNHILD

CLOTHILDIS   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of CLOTILDE

CONIGUNDE   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of KUNIGUNDE

EMMA   f   English, French, Italian, Finnish, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element ermen meaning "whole" or "universal"... [more]

ERMENDRUD   f   Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements ermen "whole, universal" and þruþ "strength".

ERMINGARD   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of IRMINGARD

ERMINHILT   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of IRMHILD

ERMINLINDA   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of ERMELINDA

FRIDA   f   Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
Germanic name, originally a short form of other feminine names containing the Germanic element frid meaning "peace"... [more]

GERETRUDIS   f   Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of GERTRUD

GERHILD   f   German, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements ger "spear" and hild "battle".

GERLIND   f   Ancient Germanic
Older form of GERLINDE

GERTRUD   f   German, Ancient Germanic
German form of GERTRUDE

GISILA   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of GISELLE

HADEWIG   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of HEDWIG

HELEWIDIS   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of ELOISE

HILDA   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Anglo-Saxon (Latinized), Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of names containing the Germanic element hild "battle"... [more]

HILDEGARD   f   German, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements hild "battle" and gard "enclosure"... [more]

HILDIGARDIS   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of HILDEGARD

HRODOHAIDIS   f   Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and heid "kind, sort, type".

IRMA   f   German, Hungarian, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Slovene, English, Ancient Germanic
German short form of names beginning with the Germanic element ermen, which meant "whole, universal"... [more]

ISHILD   f   Ancient Germanic
Germanic name, a hypothetical early form of ISOLDE.

LUTGARDIS   f   Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Germanic name LUITGARD... [more]

MAHTHILDIS   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of MATILDA

MATHILDA   f   English, Swedish, Ancient Germanic
Variant of MATILDA

ODA   f   German, Ancient Germanic
Feminine form of AUDO

ODILA   f   Ancient Germanic
Variant of ODILIA

ODILIA   f   Ancient Germanic
Germanic name, possibly a feminine form of AUDO... [more]

RAGANHILDIS   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of REINHILD

ROSLINDIS   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of ROSALIND

ROSMUNDA   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of ROSAMUND

ROTHAID   f   Ancient Germanic
Variant of HRODOHAIDIS

ROZA (2)   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic short form of feminine names beginning with the element hrod meaning "fame".

SIGIHILD   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of SIEGHILD

SIGILIND   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of SIEGLINDE

SWANAHILDA   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of SWANHILD

ÞEUDELINDA   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of DIETLINDE

WALDEBURG   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of WALBURGA

WIGBURG   f   Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements wig "war" and burg "fortress".

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