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, Biblical Latin
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, Italian
Short form of ADELAIDE and other names beginning with the same sound... [more]

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

ADELBERT   m   German, Dutch
German and Dutch variant of ADALBERT

ADELE   f   German, English, Italian, Finnish
Form of ADÈLE

ADELHEID   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of ADELAIDE

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

ADOLF   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Adalwolf, which meant "noble wolf" from the Germanic elements adal "noble" and wulf... [more]

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, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name ‘Αγνη (Hagne), derived from Greek ‘αγνος (hagnos) meaning "chaste"... [more]

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

ALBERT   m   English, French, German, Slovene, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Adalbert, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ALBERTINA   f   Italian, German, Dutch, Portuguese
Feminine diminutive of ALBERT

ALBRECHT   m   German
German cognate of ALBERT

ALEIDA   f   Dutch, German
Dutch and German short form of ADELAIDE

ALEIT   f   German
Low German short form of ADELAIDE

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

ALEXANDER   m   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Slovak, Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized), 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, French, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more]

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

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

ALEXIS   m & f   German, French, English, Greek, 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, Ancient Germanic
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, Romanian, Polish, Finnish
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, Provençal (Latinized)
Latinized form of Aloys, a Provençal form of LOUIS... [more]

ALWIN   m   German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
From either of the two Germanic names ALFWIN or ADALWIN.

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".

AMALIE   f   German
German variant of AMALIA

AMAND   m   German
German form of AMANDUS

AMANDA   f   English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Scandinavian, Dutch, German, Finnish, Late Roman
In part this is a feminine form of AMANDUS... [more]

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]

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, Biblical Latin, Biblical 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, Late Roman
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL)... [more]

ANGELIKA   f   German, Polish, Slovak, Czech
Cognate of ANGELICA

ANGELINA   f   Italian, English, Russian, German, Polish, Spanish
Latinate diminutive of ANGELA

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

ANINA   f   German
Diminutive of ANNA

ANJA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene, German
Scandinavian, Finnish and Slovene diminutive of ANNA

ANKE   f   German, Dutch
Low German diminutive of ANNA and other names beginning with An.

ANNA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Provençal, Breton, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Form of Channah (see HANNAH) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament... [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), Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements ans "god" and helm "helmet, protection"... [more]

ANSELMA   f   German, Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ANSELM

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

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

ANTON   m   German, Russian, Scandinavian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Romanian, Estonian, Dutch
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

ARNDT   m   German
German short form of ARNOLD

ARNE (2)   m   German
Diminutive of ARNOLD

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

ARTHUR   m   English, French, German, Dutch, 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, French
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, Ancient Roman
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, Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element avi, of unknown meaning, possibly "desired"... [more]

AXEL   m   Scandinavian, German
Medieval Danish form of ABSALOM

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, Croatian, Late Roman
Derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign"... [more]

BARNABAS   m   German, English (Rare), Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Greek form of an Aramaic name... [more]

BARTHOLOMÄUS   m   German
German form of BARTHOLOMEW

BASTIAN   m   German
Short form of SEBASTIAN

BEAT   m   German (Swiss)
Swiss German form of BEATUS

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

BEATE   f   German
German form of BEATA

BEATRIX   f   English, German, Dutch, Late Roman
Probably 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 בִּנְיָמִין (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, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
German, Dutch and Scandinavian form of BERNARD

BERTA   f   Polish, Czech, Hungarian, German, Spanish, Italian, Slovene
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]

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

BERTRAM   m   English, German, Ancient Germanic
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 byname meaning "bear".

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

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

BRIGITTA   f   German, Dutch, Hungarian, Scandinavian (Archaic)
German, Dutch and Hungarian form of BRIDGET

BRIGITTE   f   German, French
German and French form of BRIDGET

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

BRUNO   m   German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Derived from the Germanic element brun meaning "brown"... [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, Ancient Roman
German form of CECILIA, as well as the original Latin form.

CARA   f   English, German
From an Italian word meaning "beloved"... [more]

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

CAROLA   f   Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish
Feminine form of CAROLUS

CAROLIN   f   German
German feminine form of CAROLUS

CAROLINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French 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.

CECILIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, German
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind"... [more]

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 CHRISTINE

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, as well as a variant in other languages.

CHRISTOPH   m   German
German form of CHRISTOPHER

CLARA   f   Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, English, Late Roman
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, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements kuoni "brave" and rad "counsel"... [more]

CORA   f   English, German
Created by James Fenimore Cooper for his novel 'The Last of the Mohicans' (1826)... [more]

CORD   m   German
Low German contracted form of CONRAD

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]

CRESCENTIA   f   German, Late 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   Czech, Romanian, German
Feminine form of DANIEL or DAN (1)

DANIEL   m   English, Hebrew, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Biblical, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name דָּנִיֵּאל (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, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew דוד (dwd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

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

DENIS   m   French, Russian, English, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Romanian
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 hari "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 Þeudelinda, 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, Croatian
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, Norwegian, English, Late Greek
Feminine form of the Late Greek name 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, Scandinavian
Feminine form of EBBE

EBBE   m   German, Scandinavian
Diminutive of EBERHARD and other names beginning with the Germanic element eber meaning "wild boar"... [more]

EBERHARD   m   German, Ancient Germanic
German form of EVERARD

ECKART   m   German
Variant of EKKEHARD

ECKBERT   m   German
German cognate of EGBERT

ECKEHARD   m   German
Variant of EKKEHARD

ECKHARD   m   German
Variant of EKKEHARD

ECKHART   m   German
Variant of EKKEHARD

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".

EKKEHARD   m   German, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements ekka "edge" and hard "brave, hardy".

EKKEHARDT   m   German
Variant of EKKEHARD

ELEONORA   f   Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish
Cognate of ELEANOR

ELEONORE   f   German
German form of ELEANOR

ELFRIEDE   f   German
German form of ELFREDA

ELIAS   m   Greek, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, English, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Cognate of ELIJAH... [more]

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

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

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

ELKE (1)   f   Dutch, German, Frisian
Frisian diminutive of ADELHEID

ELLI (1)   f   German
German diminutive of ELIZABETH

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

ELMO   m   English, German, Italian
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element helm meaning "helmet, protection"... [more]

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).

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]

EMMERICH   m   German, Ancient Germanic
Germanic name, in which the second element is ric meaning "power"... [more]

ENGEL   m   German
Means "angel" in German.

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

ERDMANN   m   German
Variant 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, Finnish, Czech, Slovene, German, English
Cognate of ERIC... [more]

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

ERMENTRUD   f   German (Archaic)
German form of ERMENDRUD

ERNA   f   German
German feminine form of ERNEST

ERNESTINE   f   French, German, English
Feminine form of ERNEST

ERNST   m   German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of ERNEST

ERWIN   m   German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic name Hariwini, composed of the elements hari "army" and win "friend"... [more]

EUGEN   m   German, Romanian, Czech, Slovak
German, Romanian, Czech and Slovak form of Eugenius (see EUGENE).

EVA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Russian, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin
Latinate form of EVE... [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, Ancient Germanic
From a Germanic name which was composed of the elements ewa "law, custom" and wald "rule".