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

JUDITH   f   English, Hebrew (Anglicized), French, German, Spanish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוּדִית (Yehudit) meaning "woman from Judea", Judea being an ancient region in Israel... [more]

JULIA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Biblical
Feminine form of JULIUS... [more]

JULIAN   m   English, Polish, German
From the Roman name Iulianus, which was derived from JULIUS... [more]

JULIANA   f   Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Iulianus (see JULIAN)... [more]

JULIANE   f   French, German
French and German feminine form of JULIAN

JULIUS   m   Ancient Roman, English, German
From a Roman family name which was possibly derived from Greek ιουλος (ioulos) "downy-bearded"... [more]

JÜRGEN   m   German
Low German form of GEORGE

JUSTUS   m   German, Dutch, Late Roman
Latin name which meant "just". This name was borne by at least eight saints.

JUTTA   f   German
German form of JUDITH... [more]

JUTTE   f   German
Variant of JUTTA

KAI (1)   m   Frisian, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch
Meaning uncertain, possibly a Frisian diminutive of GERHARD, NICOLAAS, CORNELIS or GAIUS.

KAREN (1)   f   Danish, Norwegian, German, English
Danish short form of KATHERINE... [more]

KARIN   f   Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Finnish, English
Swedish short form of KATHERINE

KARINA   f   Scandinavian, Polish, German, Russian, English
Elaborated form of KARIN

KARL   m   German, Scandinavian, English, Ancient Germanic
German and Scandinavian form of CHARLES... [more]

KARLA   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian feminine form of CHARLES

KARLMANN   m   German
German form of CARLOMAN

KAROLINA   f   Polish, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Slovene, German
Feminine form of CAROLUS

KAROLINE   f   German, Danish, Norwegian
Feminine form of CAROLUS

KARSTEN   m   German
Low German form of CHRISTIAN

KASIMIR   m   German
German form of CASIMIR

KASIMIRA   f   German (Archaic)
Feminine form of KASIMIR

KASPAR   m   German
German cognate of JASPER

KATARINA   f   German, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Lithuanian
Cognate of KATHERINE

KATARINE   f   German
German form of KATHERINE

KATHARINA   f   German, Scandinavian
German form of KATHERINE

KATHARINE   f   English, German
English variant of KATHERINE and German variant of KATHARINA... [more]

KÄTHE   f   German
German diminutive of KATHERINE

KATHERINA   f   English (Rare), German
Latinate form of KATHERINE... [more]

KATHRIN   f   German
German short form of KATHARINA

KATINKA   f   German
German form of KATENKA

KATJA   f   German, Slovene
German and Slovene diminutive of KATHERINE

KATRIN   f   German, Swedish
German and Swedish short form of KATHERINE

KATRINA   f   English, German, Swedish, Dutch
Variant of CATRIONA... [more]

KAY (3)   m   Frisian, German, Scandinavian
Variant of KAI (1)

KAYETAN   m   German
German form of Caietanus (see GAETANO).

KERSTIN   f   German, Swedish
Low German and Swedish form of CHRISTINA

KEVIN   m   English, Irish, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian
Anglicized form of the Irish name Caoimhín, derived from the older Irish Cóemgein, composed of the Old Irish elements cóem "kind, gentle, handsome" and gein "birth"... [more]

KILIAN   m   Irish, German
Irish variant and German form of CILLIAN

KINGE   f   German
Diminutive of KUNIGUNDE

KLAAS   m   German, Dutch
Low German and Dutch short form of NICHOLAS

KLARA   f   Scandinavian, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovene, Latvian
Cognate of CLARA

KLAUS   m   German, Danish
German short form of NICHOLAS

KLEMENS   m   German, Danish, Swedish, Polish
German, Danish, Swedish and Polish form of Clemens (see CLEMENT)... [more]

KNUT   m   Scandinavian, German
Derived from Old Norse knútr meaning "knot"... [more]

KOLMAN   m   German (Rare)
Variant of KOLOMAN

KOLOMAN   m   German, Czech, Slovak
German, Czech and Slovak form of COLMÁN... [more]

KONRAD   m   German, Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene
German, Scandinavian, Polish and Slovene form of CONRAD

KONSTANTIN   m   German, Hungarian, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian
Cognate of CONSTANTINE

KORA   f   German
German form of KORË

KORBINIAN   m   German
Derived from Latin corvus meaning "raven"... [more]

KÖRBL   m   German
Diminutive of KORBINIAN

KORD   m   German
Low German contracted form of CONRAD

KRESZENTIA   f   German
German feminine form of CRESCENTIUS

KRESZENZ   f   German
German feminine form of CRESCENTIUS

KRIEMHILD   f   German, Germanic Mythology
Derived from the Germanic elements grim "mask" and hild "battle"... [more]

KRIEMHILDE   f   German
Variant of KRIEMHILD

KRIMHILDE   f   German
Variant of KRIEMHILD

KRISTA   f   German, English
Short form of KRISTINA

KRISTIANE   f   German
German form of CHRISTINA

KRISTIN   f   Scandinavian, German, English
Scandinavian and German form of CHRISTINA

KRISTINA   f   Scandinavian, Russian, German, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Serbian, Croatian, English, Bulgarian
Cognate of CHRISTINA, and a Bulgarian variant of HRISTINA.

KRISTINE   f   Scandinavian, German, Latvian
Cognate of CHRISTINE

KUNIBERT   m   German
Means "brave and bright" from the Germanic elements kuoni "brave" and beraht "bright".

KUNIGUNDE   f   German
Derived from the Germanic element kuoni "brave" combined with gund "war"... [more]

KUNO   m   German
Derived from Germanic kuoni meaning "brave".

KURT   m   German
German contracted form of CONRAD

LAMBERT   m   German, Dutch, French, English, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements land "land" and beraht "bright"... [more]

LAMMERT   m   Dutch, German
Dutch and Low German form of LAMBERT

LAMPRECHT   m   German (Archaic), Ancient Germanic
German form of LAMBERT

LANZO   m   German, Ancient Germanic
German form of LANCE

LARA (2)   f   English, German
Variant of LAURA

LAURA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Late Roman
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel"... [more]

LEA   f   German, Dutch, Slovene
German, Dutch and Slovene form of LEAH

LEBERECHT   m   German
Means "live rightly" from German lebe "live" and recht "right"... [more]

LENA   f   Scandinavian, German, Russian, English
Scandinavian, German and English short form of HELENA or MAGDALENA, and a Russian short form of YELENA.

LENE   f   German, Danish, Norwegian
German, Danish and Norwegian short form of HELENE or MAGDALENE

LENI   f   German
German diminutive of HELENE or MAGDALENA

LENNART   m   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian form of LEONARD

LENZ   m   German
Short form of LORENZ

LEO   m   German, Dutch, English, Late Roman
Derived from Latin leo "lion", a cognate of LEON... [more]

LEON   m   English, German, Polish, Slovene, Hebrew, Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek λεων (leon) meaning "lion"... [more]

LEONA   f   English, German
Feminine form of LEON

LEONHARD   m   German
German form of LEONARD... [more]

LEONIE   f   German
German feminine form of LEONIUS

LEONORE   f   German
German short form of ELEANOR

LEOPOLD   m   German, Dutch, English, Slovene, Polish
Derived from the Germanic elements liut "people" and bald "bold"... [more]

LIANE   f   German
Short form of JULIANE

LIES   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch diminutive of ELISABETH

LIESA   f   German
German diminutive of ELISABETH

LIESE   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch diminutive of ELISABETH

LIESEL   f   German
German diminutive of ELISABETH

LIESELOTTE   f   German
Variant of LISELOTTE

LIESL   f   German
German short form of ELISABETH

LILI   f   German
Variant of LILLI

LILLI   f   German
German diminutive of ELISABETH, also sometimes connected to the German word lilie meaning "lily".

LILO   f   German
Short form of LISELOTTE

LINDA   f   English, Dutch, German, Scandinavian, Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian
Originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element linde meaning "soft, tender"... [more]

LINUS   m   Greek Mythology (Latinized), German, Scandinavian
From the Greek name Λινος (Linos) meaning "flax"... [more]

LISA   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Italian
Short form of ELIZABETH, ELISABETH, ELISABET or ELISABETTA... [more]

LISBETH   f   German
German short form of ELISABETH

LISELOTTE   f   German, Danish
Contraction of LISA and CHARLOTTE

LORE (1)   f   German
German diminutive of ELEONORE

LORENZ   m   German
German form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LOTHAR   m   German
Means "famous army" from the Germanic elements hlud "fame" and hari "army"... [more]

LOTTE   f   German, Dutch, Danish
Short form of LISELOTTE or CHARLOTTE

LUCIA   f   Italian, German, English, Scandinavian, Romanian, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LUCIUS... [more]

LUDGER   m   German, Dutch
Low German and Dutch form of LUITGER... [more]

LUDOLF   m   German
From the Germanic name Hludwolf which was composed of the elements hlud "fame" and wolf "wolf".

LUDWIG   m   German
From the Germanic name Hludowig which meant "famous warrior", composed of the elements hlud "fame" and wig "warrior"... [more]

LUISE   f   German
German form of LOUISE

LUITGARD   f   German
Derived from the Germanic elements liut "people" and gard "enclosure".

LUITGER   m   German
Derived from the Germanic elements liut "people" and ger "spear".

LUITPOLD   m   German
German variant of LEOPOLD

LUKAS   m   German, Scandinavian, Lithuanian
German, Scandinavian and Lithuanian form of LUKE

LULU (1)   f   German
Diminutive of names that begin with Lu, especially LUISE.

LUTGARD   f   German
Variant of LUITGARD

LUTZ   m   German
German diminutive of LUDWIG

LYDIA   f   English, German, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Means "from Lydia" in Greek... [more]

LYS   f   German
German diminutive of ELISABETH... [more]

LYSANNE   f   German
Combination of LYS and ANNE (1)

MAGDA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Portuguese
Short form of MAGDALENA

MAGDALENA   f   German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Spanish, Slovene, Czech, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian, English
Latinate form of MAGDALENE

MAGDALENE   f   German, Danish, English, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
From a title which meant "of Magdala"... [more]

MAIKE   f   Frisian, German
Frisian diminutive of MARIA

MAJA (1)   f   German, Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Cognate of MAIA (1)

MAJA (2)   f   German, Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Diminutive of MARIA

MALTE   m   Danish, Swedish, German
Short form of the Germanic name Helmold, which was derived from the elements helm "helmet" and wald "rule".

MALTHE   m   Danish, German
Variant of MALTE

MANFRED   m   German, Dutch, Polish
Derived from the Germanic elements magin "strength" and frid "peace"... [more]

MANFRIED   m   German
German form of MANFRED

MANUEL   m   Spanish, Portuguese, German, Romanian, English, Late Greek (Latinized)
Spanish and Portuguese form of EMMANUEL... [more]

MANUELA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, German
Feminine form of MANUEL

MARCEL   m   French, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, German
Form of MARCELLUS

MARCELL   m   Hungarian, German
Hungarian and German form of MARCELLUS

MARCELLA   f   Italian, German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARCELLUS

MARCELLUS   m   Ancient Roman, German
Roman family name which was originally a diminutive of MARCUS... [more]

MAREIKE   f   Frisian, German
Frisian and German diminutive of MARIA

MARGARETA   f   German, Scandinavian, Romanian, Slovene, Dutch, Finnish
Cognate of MARGARET

MARGARETE   f   German
German form of MARGARET

MARGARETHA   f   Dutch, German
Dutch and German form of MARGARET

MARGARETHE   f   German, Danish
German and Danish form of MARGARET

MARGRIT   f   German
German variant form of MARGARET

MARIA   f & m   Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Frisian, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY)... [more]

MARIANNE   f   French, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish
Originally a French diminutive of MARIE... [more]

MARIE   f   French, Czech, German, English, Scandinavian
French and Czech form of Maria (see MARY)... [more]

MARIELE   f   German
German diminutive of MARIA

MARINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Greek, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARINUS

MARITA (1)   f   German, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish
Diminutive of MARIA

MARIUS   m   Ancient Roman, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, French, Romanian
Roman family name which was derived either from MARS, the name of the Roman god of War, or else from the Latin root mas, maris meaning "male"... [more]

MARKUS   m   German, Finnish
German and Finnish form of MARK

MARLENE   f   German, English
Blend of MARIA and MAGDALENE... [more]

MARLIS   f   German
Combination of MARIA and LIESE

MARTHE   f   French, German
French and German form of MARTHA

MARTIN   m   English, French, German, Scandinavian, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Hungarian, Bulgarian
From the Roman name Martinus, which was derived from Martis, the genitive case of the name of the Roman god MARS... [more]

MARTINA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Czech, Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Martinus (see MARTIN)... [more]

MARVIN   m   English, German
Probably from an English surname which was derived from the given name MERVYN... [more]

MARWIN   m   German
German variant of MARVIN

MARZELL   m   German
German variant of MARCELLUS

MATHIAS   m   French, German, Scandinavian
Variant of MATTHIAS

MATHILDE   f   French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish
Cognate of MATILDA

MATHIS   m   German, French
German and French form of MATTHIAS

MATTHÄUS   m   German
German form of MATTHEW, used to refer to the evangelist and apostle also known as Levi.

MATTHIAS   m   Greek, German, Scandinavian, French, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Variant of Matthaios (see MATTHEW) which appears in the New Testament as the name of the apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot... [more]

MATTIAS   m   German, Swedish
Variant of MATTHIAS

MAX   m   German, English, Scandinavian, Dutch
Short form of MAXIMILIAN (or sometimes of MAXWELL in English).

MAXIMILIAN   m   German, English, Scandinavian
From the Roman name Maximilianus, which was derived from MAXIMUS... [more]

MECHTHILD   f   German
German variant of MATHILDE

MECHTILDE   f   German
German variant of MATHILDE

MEIKE   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch diminutive of MARIA

MEINARD   m   German
Variant of MEINHARD

MEINE   m   Frisian, Dutch, German
Short form of German, Frisian and Dutch names beginning with Mein, which is derived from the Germanic element magan "strength".

MEINHARD   m   German
German form of MEGINHARD

MEINO   m   German, Dutch
Diminutive of MEINE

MEINRAD   m   German
Derived from the Germanic elements magan "strength, might" and rad "counsel"... [more]

MELANIE   f   English, German, Dutch
From the French form of the Latin name Melania, derived from Greek μελαινα (melaina) meaning "black, dark"... [more]

MELITTA   f   Ancient Greek, German
Ancient Attic Greek variant of MELISSA

MENNO   m   Dutch, German
Diminutive of MEINE

MERTEN   m   German
Low German form of MARTIN

META   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian short form of MARGARET

MIA   f   Scandinavian, Dutch, German, English
Scandinavian, Dutch and German diminutive of MARIA

MICHAEL   m   English, German, Czech, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name מִיכָאֵל (Mikha'el) meaning "who is like God?"... [more]

MICHAELA   f   German, Swedish, English, Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of MICHAEL

MICHEL   m   French, German
French form and German diminutive of MICHAEL... [more]

MINNA   f   German, Finnish
German short form of WILHELMINA and a Finnish short form of VILHELMIINA.

MIRIAM   f   Hebrew, English, German, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of MARY... [more]

MIRJAM   f   Dutch, German, Finnish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian
Form of MIRIAM

MITZI   f   German
German diminutive of MARIA

MONIKA   f   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Lithuanian, Latvian
Cognate of MONICA

MORITZ   m   German
German form of MAURICE

MOSE   m   German
German variant of MOSES

NADJA   f   German, Slovene
German and Slovene form of NADYA (1)

NATALIE   f   French, English, German
From the Late Latin name Natalia, which meant "Christmas Day" from Latin natale domini... [more]

NATHALIE   f   French, German
French and German variant of NATALIE

NELE   f   German
Diminutive of CORNELIA

NICKOLAUS   m   German
Variant of NIKOLAUS

NICOLAUS   m   German, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Nikolaos (see NICHOLAS)... [more]

NIKLAUS   m   German
Swiss German form of NICHOLAS

NIKOLA (2)   f   German, Czech, Slovak
German, Czech and Slovak feminine form of NICHOLAS

NIKOLAUS   m   German
German form of NICHOLAS

NINA (1)   f   Russian, Italian, English, German, French, Polish, Slovene
Short form of names that end in nina, such as ANTONINA and GIANNINA... [more]

NORA   f   Irish, English, Scandinavian, German
Short form of HONORA or ELEANOR... [more]

NORBERT   m   German, English, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish
Derived from the Germanic elements nord "north" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ODA   f   German, Ancient Germanic
Feminine form of AUDO

ODILIE   f   German (Archaic)
Variant of ODILIA

OLAF   m   Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Polish
From the Old Norse name Áleifr meaning "ancestor's descendent", derived from the elements anu "ancestor" and leifr "descendent"... [more]

OLGA   f   Russian, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Spanish
Russian form of HELGA... [more]

OLIVER   m   English, German, Serbian
From Olivier, a Norman French form of a Germanic name such as ALFHER or an Old Norse name such as Áleifr (see OLAF)... [more]

OLIVIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, German, Finnish
This name was first used in this spelling by William Shakespeare for a character in his comedy 'Twelfth Night' (1602)... [more]

ORAL   m   German (Swiss)
Swiss form of AURELIUS

OREL   m   German (Swiss)
Swiss form of AURELIUS

ORTRUN   f   German
Derived from the Germanic elements ort "point" and rún "secret".

ORTWIN   m   German
Derived from the Germanic elements ort "point" and win "friend".

OSKAR   m   Scandinavian, German, Polish, Slovene
Scandinavian, German, Polish and Slovene form of OSCAR

OSWALD   m   English, German, Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and weald "rule"... [more]