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

PANKRAZ   m   German
German form of PANCRATIUS

PARSIFAL   m   German
German form of PERCIVAL

PASCAL   m   French, German
From the Late Latin name Paschalis, which meant "relating to Easter" from Latin Pascha "Easter", which was in turn from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pesach) "Passover"... [more]

PATRICIA   f   English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Late Roman
Feminine form of Patricius (see PATRICK)... [more]

PATRICK   m   Irish, English, French, German
From the Latin name Patricius, which meant "nobleman"... [more]

PAUL   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Romanian, Biblical
From the Roman family name Paulus, which meant "small" or "humble" in Latin... [more]

PAULA   f   German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulus (see PAUL)... [more]

PAULINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian
French feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

PETER   m   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Slovene, Slovak, Biblical
Derived from the Greek Πετρος (Petros) meaning "stone"... [more]

PETRA   f   Greek, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, Bulgarian, Hungarian, English
Feminine form of PETER... [more]

PETRONELLA   f   Dutch, German, Swedish
Dutch, German and Swedish form of PETRONILLA

PETRUS   m   Dutch, German, Biblical Latin
Latin form of PETER used in Dutch and German.

PHILIPP   m   German
German form of PHILIP

PHILIPPA   f   English (British), German
Latiniate feminine form of PHILIP

PHILIPPINA   f   German (Rare)
Elaborated form of PHILIPPA

PHILOMENA   f   English, German, Late Greek
Means "friend of strength" from Greek φιλος (philos) "friend" and μενος (menos) "strength"... [more]

PHYLLIS   f   Greek Mythology, English, German
Means "foliage" in Greek... [more]

PIA   f   Italian, Scandinavian, German, Polish, Slovene, Late Roman
Feminine form of PIUS

POLDI   m   German
German diminutive of LEOPOLD

RACHEL   f   English, Hebrew, French, German, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Means "ewe" in Hebrew... [more]

RAFAEL   m   Spanish, Portuguese, German, Slovene
Spanish, Portuguese, German and Slovene form of RAPHAEL

RAFFAEL   m   German
German variant of RAPHAEL

RAFFAELA   f   German
German feminine form of RAPHAEL

RAIMUND   m   German, Ancient Germanic
German form of RAYMOND

RAIMUNDE   f   German
German feminine form of RAYMOND

RAINER   m   German, Ancient Germanic
German form of RAYNER

RALF   m   German, Scandinavian, English (Rare)
Variant of RALPH

RALPH   m   English, Scandinavian, German
Contracted form of the Old Norse name RÁÐÚLFR (or its Norman form Radulf)... [more]

RAMBERT   m   German
Derived from the Germanic elements hram "raven" and beraht "bright".

RAPHAEL   m   German, French, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name רָפָאֵל (Rafa'el) which meant "God has healed"... [more]

RAPHAELA   f   German
Feminine form of RAPHAEL

REBEKKA   f   German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Biblical Greek
German, Dutch, Danish and Norwegian form of REBECCA... [more]

REGINA   f   English, Italian, Polish, German, Scandinavian, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "queen"... [more]

REGINE   f   German
German form of REGINA

REGULA   f   German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of REGULUS... [more]

REIMUND   m   German
German form of RAYMOND

REIN   m   German
Short form of German names beginning with Rein, which is usually from the Germanic element ragin "advice, counsel".

REINER   m   German, Ancient Germanic
German form of RAYNER

REINHARD   m   German, Ancient Germanic
German cognate of REYNARD

REINHILD   f   German
From a Germanic name which was composed of the elements ragin "advice" and hild "battle".

REINHILDE   f   German
Variant of REINHILD

REINHOLD   m   German, Ancient Germanic
German cognate of REYNOLD

RENATA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, Czech, Croatian, Slovene, Late Roman
Feminine form of RENATUS

RENATE   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch feminine form of RENATUS

RENÉ   m   French, German, Spanish, Slovak, Czech
French form of RENATUS... [more]

RETO   m   German
Means "of Rhaetia"... [more]

RIA   f   German, Dutch
Short form of MARIA

RICARDA   f   Spanish, German
Spanish and German feminine form of RICHARD

RICHARD   m   English, French, German, Czech, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Means "brave power", derived from the Germanic elements ric "power, rule" and hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

RIKE   f   German
German short form of FRIEDERIKE, HENRIKE, and other names ending in rike.

RITA   f   English, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of MARGARITA and other names ending in rita... [more]

ROBERT   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Croatian, Romanian, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Hrodebert meaning "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ROCHUS   m   German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of ROCCO

RODOLF   m   German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
German form of RUDOLF

ROGER   m   English, French, German, Swedish
Means "famous spear" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and ger "spear"... [more]

ROLAND   m   English, French, German, Polish
Means "famous land" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and land... [more]

ROLF   m   German, Scandinavian, English
From the Germanic name Hrolf (or its Old Norse cognate Hrólfr), a contracted form of Hrodulf (see RUDOLF)... [more]

ROMAN   m   Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Slovene, German
From the Late Latin name Romanus which meant "Roman".

ROMY   f   German, English
Diminutive of ROSEMARY

ROSA (1)   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Dutch, German, English
Generally this can be considered a Latin form of ROSE, though originally it may have come from the Germanic name ROZA (2)... [more]

ROSALIE   f   French, German
French and German form of ROSALIA

ROSEMARIE   f   German, Scandinavian
Combination of ROSE and MARIE

ROSWITHA   f   German
Means "famous strength" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and swinþ "strength"... [more]

RUDI   m   German, Hungarian
Diminutive of RUDOLF

RÜDIGER   m   German
German form of ROGER

RUDOLF   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Slovene
From the Germanic name Hrodulf, which was derived from the elements hrod "fame" and wulf "wolf"... [more]

RUEDI   m   German (Swiss)
Swiss diminutive of RUDOLF

RUPERT   m   German, Dutch, English, Polish
Low German form of ROBERT... [more]

RUPRECHT   m   German (Archaic)
Low German form of ROBERT

RUT   f   Swedish, German, Italian, Spanish, Biblical Hebrew
Cognate of RUTH (1)

RUTH (1)   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From a Hebrew name which was derived from the Hebrew word רְעוּת (re'ut) meaning "friend"... [more]

SABINE   f   French, German
French and German form of SABINA

SABRINA   f   English, Italian, German
Latinized form of Habren, the original Welsh name of the River Severn... [more]

SALOME   f   English, German, Biblical
From an Aramaic name which was related to the Hebrew word שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning "peace"... [more]

SANDRA   f   Italian, English, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene
Short form of ALESSANDRA... [more]

SARA   f   Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Slovene, Polish, English, Arabic
Form of SARAH

SARAH   f   English, French, German, Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Means "lady" or "princess" in Hebrew... [more]

SASCHA   m & f   German
German form of SASHA

SASKIA   f   Dutch, German
Possibly from the Germanic element sachs "Saxon"... [more]

SCHWANHILD   f   German
Variant of SWANHILD

SEBASTIAN   m   German, English, Scandinavian, Polish, Finnish, Romanian
From the Latin name Sebastianus which meant "from Sebaste"... [more]

SELMA   f   English, German, Scandinavian
Meaning unknown, possibly a short form of ANSELMA... [more]

SENTA   f   German
Diminutive of KRESZENTIA

SEPP   m   German
German diminutive of JOSEPH

SEPPEL   m   German
German diminutive of JOSEPH

SERAPHINA   f   English (Rare), German (Rare), Late Roman
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Seraphinus, derived from the biblical word seraphim which was Hebrew in origin and meant "fiery ones"... [more]

SEVERIN   m   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian form of SEVERINUS

SEVERINA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Croatian, German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of SEVERINUS

SIBYLLA   f   Greek, German, Swedish, Late Roman, Late Greek
Greek and Latinate form of SIBYL

SIBYLLE   f   German, French
German and French form of SIBYL

SIEGBERT   m   German
Derived from the Germanic elements sigu "victory" and beraht "bright"... [more]

SIEGFRIED   m   German, Germanic Mythology
Derived from the Germanic elements sigu "victory" and frid "peace"... [more]

SIEGHARD   m   German
Derived from the Germanic elements sigu "victory" and hard "brave, hardy".

SIEGHILD   f   German
Derived from the Germanic elements sigu "victory" and hild "battle".

SIEGLINDE   f   German, Germanic Mythology
Derived from the Germanic elements sigu "victory" and linde "gentle, soft"... [more]

SIEGMUND   m   German
German variant of SIGMUND

SIGI   m & f   German
Diminutive of SIEGFRIED, SIEGLINDE, and other Germanic names beginning with the element sigu which means "victory".

SIGISMUND   m   German, Ancient Germanic
Form of SIGMUND in which the first element is sigis, an older form of sigu... [more]

SIGISWALD   m   German
Derived from the Germanic elements sigis "victory" and wald "rule".

SIGMUND   m   German, Scandinavian, English
Derived from the Germanic elements sigu "victory" and mund "protector" (or in the case of the Scandinavian cognate, from the Old Norse elements sigr "victory" and mundr "protector")... [more]

SILKE   f   German
German diminutive of CELIA

SILVESTER   m   German, English, Slovene, Slovak, Late Roman
From a Roman name meaning "of the forest" from Latin silva "wood, forest"... [more]

SILVIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, English, German, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of SILVIUS... [more]

SIMON   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Slovene, Romanian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From Σιμων (Simon), the New Testament Greek form of the Hebrew name שִׁמְעוֹן (Shim'on) which meant "he has heard"... [more]

SOFIA   f   Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Greek, Finnish, Slovak
Variant of SOPHIA

SOFIE   f   German, Danish, Dutch, Czech
Variant of SOPHIE

SONJA   f   German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene, Serbian
Cognate of SONYA

SONJE   f   German
German variant of SONJA

SOPHIA   f   English, Greek, German, Ancient Greek
Means "wisdom" in Greek... [more]

SOPHIE   f   French, English, German, Dutch
French form of SOPHIA

SÖREN   m   Swedish, German
Swedish and German form of SØREN

STEFAN   m   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian
Cognate of STEPHEN, and a Romanian variant of ȘTEFAN.

STEFANIE   f   German, Dutch, Danish
Variant of STEPHANIE

STEFFEN   m   German, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch
Low German form of STEPHEN

STEFFI   f   German
Diminutive of STEPHANIE

STEFFIE   f   German (Rare)
Diminutive of STEPHANIE

STEPHAN   m   German
German form of STEPHEN

STEPHANIE   f   English, German
Feminine form of STEPHEN

SUSANN   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian short form of SUSANNE

SUSANNE   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian form of SUSANNA

SUSE   f   German
German diminutive of SUSANNE

SUSI   f   German
German diminutive of SUSANNE

SVEN   m   Scandinavian, German, Dutch
From the Old Norse byname Sveinn which meant "boy".

SVENJA   f   German
German feminine form of SVEN... [more]

SWANHILD   f   German
Derived from the Germanic elements swan and hild "battle".

SWANHILDA   f   German
Variant of SWANHILD

SWANHILDE   f   German
Variant of SWANHILD

SYBILLE   f   German, French
German and French form of SIBYL

SYLVIA   f   English, Scandinavian, Finnish, German
Variant of SILVIA... [more]

TABEA   f   German
German short form of TABITHA

TANJA   f   German, Finnish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Short form of TATIANA

TATJANA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, German
Cognate of TATIANA

TERESA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, German, Scandinavian, English
Cognate of THERESA... [more]

THEA   f   German, Scandinavian, English
Short form of DOROTHEA or THEODORA

THEDA   f   German
Short form of THEODORA

THEKLA   f   Greek, German
From the ancient Greek name Θεοκλεια (Theokleia), which meant "glory of God" from the Greek elements θεος (theos) meaning "god" and κλεος (kleos) meaning "glory"... [more]

THEODOR   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Romanian
German form of THEODORE, as well as a Scandinavian, Czech and Romanian variant of TEODOR.

THERESA   f   English, German, Scandinavian
From the Spanish and Portuguese name Teresa... [more]

THERESE   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian variant of THERESA

THERESIA   f   German, Dutch, Swedish
German, Dutch and Swedish form of THERESA

THOMAS   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Greek form of the Aramaic name תָּאוֹמָא (Ta'oma') which meant "twin"... [more]

THORA   f   Scandinavian, German
Modern form of ÞÓRA

THORBEN   m   Danish, German
Variant of TORBEN

THORSTEN   m   Swedish, Danish, German
Variant of TORSTEN

TILL   m   German
From Tielo, a Medieval Low German diminutive of names that began with Diet (for example DIETRICH).

TILLO   m   German
From Tielo, a Low German diminutive of names that began with Diet (for example DIETRICH)... [more]

TIM   m   English, German, Dutch, Slovene, Scandinavian
Short form of TIMOTHY

TIMOTHEUS   m   Biblical Latin, German, Dutch
Latinized form of Timotheos (see TIMOTHY).

TOBIAS   m   Biblical, German, Scandinavian, English, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Greek form of TOBIAH... [more]

TORBEN   m   Danish, German
Danish form of TORBJÖRN

TORSTEN   m   Swedish, Danish, German
From the Old Norse name Þórsteinn, which meant "Thor's stone" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with steinn "stone".

TRAUGOTT   m   German
Derived from German trau "trust" and Gott "God"... [more]

TRUDI   f   German, English
Diminutive of GERTRUDE

UDO (1)   m   German
Newer form of AUDO

UELI   m   German (Swiss)
Swiss diminutive of ULRICH

ULRICH   m   German, French, Ancient Germanic
Means "prosperity and power" from Germanic uodal "heritage" combined with ric "power"... [more]

ULRIKA   f   German, Scandinavian, Finnish
German and Scandinavian feminine form of ULRICH... [more]

ULRIKE   f   German, Danish
German and Danish feminine form of ULRICH

URS   m   German
German form of the Latin name Ursus, which meant "bear"... [more]

URSEL   f   German
German diminutive of URSULA

URSULA   f   English, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Finnish, Late Roman
Means "little bear", derived from a diminutive form of the Latin word ursa "she-bear"... [more]

USCHI   f   German
Diminutive of URSULA

UTE   f   German
Feminine form of UDO (1)

UTZ   m   German
Diminutive of ULRICH

UWE   m   German
German form of OVE

VALENTIN   m   Scandinavian, German, French, Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Romanian
Cognate of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)).

VALERIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of VALERIUS... [more]

VALESKA   f   German
Diminutive of VALERIA

VANESSA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch
Invented by author Jonathan Swift for his poem 'Cadenus and Vanessa' (1726)... [more]

VEIT   m   German
German form of VITUS or WIDO

VERA (1)   f   Russian, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Slovene, Portuguese
Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true"... [more]

VERENA   f   German, Late Roman
Possibly related to Latin verus "true"... [more]

VERONIKA   f   Russian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Bulgarian, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Cognate of VERONICA

VESTER   m   German
Short form of SILVESTER

VIKTOR   m   Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Cognate of VICTOR

VIKTORIA   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian form of VICTORIA (1)

VILMA   f   Spanish, Hungarian, German, Swedish, Czech, Slovak
Cognate of WILMA

VINZENT   m   German
German form of VINCENT

VINZENZ   m   German
German form of VINCENT

VOLKER   m   German
Derived from the Germanic element folk "people" combined with hari "army".

VRENI   f   German
Diminutive of VERENA

WALBURGA   f   German
Means "rule of the fortress" from the Germanic elements wald "rule" and burg "fortress"... [more]

WALDEMAR   m   German, Scandinavian, Polish
Germanic cognate of the Slavic name VLADIMIR, composed of the Germanic elements wald "rule" and meri "famous".

WALDO   m   English, German, Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of Germanic names containing the element wald meaning "rule"... [more]

WALTER   m   English, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Italian, Ancient Germanic
From a Germanic name meaning "ruler of the army", composed of the elements wald "rule" and hari "army"... [more]

WALTHER   m   German, Ancient Germanic
German form of WALTER... [more]

WALTRAUD   f   German
Means either "strong rule" or "strong foreigner" from the Germanic element wald "rule" or walha "foreign" combined with thrud "strength".

WENDEL   m   German, Dutch
Old short form of Germanic names beginning with the element wandal meaning "a Vandal"... [more]

WENDELIN   m   German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Old diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element wandal (see WENDEL)... [more]

WENZEL   m   German
Medieval German form of WENCESLAS

WENZESLAUS   m   German
German form of WENCESLAS

WERNER   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian
From a Germanic name derived from war "guard" combined with hari "army".

WERTHER   m   German
Derived from the Germanic elements wert "worthy" and hari "army"... [more]

WIBEKE   f   German
Feminine form of WIEBE

WIEBE   m   Dutch, Frisian, German
Medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element wig meaning "war".

WIEBKE   f   German
German feminine form of WIEBE

WIELAND   m   German, Germanic Mythology
Derived from Germanic wig "war" and land "land"... [more]

WILFRIED   m   German
German cognate of WILFRED

WILHELM   m   German, Polish, Ancient Germanic
German cognate of WILLIAM... [more]

WILHELMINA   f   Dutch, German, English
Dutch and German feminine form of WILHELM

WILHELMINE   f   German
German feminine form of WILHELM

WILLI   m   German
Diminutive of WILHELM

WILLY   m & f   English, German, Dutch
Diminutive of WILLIAM, WILHELM or WILLEM... [more]

WILMA   f   German, Dutch, English
Short form of WILHELMINA... [more]

WIM   m   Dutch, German
Dutch and German short form of WILLEM or WILHELM

WINFRIED   m   German
German form of WINFRED

WITOLD   m   Polish, German
Polish form of VYTAUTAS... [more]

WOLF   m   German, Hebrew, English (Rare)
Short form of WOLFGANG or WOLFRAM... [more]

WOLFGANG   m   German, Ancient Germanic, History
Derived from the Germanic elements wulf meaning "wolf" and gang "path"... [more]

WOLFRAM   m   German
Derived from the Germanic element wulf meaning "wolf" combined with hramn "raven".

XAVER   m   German
German form of XAVIER

YVO   m   German, Dutch
Variant of IVO (1)

YVONNE   f   French, English, German
French feminine form of YVON... [more]

ZELLA   f   German
German diminutive of MARCELLA

ZENZI   f   German
Diminutive of KRESZENZ

ZILLA   f   German
German diminutive of CECILIA

ZISKA   f   German
Short form of FRANZISKA

ZITA (1)   f   Italian, German, Czech, Slovak
Means "little girl" in Tuscan Italian... [more]