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]

ADA   f   English, German, Polish, Hungarian
Short form of ADELAIDE and other names beginning with the same sound... [more]

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

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]

ALBERTINA   f   Italian, German, Portuguese
Feminine diminutive 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

ALEXANDRA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, French, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, 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]

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.

ALOISIA   f   German
German feminine form of ALOYSIUS

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

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]

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
German and Polish form of ANGELICA

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

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, 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

ANSELMA   f   German, Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ANSELM

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

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

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

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)).

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]

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

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]

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

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]

BETTINA (1)   f   German
Diminutive of ELISABETH

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

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

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

CAROLA   f   Italian, German
Feminine form of CAROLUS

CAROLIN   f   German
German feminine form of CAROLUS

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

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.

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]

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]

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)

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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.

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

ELSE   f   Danish, Norwegian, German
Diminutive of ELISABETH

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]

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

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]

FABIOLA   f   Italian, Spanish, French, German, Ancient Roman
Diminutive of FABIA... [more]

FELICIE   f   German
German form of FELICIA

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

FERDINANDA   f   Italian, German
Feminine form of FERDINAND

FLORA   f   English, German, Italian, Roman Mythology
Derived from Latin flos meaning "flower"... [more]

FLORETTA   f   English, German (Rare)
Latinate diminutive of FLORA

FRÄNZE   f   German
Diminutive of FRANZISKA

FRANZI   f   German
Short form of FRANZISKA

FRANZISKA   f   German
German feminine form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).

FRAUKE   f   German
Means "little lady", derived from German frau combined with a diminutive suffix.

FREJA   f   Danish, Swedish, German
Danish, Swedish and German form of FREYA

FRIEDA   f   German, English
Variant of FRIDA

FRIEDE   f   German
Variant of FRIDA

FRIEDERIKE   f   German
German feminine form of FREDERICK

FRITZI   f   German
German diminutive of FRIEDERIKE

GABI   f & m   German, Romanian, Hungarian
German diminutive of GABRIELE (2) (feminine), Romanian diminutive of GABRIEL (masculine) or GABRIELA (feminine), and Hungarian diminutive of GÁBOR (masculine) or GABRIELLA (feminine).

GABRIELA   f   Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, German, Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of GABRIEL

GABRIELE (2)   f   German
German feminine form of GABRIEL

GEORGINA   f   English, Dutch, German, Spanish
Feminine form of GEORGE

GERDA (1)   f   German, Dutch
Feminine form of GERD (1)

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

GERLINDE   f   German
Derived from the Germanic element ger "spear" combined with linde "soft, tender".

GERTRAUD   f   German
German form of GERTRUDE

GERTRUD   f   German, Ancient Germanic
German form of GERTRUDE

GERTRUDE   f   English, German, Dutch
Means "spear of strength", derived from the Germanic elements ger "spear" and þruþ "strength"... [more]

GISA   f   German
German short form of GISELLE

GISELA   f   German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese
German, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese form of GISELLE

GITTA   f   German
German short form of BRIGITTA

GITTE   f   German
German short form of BRIGITTE

GRATIA   f   German
Means "grace" in Latin.

GRETA   f   Swedish, German, English
Diminutive of MARGARETA... [more]

GRETCHEN   f   German, English
German diminutive of MARGARETA

GRETE   f   German, Danish, Norwegian
German, Danish and Norwegian short form of MARGARET

GRETEL   f   German
Diminutive of GRETE... [more]

GUDRUN   f   Norse Mythology, German
From the Old Norse name Guðrún meaning "god's secret lore", derived from the elements guð "god" and rún "secret lore"... [more]

GUNDA   f   German, Scandinavian
Short form of names containing the Germanic element gund which means "war".

GUNDULA   f   German
Elaborated form of GUNDA

HANNA (1)   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian, German, Dutch, Icelandic
Cognate of HANNAH

HANNA (2)   f   German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch
Short form of JOHANNA

HANNAH   f   English, Hebrew, French, German, Biblical
From the Hebrew name חַנָּה (Channah) which meant "favour" or "grace"... [more]

HANNE (1)   f   Danish, Norwegian, German
Danish and Norwegian short form of JOHANNE, or a German short form of JOHANNA.

HANNE (2)   f   German, Scandinavian
Variant of HANNA (1)

HANNELORE   f   German
Combination of HANNE (1) and ELEONORE

HEDWIG   f   German
From the Germanic name Hadewig, derived from the Germanic elements hadu "battle, combat" and wig "war"... [more]

HEDY   f   German, Dutch
Diminutive of HEDWIG and other Germanic names beginning with the element hadu meaning "battle, combat".

HEIDA   f   German
German diminutive of ADELHEID

HEIDI   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, English
German diminutive of ADELHEID... [more]

HEIKE   f & m   German, Frisian, Dutch
Frisian diminutive of HEINRIKE or HEINRICH

HEILWIG   f   German
Derived from the Germanic elements heil "happy, hearty, healthy" and wig "war".

HEINRIKE   f   German
Feminine form of HEINRICH

HELENA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Slovene, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinate form of HELEN

HELENE   f   German, Scandinavian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Ancient Greek form of HELEN, as well as the modern German and Scandinavian form.

HELGA   f   Scandinavian, German, Ancient Scandinavian
Feminine form of HELGE

HELLA   f   Scandinavian, German
Variant of HELGA

HELMA   f   German
Short form of WILHELMINA

HELMINE   f   German
Short form of WILHELMINE

HENRIETTE   f   French, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
French feminine diminutive of HENRY

HENRIKE   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian feminine form of HENRY

HERMIA   f   German
Feminine form of HERMES... [more]

HERMINE   f   German, French
German and French feminine form of HERMAN, or perhaps HERMINIUS.

HERTA   f   German
Variant of HERTHA

HERTHA   f   German
Form of NERTHUS... [more]

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

HILDE   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch variant of HILDA

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

HILDEGARDE   f   German, Scandinavian
Variant of HILDEGARD

HILTRAUD   f   German
Means "strength in battle", derived from the Germanic elements hild "battle" and þruþ "strength".

HILTRUD   f   German
Variant of HILTRAUD

HILTRUDE   f   German
Variant of HILTRAUD

HULDA (1)   f   Scandinavian, German
Derived from archaic Swedish huld meaning "sweet, lovable".

IDA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene
Derived from the Germanic element id meaning "work, labour"... [more]

ILONA   f   Hungarian, German, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech
Hungarian form of HELEN

ILSA   f   German
Variant of ILSE

ILSE   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch diminutive of ELISABETH

IMKE   f   German
Diminutive of IMMA

IMMA   f   German
Low German form of IRMA

INA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
Short form of names ending with ina.

INGA   f   Scandinavian, German, Russian, Ancient Scandinavian
Strictly feminine form of INGE

INGE   m & f   Scandinavian, German, Dutch
Short form of Scandinavian and German names beginning with the element ing, which refers to the Germanic god ING... [more]

INGEBORG   f   Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Ingibjörg, which was derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with björg meaning "protection, help".

INGRID   f   Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Ingríðr meaning "Ing is beautiful", derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with fríðr "beautiful"... [more]

IRENE   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From Greek Ειρηνη (Eirene), derived from a word meaning "peace"... [more]

IRIS   f   Greek Mythology, English, German, Dutch, French
Means "rainbow" in Greek... [more]

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]

IRMENTRUD   f   German (Archaic)
German form of ERMENDRUD

IRMGARD   f   German
Contracted form of IRMINGARD

IRMHILD   f   German
Derived from the Germanic elements ermen "whole, universal" and hild "battle".

IRMINGARD   f   German
Derived from the Germanic elements ermen meaning "whole, universal" and gard meaning "enclosure".

IRMTRAUD   f   German
Contracted form of IRMENTRUD

IRMTRUD   f   German
Variant of IRMTRAUD

ISA (2)   f   German, Dutch, Italian
Short form of ISABELLA

ISABEL   f   Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German
Medieval Provençal form of ELIZABETH... [more]

ISABELL   f   German
German variant of ISABEL

ISABELLA   f   Italian, Spanish, German, English, Scandinavian, Dutch, Romanian
Latinate form of ISABEL... [more]

ISABELLE   f   French, English, German
French form of ISABEL

ISOLDE   f   English (Rare), German, Celtic Mythology
The origins of this name are uncertain, though some Celtic roots have been suggested... [more]

IVONNE   f   German
German form of YVONNE

JANA   f   Dutch, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Feminine form of JAN (1)

JANINA   f   Polish, Finnish, German, Swedish, Lithuanian
Latinate form of JEANNINE

JASMIN (1)   f   German, English
German form and English variant of JASMINE

JESSIKA   f   German, English (Modern)
German form and English variant of JESSICA

JOHANNA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Latinate form of Ioanna (see JOANNA).

JOSEFINE   f   German
German form of JOSÉPHINE

JOSEPHA   f   German (Archaic), English (Rare)
Feminine form of JOSEPH

JOSEPHINE   f   English, German
English and German form of JOSÉPHINE

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]

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

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

JUTTE   f   German
Variant of JUTTA