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

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

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

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

KAROLINE   f   German, Danish, Norwegian
Feminine form of CAROLUS

KASIMIRA   f   German (Archaic)
Feminine form of KASIMIR

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]

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

KINGE   f   German
Diminutive of KUNIGUNDE

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

KORA   f   German
German form of KORË

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

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

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

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

LEONA   f   English, German
Feminine form of LEON

LEONIE   f   German
German feminine form of LEONIUS

LEONORE   f   German
German short form of ELEANOR

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]

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

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]

LUISE   f   German
German form of LOUISE

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

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

LUTGARD   f   German
Variant of LUITGARD

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MECHTHILD   f   German
German variant of MATHILDE

MECHTILDE   f   German
German variant of MATHILDE

MEIKE   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch diminutive of MARIA

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

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

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

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

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

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

NIKOLA (2)   f   German, Czech, Slovak
German, Czech and Slovak feminine 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]

ODA   f   German, Ancient Germanic
Feminine form of AUDO

ODILIE   f   German (Archaic)
Variant of ODILIA

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

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

OTTILIA   f   German (Rare)
Variant of OTTILIE

OTTILIE   f   German
German form of ODILIA

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

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

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

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

RAFFAELA   f   German
German feminine form of RAPHAEL

RAIMUNDE   f   German
German feminine form of RAYMOND

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]

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

REINHILDE   f   German
Variant of REINHILD

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

RIA   f   German, Dutch
Short form of MARIA

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

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]

ROMY   f   German, English
Diminutive of ROSEMARY

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

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]

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

RUTH   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
Cognate 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

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

SENTA   f   German
Diminutive of KRESZENTIA

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]

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

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]

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

SILKE   f   German
German diminutive of CELIA

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

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

SOFIE   f   German, Danish, Dutch
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

STEFANIE   f   German, Dutch, Danish
Variant of STEPHANIE

STEFFI   f   German
Diminutive of STEPHANIE

STEFFIE   f   German (Rare)
Diminutive of STEPHANIE

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

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, 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]

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

THORA   f   Scandinavian, German
Modern form of ÞÓRA

TRUDI   f   German, English
Diminutive of GERTRUDE

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

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

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)

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

VALESKA   f   German
Diminutive of VALERIA

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

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

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

VRENI   f   German
Diminutive of VERENA

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

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

WIBEKE   f   German
Feminine form of WIEBE

WIEBKE   f   German
German feminine form of WIEBE

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

WILHELMINE   f   German
German feminine form 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]

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]