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

JOACHIM   m   French, German, Polish, Judeo-Christian Legend
Contracted form of JEHOIACHIN or JEHOIAKIM... [more]

JOCHEM   m   German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of JOACHIM

JOCHEN   m   German
German form of JOACHIM

JOCHIM   m   German
German form of JOACHIM

JOHAN   m   Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Czech
Scandinavian, Low German and Czech form of Iohannes (see JOHN).

JOHANN   m   German
German form of Iohannes (see JOHN)... [more]

JOHANNES   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Latin form of Ioannes (see JOHN)... [more]

JONAS (2)   m   Biblical (Variant), Scandinavian, German
Greek form of JONAH

JONATAN   m   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian and German variant of JONATHAN

JONATHAN   m   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוֹנָתָן (Yehonatan) (contracted to יוֹנָתָן (Yonatan)) meaning "YAHWEH has given"... [more]

JÖRG   m   German
German short form of GEORGE

JOSEF   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech
German, Scandinavian and Czech form of JOSEPH

JOSEPH   m   English, French, German, Biblical
From Iosephus, the Latin form of Greek Ιωσηφος (Iosephos), which was from the Hebrew name יוֹסֵף (Yosef) meaning "he will add"... [more]

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

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

KAI (1)   m   Scandinavian, Finnish, Frisian, Dutch, German
Possibly a diminutive of either GAIUS or GERHARD.

KALEB   m   English (Modern), German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
English variant of CALEB... [more]

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

KARLMANN   m   German
German form of CARLOMAN

KARSTEN   m   German
Low German form of CHRISTIAN

KASIMIR   m   German
German form of CASIMIR

KASPAR   m   German
German cognate of JASPER

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

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

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

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
Variant of KOLOMAN

KOLOMAN   m   German, Czech, Slovak
German, Czech and Slovak form of Columbanus (see COLMÁN).

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

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

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

KÖRBL   m   German
Diminutive of KORBINIAN

KORT   m   German
Low German contracted form of CONRAD

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

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

KURT   m   German
German contracted form of CONRAD

LAMBERT   m   German, Dutch, French, English
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
German form of LAMBERT

LANZO   m   German
German form of LANCE

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

LENNART   m   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian form of LEONARD

LENZ   m   German
Short form of LORENZ

LEO   m   German, Dutch, English, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "lion", ultimately from Greek λεων (leon)... [more]

LEON   m   English, German, Polish, Slovene
Form of LEO... [more]

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

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

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

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

LOTHAR   m   German
Means "famous army" from the Germanic elements hlud "fame" and heri "army"... [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 Hludwig which meant "famous warrior", composed of the elements hlud "fame" and wig "warrior"... [more]

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

LUTZ   m   German
German diminutive of LUDWIG

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
Spanish and Portuguese form of EMMANUEL, as well as the German, Romanian and English short form of EMANUEL... [more]

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

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

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

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]

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 form of MARCELLUS

MATHIAS   m   German, Scandinavian
Variant of MATTHIAS

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, Biblical
Variant of Ματθαιος (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
From the Roman name Maximilianus, which was derived from MAXIMUS... [more]

MEINARD   m   German
German form of MAYNARD

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

MEINHARD   m   German
German form of MAYNARD

MEINO   m   German, Dutch
Diminutive of MEINE

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

MENNO   m   Dutch, German
Diminutive of MEINE

MERTEN   m   German
Low German form of MARTIN

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

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

MORITZ   m   German
German form of MAURICE

MOSE   m   German
German variant of MOSES

NICKOLAUS   m   German
Variant of NIKOLAUS

NICOLAUS   m   German
German form of NICHOLAS

NIKLAUS   m   German
Swiss German form of NICHOLAS

NIKOLAUS   m   German
German form of NICHOLAS

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

ODO   m   German (Archaic)
Originally a short form of various names beginning with the Germanic element od meaning "wealth, fortune".

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]

OLIVER   m   English, German, Serbian
Norman French form of a Germanic name, possibly the name Alfihar meaning "elf army"... [more]

ORAL   m   German (Swiss)
Swiss form of AURELIUS

OREL   m   German
Swiss form of AURELIUS

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
Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and weald "rule"... [more]

OTTO   m   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English, Finnish
Later German form of ODO... [more]

OTTOKAR   m   German
German form of ODOVACAR

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 פֶסַח (pesach) "Passover"... [more]

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

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

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

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

PHILIPP   m   German
German form of PHILIP

POLDI   m   German
German diminutive of LEOPOLD

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

RAIMUND   m   German
German form of RAYMOND

RAINER   m   German
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 RAÐÚLFR (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
From the Hebrew name רְפָאֵל (Refa'el) which meant "God has healed"... [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
German form of RAYNER

REINHARD   m   German
German cognate of REYNARD

REINHOLD   m   German
German cognate of REYNOLD

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

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

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

ROBERT   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Romanian
Means "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, Dutch
German form of RUDOLF

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

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

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 Hrodwulf, 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]

SASCHA   m & f   German
German form of SASHA

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

SEPP   m   German
German form of JOSEPH

SEPPEL   m   German
German diminutive of JOSEPH

SEVERIN   m   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian form of Severinus (see SEVERINO).

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".

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
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]

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

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

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.

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

STEPHAN   m   German
German form of STEPHEN

SVEN   m   Swedish, German, Dutch
From the Old Norse name Sveinn which meant "boy".

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

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

THORBEN   m   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
Short form of TIMOTHY

TIMOTHEUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized), German
Latinized form of Τιμοθεος (Timotheos) (see TIMOTHY).

TOBIAS   m   Biblical, German, Scandinavian, English
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]

UDO (1)   m   German
Variant of ODO

UELI   m   German
Swiss short form of ULRICH

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

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

UTZ   m   German
Diminutive of ULRICH

UWE   m   German
German form of OVE

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

VEIT   m   German
German form of VITUS or WIDO

VESTER   m   German
Short form of SILVESTER

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

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 heri "army".

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
Originally a short form of Germanic names containing the element wald meaning "rule"... [more]

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

WALTHER   m   German
German form of WALTER... [more]

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

WENDELIN   m   German, Dutch
Old diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element wendel (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 heri "army".

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

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

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
German cognate of WILLIAM... [more]

WILLI   m   German
Diminutive of WILHELM

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

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

WINFRIED   m   German
German form of WINFRED

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

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

WOLFGANG   m   German
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
German form of YVES or YVON