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

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

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

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

KARL   m   German, Scandinavian, English, Ancient Germanic
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

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

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

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

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 (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

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

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, 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

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
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]

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 hari "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 Hludowig 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, Late Greek (Latinized)
Spanish and Portuguese form of EMMANUEL... [more]

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

MARCELL   m   Hungarian, German
Hungarian and German form of MARCELLUS

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

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]

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 variant of MARCELLUS

MATHIAS   m   French, 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, 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]

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]

MENNO   m   Dutch, German
Diminutive of MEINE

MERTEN   m   German
Low German form of MARTIN

MICHAEL   m   English, German, Czech, Biblical, Biblical Latin
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, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Nikolaos (see NICHOLAS)... [more]

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]

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

ORAL   m   German (Swiss)
Swiss form of AURELIUS

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

OTTO   m   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English, Finnish, Ancient Germanic
Later German form of AUDO... [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 פֶּסַח (pesach) "Passover"... [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]

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

PETRUS   m   Dutch, German, Biblical Latin
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

RAFFAEL   m   German
German variant of RAPHAEL

RAIMUND   m   German, Ancient Germanic
German 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]

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

REINHOLD   m   German, Ancient Germanic
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, Ancient Germanic
Means "brave power", derived from the Germanic elements ric "power, rule" and hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

ROBERT   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene, 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".

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

SASCHA   m & f   German
German form of SASHA

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

SEPP   m   German
German diminutive of JOSEPH

SEPPEL   m   German
German diminutive of JOSEPH

SEVERIN   m   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian form of SEVERINUS

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, 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]

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

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   Scandinavian, German, Dutch
From the Old Norse byname 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, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Greek form of the Aramaic name תָּאוֹמָא (Ta'oma') which meant "twin"... [more]

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
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]

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]

URS   m   German
German form of the Latin name Ursus, which meant "bear"... [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 hari "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, Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of Germanic names containing the element wald meaning "rule"... [more]

WALTER   m   English, German, Scandinavian, Polish, 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]

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]

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, Ancient Germanic
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 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)