BARNABASmGerman (Rare), English (Rare), Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek Greek form of an Aramaic name. In Acts in the New Testament the byname Barnabas was given to a man named Joseph, a Jew from Cyprus who was a companion of Paul on his missionary journeys. The original Aramaic form is unattested, but it may be from בּר נביא (bar naviya') meaning "son of the prophet", though in Acts 4:36 it is claimed that the name means "son of encouragement".... [more]
CRESCENTIAfGerman (Rare), Late Roman Feminine form of CRESCENTIUS. Saint Crescentia was a 4th-century companion of Saint Vitus. This is also the name of the eponymous heroine of a 12th-century German romance.
ENGELm & fGerman (Rare), Ancient Germanic Originally this was a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element angil, referring to the Germanic tribe known in English as the Angles. Since the Middle Ages it has been firmly associated with the German word engel meaning "angel".
GOTTLOBmGerman (Rare) Derived from German Gott "God" and lob "praise". This name was created in the 17th century.
GOTTSCHALKmGerman (Archaic) Derived from the Germanic elements god "god" and scalc "servant". Saint Gottschalk was a (perhaps spurious) 11th-century prince of the Wends who was martyred by his brother-in-law.
KOLOMANmGerman (Rare), Slovak German and Slovak form of COLMÁN. Saint Koloman (also called Coloman or Colman) was an Irish monk who was martyred in Stockerau in Austria.
KRIEMHILDfGerman (Rare), Germanic Mythology Derived from the Germanic elements grim "mask" and hild "battle". Kriemhild was a beautiful heroine in the Germanic saga the Nibelungenlied, where she is the sister of Günther and the wife of Siegfried. After her husband is killed by Hagen with the consent of Günther, Kriemhild tragically exacts her revenge.
KUNIGUNDEfGerman (Rare) Derived from the Germanic element kuni "clan, family" combined with gund "war". Saint Kunigunde was the wife of the Holy Roman emperor Henry II.
KUNOmGerman, Ancient Germanic Short form of names beginning with the Germanic element kuni meaning "clan, family". It can also be a short form of KONRAD.
MINNAfGerman (Archaic), Finnish, Swedish Means "love" in Old German, specifically medieval courtly love. It is also used as a short form of WILHELMINA. This is the name of the title character in the play Minna von Barnhelm (1767) by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.
SERAPHINAfEnglish (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". The seraphim were an order of angels, described by Isaiah in the Bible as having six wings each.... [more]
SIEGERmDutch Derived from the Germanic elements sigu "victory" and hari "army".
SIGISMUNDmGerman (Rare), Ancient Germanic Form of SIGMUND in which the first element is sigis, an older form of sigu. Saint Sigismund was a 6th-century king of the Burgundians. This was also the name of kings of Poland and a ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.
THEKLAfGerman (Rare), Greek (Rare), Late Greek From the ancient Greek name Θεόκλεια (Theokleia), which meant "glory of God" from the Greek elements θεός (theos) meaning "god" and κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory". This was the name of a 1st-century saint, appearing (as Θέκλα) in the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla. The story tells how Thecla listens to Paul speak about the virtues of chastity and decides to remain a virgin, angering both her mother and her suitor.
TRAUGOTTmGerman (Rare) Derived from German trau "trust" and Gott "God". This name was created in the 17th century.
WERTHERmGerman (Rare) Derived from the Germanic elements wert "worthy" and hari "army". Goethe used this name in his novel The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774).