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Common German Names for Boys and Girls 1. Emil "Striving to excel" is the meaning behind this name, which is popular in Northern Germany. 2. Leopold.
Adolf. Adrian. Alan (given name) Albert (given name) Albrecht. Alexander. Alfred (name) Alois. Alvin (given name)
20. Hilda. Guido Mieth/Getty Images. This name of German origin has a strong sound and a meaning to match: “battle woman.”. 21. Helga. Helga is an Old Norse name with a Germanic meaning of ...
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The Vorname (in English forename) is usually given to a child by the parents shortly after birth. It is common to give a child several Vornamen (forenames), one of them intended for everyday use and known as the Rufname ("appellation name" or "call name"). This Rufname is often underlined on official documents, as it is sometimes the second or ...
According to the Social Security Administration, several of the top 100 names in 2021 come from a German origin: Emma, Henry, Sophia, Mia, Everett, Alice, and Emily, just to name a few.
This category is for fictional characters from the Federal Republic of Germany, or whom are of German descent; including characters who are citizens of the German Overseas Territories, dependencies, dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by Germany. German nationality law governs modern German ...
German words which come from Latin words with c before e, i, y, ae, oe are usually pronounced with (/ts/) and spelled with z. The letter q in German only ever appears in the sequence qu (/kv/), with the exception of loanwords, e.g., Coq au vin or Qigong (which is also written Chigong). The letter x (Ix, /ɪks/) occurs almost exclusively in ...