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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 ...
If you’re looking for a traditional German name that pays homage to the sea, this one translates to “pearl.” 16. Anneliese “Grace” is what this precious German girl’s name means. 17. Heidi
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.
The common names Schmidt and Schmitz lead in the central German-speaking and eastern Low German-speaking areas. Meyer is particularly common in the Low German-speaking regions, especially in Lower Saxony (where it is more common than Müller). Bauer leads in eastern Upper German-speaking Bavaria. Rarer names tend to accumulate in the north and ...
Traditionally, there are dialectal differences between the regions of German-speaking Europe, especially visible in the forms of hypocorisms.These differences are still perceptible in the list of most popular names, even though they are marginalized by super-regional fashionable trends: As of 2012, the top ten given names of Baden-Württemberg (Southern Germany) and of Schleswig-Holstein ...
Alvin (given name) Alwin. Amadeus (name) Andreas. Ansgar (name) Anthon (given name) Anton (given name) Antony (name) Aribert.
One example of a prominent German-American male figure with a German first name is Leonardo DiCaprio. 100 German Boy Names. In Germany, it’s a tradition for a child to be given multiple first names.
De temporum ratione. Freyja (Old Norse) (See List of names of Freyja for more) "Lady" [24] Freyr, Óðr. Hnoss, Gersemi. Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, Heimskringla, Sörla þáttr. Frigg (Old Norse) Derived from an Indo-European root meaning "Love" [25] (Gives her name to Friday, as the Germanic equivalent of Venus).