| Name | Meaning | Origins | Gender | Popularity (last 10y) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voldemar | Famous ruler | Estonian, German, Old East Slavic | Boy | — | |
| Volker | From Old High German 'folk' (people) + 'hari/ger' (army/warrior) - 'people's warrior' or 'people's defender'. | German | Boy | — | |
| Wagner | Wagon driver or maker | German | Boy | — | |
| Waldorf | From the forest village | German | Boy | — | |
| Wendell | Wanderer, traveler; possibly 'from the Wends' (a Slavic people) | German, Germanic | Boy | — | |
| Wieland | Craft-worker | German, Germanic | Boy | — | |
| Wilbert | From Old German wil 'will, desire' + beraht 'bright' - 'bright will' or 'resolute and bright'. | German, Germanic | Boy | — | |
| Willa | Will; protection | German, Germanic | Girl | — | |
| Willi | Resolute protector | German, Germanic, Old High German | Boy | — | |
| Wolf | Wolf | German, Germanic, Yiddish | Boy | — | |
| Wolfgang | Wolf path | German, Old High German | Boy | — | |
| yager | Hunter; huntsman | German | Boy | — | |
| yeager | Hunter | German | Boy | — | |
| Zahn | Tooth | German | Boy | — | |
| Zeppelin | Originally a German family/place name; associated with airships and aviation - evokes flight and dirigible imagery. | German | Boy | — |
Aggregated births across Germany, Austria, Switzerland for every German-origin name in our dataset.
