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German names - Baby names with the origin German

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Name Meaning Origins Gender Popularity (last 10y)
Besen From German 'Besen' meaning 'broom'; likely originated as an occupational or nickname surname (maker/seller of brooms). German, Turkish Unisex
Bickel Originally a surname - likely from a German dialect word referring to a small hill or hillock, or from a nickname/occupational source; used primarily as a family name German Unisex
Biene Bee; often an affectionate 'little bee' nickname German Girl
Binger Originally a locational surname meaning 'from Bingen' (a town on the Rhine) English, German Boy
Birne Pear (fruit); likely originally a nickname or surname-derived given name German Girl
Blixa No established etymology - a coined/stage name popularized in Germany; possibly evokes German words like 'Blitz' (lightning) or 'Blick' (glance). German Boy
Blum Flower German Unisex
Blumenthal Flower valley / valley of flowers German Boy
Bothe Messenger, courier German Unisex
Braun Brown German Boy
Bremen From the city of Bremen in Germany; originally a place-name referring to a riverbank/river edge German Boy
Briese Derived from a German surname/place name; precise meaning is unclear - by resemblance it can evoke the English/French word 'breeze' but this is likely coincidental German Unisex
Briggita Exalted one; strength, power German, Irish Girl
Briggitta Exalted one; strength, power German, Irish, Italian, Swedish Girl
Bril Bright, shining; likely related to 'brilliant' or a shortened form of Brilant Albanian, Dutch, English, German Unisex
Britta 'exalted one' or 'power/strength' German, Scandinavian Girl
Burger Citizen; town-dweller (burgher) Dutch, English, German Boy
Burghart Fortress-strong German Boy
Charlottah Feminine diminutive of Charles - traditionally interpreted as 'free man' and by extension 'free woman' French, German Girl
Christel Anointed; follower of Christ Dutch, German, Scandinavian Girl
Cline Surname-derived: either 'small' (from German Klein) or 'from the meadow/pasture' (from Gaelic cluain), depending on origin English, German, Irish, Scottish Unisex
clothar Famous army (renowned warrior) German Boy
Clotild Famous in battle German Girl
Coenradt Brave or bold counsel German Boy
Constanzie Steadfast, constant, faithful German, Italian, Latin, Spanish Girl
Cosyma Derived from Greek 'kosmos' meaning 'order', 'decency', 'ornament' or 'the universe' English, German, Greek Girl
Curd Bold counsel German, Germanic Boy
Dagmar Day-maiden (from Old Norse dag 'day' + mær 'maiden') German, Norse Girl
Dallman Man from the valley / dweller in the dale English, German, Scandinavian Boy
Dannen Uncertain; likely 'little Dan' / 'descendant of Dan' (from Hebrew Dan) or a German surname sense 'of the fir trees'. German, Hebrew Boy
Dascha Holding firm the good German, Persian, Russian Girl
Deck Roof, covering Dutch, German Boy
Deiter Ruler of the people German Boy
Derrald Spear ruler / ruler with a spear German Boy
Detlef From Old High German diot 'people' + leib/leif 'heritage/descendant' - roughly 'people's heir' or 'heritage of the people'. German Boy
Deutch German; of German origin ('of the people') German Unisex
Deutsch German; 'of the people' German Unisex
Dorafee Likely 'gift' - often read as 'gift (of a fairy)' or more generally 'gift from God' in related forms. German Girl
Dorle Gift of God German Girl
Dorli Diminutive of Dorothea/Dora - 'gift (of God)' German Girl
Duden Surname-derived name, likely from an old Germanic personal name such as 'Dudo'; precise meaning uncertain German Boy
Eberhardt From ebur 'boar' + hard 'brave, strong' - 'strong/brave as a boar.' German Boy
Ebner Dweller on level ground / man from the plain German Boy
Ehren Honor German Boy
Ein Language-dependent: in Hebrew/Arabic (עין/عين) it means 'eye' or 'spring (water)'; in German 'ein' means 'one' or 'a'; in Korean/Japanese it can be a romanization of names like 'Eun' with meanings that depend on hanja/kanji. Arabic, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean Unisex
Einfeld Literally "one field" (from German ein + Feld) - a topographic/place name referring to a single field or meadow German Boy
Einstein From German 'ein' (one) + 'Stein' (stone) - 'one stone' German Boy
Eisele A German surname likely originally a diminutive or patronymic of a personal name such as 'Eise' or related to 'Eisen' (iron); roughly 'little Eise' or 'descendant of Eise'. German Unisex
Eisenbart Iron beard German Boy
Elberta Noble and bright German Girl

German name popularity over time

Aggregated births across Germany, Austria, Switzerland for every German-origin name in our dataset.

615
Names in this origin
32
With data in 2025
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Births 2025
179,012
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