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Spoken in: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg |
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German
| Girls' Names | German Form(s) | Boys' Names | German Form(s) |
| Agnes | Agnethe | Alexander | Alexander |
| Alexandra | Alexandra | Andrew | Andreas |
| Alice | Adelheid, Heidi | Anthony | Anton |
| Anastasia | Nastasia | Charles | Karl |
| Andrea | Andrea | Christopher | Christoph |
| Angela | Angelika | Daniel | Daniel |
| Ann | Anna, Hanna | David | David |
| Antonia | Antonia | Dennis | Denis |
| Barbara | Barbara | Edward | Eduard |
| Beatrice | Beate | Eugene | Eugen |
| Bianca | Blanka | Francis | Franz |
| Brigid | Brigitte | Frederick | Friedrich |
| Carol(ine) | Karlotte, Lotte, Karoline, Karolin, Karla | Gabriel | Gabriel |
| Catherine | Katherine | George | Georg |
| Cecilia | Cäcilie | Gerald | Gerhard |
| Christina | Christiane, Krista | Gregory | Gregor |
| Clare | Klara | Henry | Heinrich |
| Dorothy | Dorothea | Isaac | Izaak |
| Elizabeth | Elisabet | James, Jacob | Jakob |
| Emily | Emilie | Joachim | Joachim |
| Esther | Esther | John | Johann |
| Eve | Eva | Joseph | Josef |
| Frances | Franziska | Julian | Julius |
| Grace | Gratia | Justin | |
| Helen | Helena, Lena | Laurence | Laurentius, Laurenz |
| Jaclyn | Leonard | Leonhard | |
| Jane | Johanna | Louis | Ludwig |
| Josephine | Josefa | Luke | Lukas |
| Judith | Judit | Mark | Markus |
| Julia | Julia, Juliane, Juli | Martin | Martin |
| Laura | Laurentia, Lora, Lore | Matthew | Mattäus |
| Lily | Lili | Michael | Michael |
| Louise | Luisa | Nicholas | Niklaus, Nikolaus, Klaus |
| Lucy | Lucia | Paul | Paul |
| Madeline | Magdalena | Peter | Peter |
| Margaret | Margret, Margarete, Greta, Gretl Gretchen | Philip | Philipp |
| Martha | Marthe | Ralph | Rolf |
| Mary | Maria, Maren | Richard | Richard |
| Michaela | Michaela | Robert | Robert |
| Natalie | Natalie | Samuel | Samuel |
| Nicole | Nicole | Sebastian | Sebastian, Bastian |
| Paula | Paula | Simon | Simon |
| Rachel | Rachel | Stephen | Stefan |
| Rose | Rosa | Theodore | Theodor |
| Sophie | Sofia, Sonja | Thomas | Thomas |
| Stephanie | Timothy | Timotheus | |
| Susan | Susanne, Sanne | Victor | Viktor |
| Teresa | Theresia, Therese | Vincent | Vincent, Vinzenz |
| William | Wilhelm | ||
| Zachary |
More German Names
Girls
Adelheid,
Heidi - "noble kind"
Annaliese - blend of Anna + Elisabeth
Brünhilde - "armor" + "battle"
Dagmar - "dear" + "famous"
Elke - form of Adelheid
Frederika - "peace ruler"
Gabriele - Hebrew "man of god" (feminine of Gabriel)
Gisele - "pledge' hostage"
Gertrud - "spear strength"
Hannelore - blend of Hanne (short form of Johanna) + Eleanore
Ilse, Ilsa - pet forms of Elisabeth.
Karin - form of Katharina
Katja - form of Katharina
Klaudia - Latin "lame" (Claudia)
Lena - short form of names ending in -lena (Magdalena, Helena etc.)
Lieselotte - Elisabeth + Charlotte
Lili - Latin "lily"
Martina - feminine of Martin
Monika - unknown, from North African or Phonecian origin
Petra - feminine form of Peter, Greek, "rock"
Sabine - "sabine" - a race of Italians vanquished by
the Romans.
Ulrika - "prosperity power"
Ursula - "bear"
Viktoria - Latin, "victory"
Wilhelmina - feminine of Wilhelm, "will
helmet"
Boys
Bernd
- short form of Bernhard
Bernhard - "strong bear"
Bruno - "brown"
Carsten - form of Christian
Christian - Latin "a christian"
Detlev - "inheritance of the people"
Dieter - "army of the people"
Erich - "sole ruler"
Ernst - "serious business" or "fight to the death"
Fabian - Latin "bean grower"
Felix - Latin "lucky"
Florian - Latin "flowering"
Gunther- "battle army"
Helmut - "sound mind"
Jonas - Hebrew, "dove"
Jürgen - form of George
Kai - possibly from a Latin name of unknown meaning or related
to Gerhard "brave spear."
Kurt - "bold counsel"
Marius - Latin, derived from the name of the god Mars
Rudolf - "famous wolf"
Ruprecht, Rupert - "bright fame"
Sebastian - Greek "from Sebastia"
Tobias - "god is good"
Udo - "prosperity"
Ulrich - "prosperity power"
Werner - "Warin's army"
Wolfgang - "wolf track"