German Names for Boys

There are 886 German names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are German names 1 to 20. Aaron was the most popular among these names in 2007 with a rank of #52 and a usage of 0.4022%. The name is primarily used in English, German, Hebrew, and Polish, and it was followed in popularity by the English, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adrian, the Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adam, the Breton, English, German, and Scottish Alan, the Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew Abraham, the English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Abel, and the Arabic and German name, Ahmad. The unusual German names are Achatius (German and Latinized), Achaz (German), Achill (English and German), Achilles (German and Latinized), Achim (German), Achmed (Arabic and German), Adalbero (German), Adelbert (Dutch and German), Adelmar (German), Adolf (German), Adolph (English and German), Aegidius (German), and Ahlf (German).

German names are all-time favorites. Currently they are still very popular baby names for boys, though they were in more widespread use previously. At the height of their usage in 1952, 35.180% of baby boys were given German names. There were 110 German names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. German names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2007, 113 German names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 17.373%. Within all German names, the Czech, English, and German Michael was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #2 and a usage of 0.9915%.

GERMAN NAMES:

Aaron 52 ... enlightened, exalted, ... used in the English, German, Hebrew, and Polish ...

Abel 344 ... breath, vapor ... in English, French, German, Portuguese, and ...

Abraham 192 ... father of a multitude ... in the Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew languages ...

Achatius ... God is holding ... is mainly used in the German and Latinized ...

Achaz ... God is holding ...Achaz is a German name of Hebrew origin ...

Achill ... pain, lipless ... in the English and German languages. ...

Achilles ... pain, lipless ... is a German and Latinized name of Old Greek ...

Achim ... Yahweh will establish, ... is used chiefly in German and it is derived from ...

Achmed ... most praiseworthy ... in the Arabic and German languages ...

Adalbero ... noble bear ... is used chiefly in German and its origin is German ...

Adam 65 ... man ... Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Romanian, and ...

Adelbert ... nobly famous ...

Adelmar ... noble, honorable; great, ...

Adolf ... noble wolf ... is largely used in the German language and it is ...

Adolph ... noble wolf ...Adolph is used chiefly in English and German ...

Adrian 61 ... man from Hadria; dark ... chiefly in the English, German, Polish, Romanian, and ...

Aegidius ... young goat, goat skin ... is used mainly in the German language. ...

Ahlf ... noble wolf ... is primarily used in German and its language of ...

Ahmad 555 ... most praiseworthy ...It is used largely in Arabic and German ...

Alan 129 ... little rock; harmony, ... in the Breton, English, German, and Scottish ...