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German Names for Boys

There are 1440 German names for baby boys.

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, 35.789% of baby boys were given German names. There were 131 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 2011, 126 German names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 18.570%. Within all German names, the Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian Jacob was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 1.0013%.

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GERMAN NAMES:

Aaron Popularity Trend of Aaron
from 1900 to 2011. 
2011 Rank: 50 50 enlightened; mountain of strength, ... used in the English, German, Hebrew, and Polish ...

Abel Popularity Trend of Abel
from 1900 to 2011. 
2011 Rank: 237 237 breath, vapor; son; noble strength; ... in the English, French, German, Portuguese, and ...

Abraham Popularity Trend of Abraham
from 1900 to 2011. 
2011 Rank: 192 192 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 and Hebrew name of Hebrew origin ...

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

Achilles pain; lipless ... is an English, German, and Latinized name of ...

Achim Yahweh will establish, established ...Achim is used chiefly in English and German ...

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

Achmet most praiseworthy ... it is used largely in German. ...

Adal noble, honorable; just; honest; ... predominantly in the German language, and it is ...

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

Adalbert nobly famous; white ... as AADaaLBehRT (German) † ...

Adalric noble ruler ... primarily used in the German language and it is of ...

Adalrich noble ruler ...

Adam Popularity Trend of Adam
from 1900 to 2011. 
2011 Rank: 81 81 man; to make ... is pronounced in Dutch, German and Polish as AADaaM, ...

Adelar noble, honorable; eagle; army, warrior ...

Adelbert Popularity Trend of Adelbert
from 1900 to 2011. nobly famous; white ...

Adelmar nobly famous ... is used chiefly in the German language and its origin ...

Adelrich noble ruler ... is largely used in German and its origin is German ...


Popularity Trend
for German Names
from 1900 to 2011Variant Popularity Chart
for German Names
in 2006