German Boy Names

[amickey]

Ulf (meaning Wolf)
Nils
Torsten
Stein

[esia2000]

Here are the names of 4 German brothers that go to my church

1.Johann (FAV
2.Christof
3.Martin (FAV
4.Lucas

Another guy that i know is german and his names is Juilus. I love it.

[dresdendoll]

Dresden or Helmut

[brfechter]

I have traveled to Germany many times and will be moving there in about a year. Maximilian is extremely popular in Germany! NN Max is also nice. I also know Alexander is especially common. The other German name that I love is Carsten, which can also be spelled Karsten. This is the German name for the English Christian. Some other names I've heard in Germany are...

Friedrich nn Fritz
Benjamin
Hans
Johann
Stefan
Rainer
Rupert
Otto
Leon...I've heard this name many times and it's one of my favorites!!!

Hope that helps!

[rin]

Some family friends of ours live in Germany...
Hans
Stefan
Andre
Sebastian nn Sebbe
Elias

ETA: My friend Heidi lives in Germany and has a toddler named Louis.

[taylorblueskye]

Hey!

I am German so I hope I can help you!

First to your list:

Amory/Amery
Barrett
Brant
Chip (as a nn ... maybe Charles nn Chip?)
Emery/Emory
Garrison
Halden
Saxon
Keene
Kellen
Emmet

These names are not German. They might be related to some German names, but I think they all sound 100% English. Oh I just realised Brant could mean Brandt, which is a common family name.


Ebbo - this name sounds German, I know Ebba, probably Northern German, never met a person in my life, so it is very rare.

Fritz
Wulf (same as wolf)
Heinrich
Otto

These names are all pretty dated, though Otto might be getting ready for a comeback.

Jaeger - the original spelling is Jäger, what translates into "Jaeger" , it is a common family name (Hunter), family names aren't used as first names (neither are place names) but it still would be German, might work fine!

I'm not sure if you're looking for a name that is typical in Germany or a name with Germanic roots. Especially for boys these Germanic names aren't very popular right now. But many names from other origins (i.e. biblical) have "German" versions, Elijah = Elias, Jonah = Jonas.

I have a website for you, because of course I could give you a list of sooo many names, but sometimes it's hard to tell which ones would actually work abroad.

So, here is the Top 500 from 2011:

http://www.beliebte-vornamen.de/jahr...11/top500-2011


Here is the Top 35 from 1988

http://www.beliebte-vornamen.de/jahrgang/j1988


Some names that are very common and popular in Germany (last 30 years)

Finn, Sebastian, Felix, Tim, Christian, Florian, Fabian, Tobias, Julian, Simon, Leon, Matthias, Lars, Max, Philipp, Lukas, Alexander

They might not have a German origin, but I still see them as "very German" if you know what I mean.

Also the boys and men in my family are called:

Boys:
Lu.kas
Pas.cal
Nils
Christopher
Dus.tin (totally not German)

Men:
Jens
Johan.nes
Ger.hard
Lu.zian

Friends:
Felix
Christian
Marius
Ti.mo
Mal.te
Alex
Mic.hael
Dan.iel
Kars.ten
Chris

Hope I could help a little!

[julia johanna]

My family is German too I love Maximilian nn Max... I think it's very traditional but still sounds current. I have a cousin named Thilo (tee-lo) and an uncle named Axel, I've always thought those were great names! Some others...

Benno (means bear)
Arno (means eagle)
Alaric
Roderick
Friedrich nn Fritz (to honor Frieda...)
Ansel

Also love Otto from your list! (I have a thing for -o endings if you couldn't tell!!)

[jshores]

@taylorblueskye

Amory/Amery
Barrett
Brant
Chip (as a nn ... maybe Charles nn Chip?)
Emery/Emory
Garrison
Halden
Saxon
Keene
Kellen
Emmet

Actually all of those are German. They may not be super popular in Germany now, but they all come from German roots.

[mind_the_gap]

My great grandpa came to the U.S. from Austria in 1882 and his name was August. My great grandpa on the other side (born in the U.S. with German immigrant parents) was Gerhard. His father was Matthias, though I don't know if that's German or just a name popular in the 1800's.

I love August!

[taylorblueskye]

@taylorblueskye

Amory/Amery
Barrett
Brant
Chip (as a nn ... maybe Charles nn Chip?)
Emery/Emory
Garrison
Halden
Saxon
Keene
Kellen
Emmet

Actually all of those are German. They may not be super popular in Germany now, but they all come from German roots.

As I said, they might be somehow related to German names and therefore have German roots, but these names are English (spelling) variations. I can't even find most of them in name books here:

Brant might be a version of Brandt (surname), Saxon might be a version of the area name Saxony. But even the word Saxony is English, the German name is Sachsen. Chip is a version of Charles, which is the English version of the German name Karl. So that's what I mean, they aren't really German. If a child would be called Amory in Germany everyone would be like "oh an English name".

You can probably find German roots in most name, if you just go far enough, as you would find French or Skandinavian roots, but I wouldn't consider them German / French / Skandinavian then.