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Names

This is a list of common, modern German names. Please add to it.

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First Names

German names have undergone a drastic change in the last 60 years. Older, "typical" German names like Hans, Fritz, Heinrich, Karl or Wilhelm are now uncommon in contemporary Germany. Today many parents give their children names like (ten most popular names 2005):


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Boys' Names

• Maximilian
• Alexander
• Leon
• Paul
• Lukas/Lucas
• Felix
• David
• Tim
• Gerhard, Gerd, Gert*
• Johannes, Jan
• Philipp
• Ingo*
• Jonas
• Peter
• Michael
• Patrick
• Thomas
• Jens
• Wolfgang*
• Andreas
• Günter / Günther*
• Claus / Klaus
• Stefan / Stephan, Steffen
• Jürgen*
• Werner*
• Hans*
• Fritz*
• Heinrich*
• Uwe*
• Rudi*
• Dieter*
• Harald*
• Nils/Niels (Often used in Northgermany and the scandinavian countries; Comes from the older name Nikolaus/Nicolaus)
• Jakob
• Josef
• Christian
• Niklas

Note: The names marked with * are getting rather unusual.

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Girls' Names

• Ursula, Ulla*
• Helga*
• Karin*
• Ingrid*
• Renate*
• Monica / Monika
• Giesela / Gisela*
• Petra*
• Birgit / Birgitt*
• Nina
• Susanne
• Sabine
• Charlotte / Lotte
• Jana, Janine
• Katharina
• Silke
• Marie
• Sophie
• Maria
• Anna, Anne
• Lea(h)
• Lara
• Laura
• Lena
• Leonie
• Lisa
• Julia
• Sara(h)
• Isabel, Isabelle
• Heidi
• Inga
• Nicole
• Marina
• Angela

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Last Names

The 51. most common last names in Germany:

1. Müller
2. Schmidt
3. Schneider
4. Fischer
5. Meyer
6. Weber
7. Wagner
8. Becker
9. Schulz
10. Hoffmann
11. Schäfer
12. Koch
13. Bauer
14. Richter
15. Klein
16. Wolf
17. Schröder
18. Neumann
19. Schwarz
20. Zimmermann
21. Braun
22. Krüger
23. Hofmann
24. Hartmann
25. Lange
26. Schmitt
27. Werner
28. Schmitz
29. Krause
30. Meier
31. Lehmann
32. Schmid
33. Schulze
34. Maier
35. Köhler
36. Herrmann
37. König
38. Walter
39. Mayer
40. Huber
41. Kaiser
42. Fuchs
43. Peters
44. Lang
45. Scholz
46. Möller
47. Weiß
48. Jung
49. Hahn
50. Schubert
51. Zächer