Edit Names
This is a list of common, modern German names. Please add to it.
EditFirst 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):
EditBoys' Names
- Roger
- 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.
EditGirls' 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
EditLast Names
The 51. most common last names in Germany:
- Müller
- Schmidt
- Schneider
- Fischer
- Meyer
- Weber
- Wagner
- Becker
- Schulz
- Hoffmann
- Schäfer
- Koch
- Bauer
- Richter
- Klein
- Wolf
- Schröder
- Neumann
- Schwarz
- Zimmermann
- Braun
- Krüger
- Hofmann
- Hartmann
- Lange
- Schmitt
- Werner
- Schmitz
- Krause
- Meier
- Lehmann
- Schmid
- Schulze
- Maier
- Köhler
- Herrmann
- König
- Walter
- Mayer
- Huber
- Kaiser
- Fuchs
- Peters
- Lang
- Scholz
- Möller
- Weiß
- Jung
- Hahn
- Schubert
- Zächer
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