The poor guy was miserable.

Most popular names germany. Popular names for boys in Germany Elias. German Girls First Names - Vornamen. Mika Mica Micah Mikah.

Many German families repeat the spiritual names very common to find girls in one family all being called Maria. Noah has overtaken the top spot for the first time in nine years but just. A boy named Hans or Fritz or Wilhelm will stand out like a sore thumb.

Maria is also one of the popular female names in German. Luca Louca Luka Louka. Of Hebrew origin the name Elias goes back to the prophet Elija and means My God is Yahweh.

There was little change in the names that featured in this years list although there were a few surprises. For baby girls the most popular name in 2020 was Emilia. One of the common German female names gotten from a saint is Joanna or Anna.

The second female names were now the native female names in Germany. Most German surnames derive either from archaic professions such as Schmidt Müller Weber or Schäfer or places. Researcher Knud Bielefeld based in Ahrensburg Schleswig-Holstein had expected the name Greta to have shot up.

This word cloud was created using some of the most common words used in the meanings of names with German origins. I once told a 20-something year old Helmut that he and my grandpa share the name. Male Gerhard Günter Hans.