From the Old German name Frithuric meaning peaceful ruler.

Popular german american names. Jürgen makes a truly unique baby name. A very cool and rare German name for boys that means courageous people. Of Hebrew origin the name Elias goes back to the prophet Elija and means My God is Yahweh.

Most German surnames derive either from archaic professions such as Schmidt Müller Weber or Schäfer or places. On the surface it may seem obvious that the Beckers were bakers by trade. In ancient Greek mythologie Linos is the son of Apollo and brother of Orpheus.

One who is of. Finally if youre looking for a specific baby name or nationality make sure to check out one of our many other categories. The most popular German names for boys in 2016 were.

The majority of landed gentry and Germanic nobility did not emigrate from Germany to the United States due to the lack of a necessity to do so. A French version of Émile the German Emil describes someone whos eager hardworking and imitating going back to Latin. First names for baby girls in Germany have been becoming pretty monotonous in recent years with more and more girls sharing the same name as well as popular names repeating similar sounds for example Emma Emilia Ella and Mila.

Most popular baby girl names. Polish names in Germany abound as a result of over 100000 people including 130000 Ruhrpolen immigrating westward from the Polish-speaking areas of the German. A very famous noble person.

For boys the top German name in the US is William. Browse below for German Baby Names which includes gender meaning and origin. This word cloud was created using some of the most common words used in the meanings of names with German origins.