Most common german names decade by decade.

Popular german names in 1900. For example the surname Meyer means dairy farmer today whereas during the Middle Ages Meyer designated people who were stewards of landholders. Browse this section to read all about the famous. List Of Popular German Last Names Or Surnames.

The list below includes all names in the top 40 during any decade with a record of the decades when they were among the top 40 names. Male Gerhard Günter Hans. Heinz Alfred Kissingers name is a place name meaning a person from Bad Kissingen a famous spa resort town in Franconian Bavaria.

Test your knowledge on this history quiz and compare your score to others. Many Polish-named Germans reside in the Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia and Berlin though they are mostly Germanized by form eg. Male Ernst Friedrich Hans Heinrich Hermann Karl Otto Paul Walter Wilhelm female Anna Bertha Elisabeth Emma Frieda Gertrud Margarethe Maria Marie Martha.

This name is of Teutonic a tribe that inhabited coastal Germany origin which means illustrious. German Boy 1900s Quiz. Traditional German first names.

Rank Name -Quantity Add. Around 1900 people favored strong consonants in first names with Friedrich Fritz Wilhelm or Heinrich for boys and Frieda Margarethe Elisabeth or Bertha for girls. 81 rows Check out these most popular baby names in Germany in the 1900s.

In fact Germany boasts of having had more Nobel Prizes in the sciences than any other nation in the 20th century. Orlowski Schimanski Rudzinski Kowalski Schymanietz Matuzek to. In the early 1900s German names with strong constants were popular such as Friedrich Heinrich and Wilhelm for boys names or Bertha Elisabeth Gertrud Frieda Margarethe and Maria.