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Popular german names of the 1900s. Male Ernst Friedrich Hans Heinrich Hermann Karl Otto Paul Walter Wilhelm female Anna Bertha Elisabeth Emma Frieda Gertrud Margarethe Maria Marie Martha. Different spellings of similar. Although the name means of the Franks Germanic tribe the name only became popular in Germany in the 19th century because of the English name.

It is a spelling variant of the German name Eicher which comes from the word Eich meaning an oak tree. For instance Schmidt which is ranked No. Stein is a popular German-Jewish name and means stone.

Information from Beliebte Vornamen. 81 rows Check out these most popular baby names in Germany in the 1900s. History of baby names in Germany 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 for girls names.

Rank Name -Quantity Add. Name Number Name Number. The top baby names of the 1900s include some choices back in style or even past their most recent peak such as Lillian and Leo Josephine and Jack.

It is a contracted form of the Old High German name Dagobert. 24 and Schmid No. According to babyMed and other websites some of the most popular German baby names in the 1900s were as follows.

Where variations of a spelling of a surname occurred those monikers are listed as separate names. Harold was 13 in the 1900s peaked in the 1910s left the Top 100 in the 1940s and remained in rare use until the early 2000s with a dampener put on it by Mr Holts watery demise. Fred Freddy Short form of names like Alfred or Manfred as well as a variation of Frederic Frederick or Friedrich.