German Boy Names Starting With "E"
Authentic German masculine names beginning with the letter E.
Eberhard
/EH-ber-hart/Meaning: Brave wild boar
Origin: Old High German
Eberwin
/EH-BEH-RVEE-N/Meaning: Boar
Origin: German
Eckart
/EH-CKAH-RT/Meaning: Variant of Ekkehard
Origin: German
Eckbert
/EH-CKBEH-RT/Meaning: German cognate of Egbert.
Origin: German
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Eckehard
/EH-CKEH-HAH-RD/Meaning: Variant of Ekkehard
Origin: German
Eckhard
/EH-CKHAH-RD/Meaning: Variant of Ekkehard
Origin: German
Eckhart
/EH-CKHAH-RT/Meaning: Variant of Ekkehard
Origin: German
Edgar
/ET-gahr/Meaning: Wealth, fortune
Origin: Old English
Edi
/EH-DEE/Meaning: Croatian and German diminutive of Eduard, and a Slovene diminutive of Edvard.
Origin: German
Edmund
/EH-DMOO-ND/Meaning: Rich protection
Origin: German
Eduard
/EH-doo-ahrt/Meaning: Form of Edward in various languages.
Origin: Old English
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Edvard
/EH-DFAH-RD/Meaning: Form of Edward in several languages.
Origin: German
Edward
/EH-DVAH-RD/Meaning: Rich guard
Origin: German
Egbert
/EH-GBEH-RT/Meaning: Bright edge
Origin: German
Egilmar
/EH-GEE-LMAH-R/Meaning: Edge, blade
Origin: German
Egon
/EH-gohn/Meaning: Edge, blade
Origin: Germanic
- Egon Schiele - Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele (German: [ˈeːɡɔn ˈʃiːlə] ; 12 June 1890 – 31 October 1918) was an Austrian Expressionist painter. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and for the many self-portraits the artist produced, including nude self-portraits.
- Egon Krenz - Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz (German pronunciation: [ˈeːgɔn ˈkʁɛnts]; born 19 March 1937) is a German former politician who was the last Communist leader of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) during the Revolutions of 1989. He succeeded Erich Honecker as the General Secretary of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) but was forced to resign only weeks later when the Berlin Wall fell.
- Egon Pearson - Egon Sharpe Pearson (11 August 1895 – 12 June 1980) was one of three children of Karl Pearson and Maria, née Sharpe, and, like his father, a British statistician.
Eike
/EYEKEH/Meaning: Edge, blade
Origin: German
Ekkehard
/EH-KKEH-HAH-RD/Meaning: Edge of a sword brave
Origin: German
Ekkehardt
/EH-KKEH-HAH-RDT/Meaning: Variant of Ekkehard
Origin: German
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Eli
/EH-LEE/Meaning: Noble and strength
Origin: German
Elias
/eh-LEE-ahs/Meaning: My God is Yahweh
Origin: Hebrew
Elijah
/EH-LEE-YAH-H/Meaning: My God is Yahweh
Origin: German
Elkanah
/EH-LKAH-NAH-H/Meaning: God has purchased
Origin: German
Elmar
/EH-LMAH-R/Meaning: Modern German form of Adelmar or Egilmar.
Origin: German
Emanuel
/EH-MAH-NOO-EH-L/Meaning: Form of Emmanuel in several languages.
Origin: German
Emil
/EH-meel/Meaning: Rival, industrious
Origin: Latin
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Emmanuel
/EH-MMAH-NOO-EH-L/Meaning: God is with us
Origin: German
Emmerich
/EH-MMEH-REE-KH/Meaning: Ruler, king
Origin: German
Engel
/EH-NGEH-L/Meaning: Angel
Origin: German
Engelbert
/EH-NGEH-LBEH-RT/Meaning: Angel
Origin: German
Erdmann
/EH-RDMAH-NN/Meaning: Earth man
Origin: German
Erhard
/EH-RHAH-RD/Meaning: Honour, respect
Origin: German
Eric
/EH-REE-C/Meaning: Ever ruler
Origin: German
Erich
/EH-rikh/Meaning: German form of Eric.
Origin: Old Norse
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Erik
/EH-REE-K/Meaning: Scandinavian form of Eric.
Origin: German
Ermenrich
/EH-RMEH-NREE-KH/Meaning: Great, immense
Origin: German
Ernest
/EH-RNEH-ST/Meaning: Serious, earnest
Origin: German
Erni
/EH-RNEE/Meaning: Diminutive of Ernst, Ernestine and other names beginning with Ern.
Origin: German
- Hans Erni - Hans Erni (February 21, 1909 – March 21, 2015) was a Swiss graphic designer, painter, illustrator, engraver and sculptor. Born in Lucerne, the third of eight siblings, to a cabin cruiser engineer, he studied art at the Académie Julian in Paris and later in Berlin, and admired artists such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.
- Ernie Lively - Ernie Lively (born Ernest Wilson Brown Jr.; January 29, 1947 – June 3, 2021) was an American actor and acting coach, the adoptive father of actors Lori Lively, Jason Lively, and Robyn Lively, and father of actors Eric Lively and Blake Lively. He took his wife's name from her prior marriage to Ronald Lively, changing his surname from Brown to Lively.
- Erni Maissen - Ernst "Erni" Maissen (born 1 January 1958) is a Swiss former footballer who played as a midfielder or striker during the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. He is best known for his three spells at FC Basel.
Ernst
/ERNST/Meaning: Serious, earnest
Origin: Germanic
Erwin
/ER-veen/Meaning: Army
Origin: Old High German
Erzsebet
/EH-RTSSEH-BEH-T/Meaning: A noble and historical name
Origin: German
Esau
/EH-SAH-OO/Meaning: Hairy, rough
Origin: German
Eugen
/OYGEH-N/Meaning: German, Romanian, Slovak and Croatian form of Eugenius (see Eugene).
Origin: German
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Eugene
/OYGEH-NEH/Meaning: Well born
Origin: German
Evelyn
/EH-FEH-LYN/Meaning: From an English surname that was derived from the given name Aveline [1].
Origin: German
Ewald
/EH-VAH-LD/Meaning: Law ruler
Origin: German