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

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Eberwin

/EH-BEH-RVEE-N/

Meaning: Boar

Origin: German

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Eckart

/EH-CKAH-RT/

Meaning: Variant of Ekkehard

Origin: German

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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

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Eckhard

/EH-CKHAH-RD/

Meaning: Variant of Ekkehard

Origin: German

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Eckhart

/EH-CKHAH-RT/

Meaning: Variant of Ekkehard

Origin: German

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Edgar

/ET-gahr/

Meaning: Wealth, fortune

Origin: Old English

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Edi

/EH-DEE/

Meaning: Croatian and German diminutive of Eduard, and a Slovene diminutive of Edvard.

Origin: German

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Edmund

/EH-DMOO-ND/

Meaning: Rich protection

Origin: German

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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

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Edward

/EH-DVAH-RD/

Meaning: Rich guard

Origin: German

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Egbert

/EH-GBEH-RT/

Meaning: Bright edge

Origin: German

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Egilmar

/EH-GEE-LMAH-R/

Meaning: Edge, blade

Origin: German

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Egon

/EH-gohn/

Meaning: Edge, blade

Origin: Germanic

Famous Namesakes:
  • 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.
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Eike

/EYEKEH/

Meaning: Edge, blade

Origin: German

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Ekkehard

/EH-KKEH-HAH-RD/

Meaning: Edge of a sword brave

Origin: German

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Ekkehardt

/EH-KKEH-HAH-RDT/

Meaning: Variant of Ekkehard

Origin: German

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Eli

/EH-LEE/

Meaning: Noble and strength

Origin: German

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Elias

/eh-LEE-ahs/

Meaning: My God is Yahweh

Origin: Hebrew

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Elijah

/EH-LEE-YAH-H/

Meaning: My God is Yahweh

Origin: German

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Elkanah

/EH-LKAH-NAH-H/

Meaning: God has purchased

Origin: German

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Elmar

/EH-LMAH-R/

Meaning: Modern German form of Adelmar or Egilmar.

Origin: German

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Emanuel

/EH-MAH-NOO-EH-L/

Meaning: Form of Emmanuel in several languages.

Origin: German

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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

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Emmerich

/EH-MMEH-REE-KH/

Meaning: Ruler, king

Origin: German

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Engel

/EH-NGEH-L/

Meaning: Angel

Origin: German

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Engelbert

/EH-NGEH-LBEH-RT/

Meaning: Angel

Origin: German

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Erdmann

/EH-RDMAH-NN/

Meaning: Earth man

Origin: German

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Erhard

/EH-RHAH-RD/

Meaning: Honour, respect

Origin: German

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Eric

/EH-REE-C/

Meaning: Ever ruler

Origin: German

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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

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Ermenrich

/EH-RMEH-NREE-KH/

Meaning: Great, immense

Origin: German

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Ernest

/EH-RNEH-ST/

Meaning: Serious, earnest

Origin: German

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Erni

/EH-RNEE/

Meaning: Diminutive of Ernst, Ernestine and other names beginning with Ern.

Origin: German

Famous Namesakes:
  • 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.
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Ernst

/ERNST/

Meaning: Serious, earnest

Origin: Germanic

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Erwin

/ER-veen/

Meaning: Army

Origin: Old High German

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Erzsebet

/EH-RTSSEH-BEH-T/

Meaning: A noble and historical name

Origin: German

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Esau

/EH-SAH-OO/

Meaning: Hairy, rough

Origin: German

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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

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Evelyn

/EH-FEH-LYN/

Meaning: From an English surname that was derived from the given name Aveline [1].

Origin: German

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Ewald

/EH-VAH-LD/

Meaning: Law ruler

Origin: German

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