German Girl Names Starting With "I"
Authentic German feminine names beginning with the letter I.
Ida
/EE-DAH/Meaning: Work, industrious
Origin: German
Ilka
/EE-LKAH/Meaning: Hungarian diminutive of Ilona.
Origin: German
Ilona
/EE-LOH-NAH/Meaning: Joy
Origin: German
Ilsa
/EE-LSAH/Meaning: Variant of Ilse
Origin: German
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Ilse
/EE-LSEH/Meaning: Pledged to God
Origin: German
Ima
/EE-MAH/Meaning: Variant of Emma
Origin: German
Ina
/EE-NAH/Meaning: Short form of names
Origin: German
Ines
/EE-NEH-S/Meaning: Variant of In
Origin: German
Inga
/EE-NGAH/Meaning: Strictly feminine form of Inge.
Origin: German
Ingeborg
/EE-NGEH-BOH-RG/Meaning: Ing's protection
Origin: German
Ingeburg
/EE-NGEH-BOO-RG/Meaning: Variant of Ingeborg
Origin: German
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Ingelore
/EE-NGEH-LOH-REH/Meaning: Combination of Inge and Eleonore.
Origin: German
Ingrid
/EE-NGREE-D/Meaning: Ing's beauty
Origin: German
Inka
/EE-NKAH/Meaning: Finnish and Frisian feminine form of Inge.
Origin: German
Irene
/EE-REH-NEH/Meaning: Peace
Origin: German
Iris
/EE-REE-S/Meaning: Rainbow
Origin: German
- Iris (anatomy) - The iris (pl.: irides or irises) is a thin, ring-shaped structure in the eye in most mammals and birds that is responsible for controlling the diameter and size of the pupil, and thus the amount of light reaching the retina. In optical terms, the pupil is the eye's aperture, while the iris is the diaphragm.
Irma
/EE-RMAH/Meaning: Whole, great
Origin: German
Irmengard
/EE-RMEH-NGAH-RD/Meaning: German form of Ermengard.
Origin: German
Irmentrud
/EE-RMEH-NTROO-D/Meaning: German form of Ermendrud.
Origin: German
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Irmgard
/EE-RMGAH-RD/Meaning: Universal guard
Origin: German
Irmhild
/EE-RMHEE-LD/Meaning: Whole, great
Origin: German
Irmingard
/EE-RMEE-NGAH-RD/Meaning: German form of Ermengard.
Origin: German
Irmtraud
/EE-RMTRAH-OO-D/Meaning: German contracted form of Ermendrud.
Origin: German
Irmtraut
/EE-RMTRAH-OO-T/Meaning: Variant of Irmtraud
Origin: German
Irmtrud
/EE-RMTROO-D/Meaning: Variant of Irmtraud
Origin: German
Isa
/EE-SAH/Meaning: Short form of Isabella
Origin: German
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Isabel
/EE-SAH-BEH-L/Meaning: Medieval Occitan form of Elizabeth.
Origin: German
Isabell
/EE-SAH-BEH-LL/Meaning: Variant of Isabel
Origin: German
Isabella
/EE-SAH-BEH-LLAH/Meaning: Latinate form of Isabel.
Origin: German
Isabelle
/EE-SAH-BEH-LLEH/Meaning: French form of Isabel.
Origin: German
Iscah
/EE-SCAH-H/Meaning: To behold
Origin: German
Iseult
/EE-SOYLT/Meaning: Ice
Origin: German
Ishtar
/EE-SHTAH-R/Meaning: Ishtar was an Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian goddess who presided over love, war and fertility.
Origin: German
Isidora
/EE-SEE-DOH-RAH/Meaning: Feminine form of Isidore.
Origin: German
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Isolde
/EE-SOH-LDEH/Meaning: German form of Iseult, meaning 'ice ruler' or 'iron ruler', famous from Arthurian legend and Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde.
Origin: German
Ivonne
/EE-FOH-NNEH/Meaning: Variant of Yvonne
Origin: German