Rare German Names
Curated selection of names that perfectly capture the "rare" aesthetic.
A
Aaron
/AH-rawn/Meaning: High mountain
Origin: Hebrew
- Aaron Altaras (German actor)
- Aaron Hunt (German professional footballer)
Abraham
/AH-BRAH-HAH-M/Meaning: Father of many
Origin: German
Ada
/AH-dah/Meaning: Noble
Origin: Germanic
Adalbert
/AH-dahl-bert/Meaning: Old German form of Albert.
Origin: Old High German
Adalwin
/AH-DAH-LVEE-N/Meaning: Noble
Origin: German
Adam
/AH-dahm/Meaning: Man
Origin: Hebrew
Adelmar
/AH-DEH-LMAH-R/Meaning: Noble
Origin: German
Albert
/AHL-bert/Meaning: Noble and famous
Origin: Germanic
- Albert Einstein (Nobel Prize-winning German theoretical physicist)
- Albert, Prince Consort (German-born husband of Britain's Queen Victoria)
Albina
/AH-LBEE-NAH/Meaning: White, bright
Origin: German
Alena
/AH-LEH-NAH/Meaning: Bright, shining
Origin: German
Alex
/AH-LEH-X/Meaning: Short form of Alexander
Origin: German
Alida
/AH-LEE-DAH/Meaning: Noble, small wing
Origin: German
Alois
/AH-lo-ees/Meaning: Famous warrior
Origin: Old High German
Alwin
/AHL-veen/Meaning: Contracted form of Adalwin.
Origin: Old High German
Amelia
/AH-MEH-LEE-AH/Meaning: Work, industrious
Origin: Latin
Ana
/AH-NAH/Meaning: Grace, favor
Origin: German
Andi
/AH-NDEE/Meaning: Diminutive of Andrea 2 (English) or Andreas (German).
Origin: German
Andre
/AH-NDREH/Meaning: English form of André.
Origin: German
Andrew
/AH-NDREH-V/Meaning: Manly, masculine
Origin: German
Angela
/AHN-ge-lah/Meaning: Messenger of God, angel
Origin: Greek
Anika
/AH-NEE-KAH/Meaning: Grace, favor
Origin: German
Anita
/AH-NEE-TAH/Meaning: Grace, favor
Origin: German
Anne
/AH-NNEH/Meaning: French form of Anna.
Origin: German
Annelie
/AH-NNEH-LEE/Meaning: Short form of Anneliese
Origin: German
Anneliese
/AH-NNEH-LEESEH/Meaning: Grace and pledged to God
Origin: German
Annelore
/AH-NNEH-LOH-REH/Meaning: Combination of Anne 1 and Eleonore.
Origin: German
Antonina
/AH-NTOH-NEE-NAH/Meaning: Feminine form of Antoninus.
Origin: German
Apollo
/AH-POH-LLOH/Meaning: Strength
Origin: German
Arnd
/AH-RND/Meaning: Short form of Arnold
Origin: German
Arndt
/AH-RNDT/Meaning: Short form of Arnold
Origin: German
Arne
/AH-RNEH/Meaning: Diminutive of Arnold.
Origin: German
Arno
/AH-RNOH/Meaning: Eagle power
Origin: German
Arnold
/AHR-nohlt/Meaning: Eagle power
Origin: Germanic
Arnulf
/AH-RNOO-LF/Meaning: Eagle
Origin: German
Artemis
/AH-RTEH-MEE-S/Meaning: Safe
Origin: German
Aurelius
/AH-OO-REH-LEE-OO-S/Meaning: Golden, gilded
Origin: Latin
B
Bastian
/BAHS-tee-ahn/Meaning: Short form of Sebastian
Origin: Greek
Beata
/BEH-AH-TAH/Meaning: Blessed
Origin: German
Beate
/BEH-AH-TEH/Meaning: German form of Beata.
Origin: German
Beatrix
/beh-AH-triks/Meaning: Voyager, traveller
Origin: Latin
Ben
/BEN/Meaning: Son of the right hand
Origin: Hebrew
Benedetta
/BEH-NEH-DEH-TTAH/Meaning: Italian feminine form of Benedict.
Origin: German
Benjamin
/BEH-NYAH-MEE-N/Meaning: Son of the right hand
Origin: German
Bert
/BEH-RT/Meaning: Bright
Origin: German
Bertha
/BEH-RTAH/Meaning: Bright, famous
Origin: Greek
Bodo
/BOH-DOH/Meaning: Messenger, ruler
Origin: German
Brigitte
/bree-GI-teh/Meaning: Exalted one
Origin: Celtic
Brynhildr
/BRYNHEE-LDR/Meaning: Old Norse cognate of Brunhild.
Origin: German
Burchard
/BOO-RKHAH-RD/Meaning: Variant of Burkhard
Origin: German
Burgheard
/BOO-RGHEH-AH-RD/Meaning: Fortress
Origin: German
Burkhart
/BOO-RKHAH-RT/Meaning: Variant of Burkhard
Origin: German
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C
Cacilia
/CAH-CEE-LEE-AH/Meaning: Noble, classic
Origin: Latin
Carlo
/CAH-RLOH/Meaning: Italian form of Charles.
Origin: German
Carloman
/CAH-RLOH-MAH-N/Meaning: Man
Origin: German
Cassandra
/CAH-SSAH-NDRAH/Meaning: Shining upon man
Origin: German
Catharina
/CAH-TAH-REE-NAH/Meaning: Dutch and Swedish form of Katherine.
Origin: Greek
Chris
/KHREE-S/Meaning: Short form of Christopher
Origin: German
Christine
/KHREE-STEE-NEH/Meaning: French form of Christina, as well as a variant in other languages.
Origin: German
Christos
/KHREE-STOH-S/Meaning: Noble and strength
Origin: German
Cillian
/CEE-LLEE-AH-N/Meaning: Church
Origin: German
Clara
/KLAH-rah/Meaning: Clear, bright
Origin: Latin
- Clara Schumann (Distinguished German pianist and composer depicted on the 100 DM banknote)
- Clara Zetkin (German Marxist theorist and advocate for women's rights)
Claudius
/CLAH-OO-DEE-OO-S/Meaning: Lame, crippled
Origin: Latin
Constantine
/COH-NSTAH-NTEE-NEH/Meaning: Bold, wise
Origin: German
Cora
/KO-rah/Meaning: Short form of Cordula
Origin: Greek
Cyrill
/CYREE-LL/Meaning: Upper German form of Cyril.
Origin: German
D
Dana
/DAH-NAH/Meaning: Feminine form of Daniel or Dan 1.
Origin: German
Debora
/DEH-BOH-RAH/Meaning: Italian, Dutch and German form of Deborah.
Origin: German
Deborah
/DEH-BOH-RAH-H/Meaning: Bee
Origin: German
Didi
/DEE-DEE/Meaning: Diminutive of Dieter.
Origin: German
Dierk
/DEERK/Meaning: Ruler of the people
Origin: German
Diethelm
/DEETEH-LM/Meaning: People
Origin: Greek
Dietlind
/DEETLEE-ND/Meaning: Variant of Dietlinde
Origin: German
Diocletian
/DEE-OH-CLEH-TEE-AH-N/Meaning: Glory of Zeus
Origin: German
Dionysius
/DEE-OH-NYSEE-OO-S/Meaning: Latin form of Dionysios.
Origin: Latin
Dirk
/DEERK/Meaning: Ruler of the people
Origin: Germanic
Dora
/DOH-RAH/Meaning: Short form of Dorothy
Origin: German
Doris
/DO-ris/Meaning: Dorian woman
Origin: Greek
E
Eberhard
/EH-ber-hart/Meaning: Brave wild boar
Origin: Old High German
Edeltraud
/EH-DEH-LTRAH-OO-D/Meaning: Noble strength
Origin: German
Elfriede
/EH-LFREEDEH/Meaning: Elf strength, peaceful strength
Origin: German
Elisabetta
/EH-LEE-SAH-BEH-TTAH/Meaning: Italian form of Elizabeth.
Origin: German
Elmar
/EH-LMAH-R/Meaning: Modern German form of Adelmar or Egilmar.
Origin: German
Elsa
/EL-sah/Meaning: Pledged to God
Origin: German
Elvira
/EH-LFEE-RAH/Meaning: Happy
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
Emily
/EH-MEE-LY/Meaning: English feminine form of Aemilius (see Emil) [1][2][3].
Origin: German
Erich
/EH-rikh/Meaning: German form of Eric.
Origin: Old Norse
Erika
/EH-REE-KAH/Meaning: Eternal ruler
Origin: German
Ermengard
/EH-RMEH-NGAH-RD/Meaning: Whole, great
Origin: German
Ermenrich
/EH-RMEH-NREE-KH/Meaning: Great, immense
Origin: German
Ermentrude
/EH-RMEH-NTROO-DEH/Meaning: Variant of Ermendrud
Origin: German
Erwin
/ER-veen/Meaning: Army
Origin: Old High German
Eva
/EH-fah/Meaning: Form of Eve used in various languages.
Origin: Hebrew
Evelin
/EH-FEH-LEE-N/Meaning: German, Estonian and Hungarian form of Evelina.
Origin: German
F
Franklin
/FRAH-NKLEE-N/Meaning: Freeman
Origin: German
Franze
/FRAH-NTSEH/Meaning: Noble, classic
Origin: German
Franziska
/FRAH-NTSEE-SKAH/Meaning: German feminine form of Franciscus (see Francis).
Origin: German
Freddy
/FREH-DDY/Meaning: Diminutive of Frederick and other names containing the same element.
Origin: German
Fredy
/FREH-DY/Meaning: Variant of Freddy
Origin: German
Friedemann
/FREEDEH-MAH-NN/Meaning: Man of peace
Origin: German
Fritz
/FREE-TTS/Meaning: Peaceful ruler
Origin: German
G
Gabriela
/GAH-BREELAH/Meaning: Feminine form of Gabriel.
Origin: German
Gaius
/GAH-EE-OO-S/Meaning: Noble and strength
Origin: Latin
Gebhard
/GEH-BHAH-RD/Meaning: Brave giver
Origin: German
Gerald
/GEH-RAH-LD/Meaning: Power of the spear
Origin: German
Gerd
/GEH-RD/Meaning: Brave with the spear, enclosure
Origin: German
Gerfried
/GEH-RFREED/Meaning: Spear
Origin: German
Gerhild
/GEH-RHEE-LD/Meaning: Spear
Origin: German
Gerold
/GEH-ROH-LD/Meaning: German form of Gerald.
Origin: German
Gerta
/GEH-RTAH/Meaning: Short form of Gertrud
Origin: German
Gertrud
/GEH-RTROO-D/Meaning: Spear of strength
Origin: German
Giannina
/GEE-AH-NNEE-NAH/Meaning: Diminutive of Giovanna.
Origin: German
Gisela
/GEE-SEH-LAH/Meaning: Pledge, hostage
Origin: German
- Gisela of Hungary (German princess who became Queen of Hungary, canonized as blessed)
- Gisela Uhlen (Famous German film and stage actress)
Gitta
/GEE-TTAH/Meaning: Short form of Brigitta
Origin: German
Goteleib
/GOH-TEH-LEYEB/Meaning: God
Origin: German
Gotthilf
/GOH-TTEE-LF/Meaning: God
Origin: Greek
Gottschalk
/GOH-TTSHAH-LK/Meaning: God
Origin: German
Gretchen
/GREH-TKHEH-N/Meaning: German diminutive of Margarete.
Origin: German
Gretel
/GREH-TEH-L/Meaning: Diminutive of Grete.
Origin: German
Greti
/GREH-TEE/Meaning: Swiss and Austrian German diminutive of Margarete.
Origin: German
Grit
/GREE-T/Meaning: Short form of Margrit
Origin: German
Gudrun
/GOO-DROO-N/Meaning: God's secret lore, battle
Origin: German
Gudula
/GOO-DOO-LAH/Meaning: Good
Origin: German
H
Hanna
/HAH-NNAH/Meaning: Form of Ḥanna (see Hannah) in several languages.
Origin: German
- Hanna Schygulla (Iconic German stage and film actress)
- Hanna Reitsch (Famous German aviator and test pilot)
Hans
/HAH-NS/Meaning: God is gracious
Origin: German
Hansel
/HAH-NSEH-L/Meaning: Anglicized form of Hänsel.
Origin: German
Hansgunther
/HAH-NSGOO-NTEH-R/Meaning: Combination of Hans (God is gracious) and Gunther (warrior army)
Origin: German
Hansjorg
/HAH-NSYOH-RG/Meaning: A noble and historical name
Origin: German
Harry
/HAH-RRY/Meaning: Medieval English form of Henry.
Origin: German
Hartwig
/HAH-RTVEE-G/Meaning: Battle brave
Origin: German
Hasso
/HAH-SSOH/Meaning: Germanic name, historically a diminutive of Heinrich or referring to the Hessian tribe.
Origin: German
Heida
/HEYEDAH/Meaning: German diminutive of Adelheid.
Origin: German
Heiner
/HEYENEH-R/Meaning: Diminutive of Heinrich.
Origin: German
Heinrike
/HEYENREE-KEH/Meaning: Feminine form of Heinrich.
Origin: German
Helena
/HEH-LEH-NAH/Meaning: Latinate form of Helen.
Origin: German
Hella
/HEH-LLAH/Meaning: Diminutive of names beginning with Hel, such as Helga or Helena.
Origin: German
Helma
/HEH-LMAH/Meaning: Short form of Wilhelmina
Origin: German
Helmold
/HEH-LMOH-LD/Meaning: Helmet
Origin: German
Helmuth
/HEH-LMOO-T/Meaning: Variant of Helmut
Origin: Greek
Henri
/HEH-NREE/Meaning: Home ruler
Origin: German
Henrike
/HEH-NREE-KEH/Meaning: German feminine form of Heinrich (see Henry).
Origin: German
Hermenegild
/HEH-RMEH-NEH-GEE-LD/Meaning: German form of Hermenegildo.
Origin: German
Herodias
/HEH-ROH-DEE-AH-S/Meaning: Feminine form of Herod.
Origin: German
Hildebert
/HEE-LDEH-BEH-RT/Meaning: Bright battle
Origin: German
Hiltraud
/HEE-LTRAH-OO-D/Meaning: Variant of Hiltrud
Origin: German
Hraban
/HRAH-BAH-N/Meaning: Raven
Origin: German
Hrolfr
/HROH-LFR/Meaning: A charming Germanic classic
Origin: German
Hubert
/HOO-BEH-RT/Meaning: Bright heart
Origin: German
Huldrych
/HOO-LDRYKH/Meaning: Grace, favour
Origin: German
I
Ida
/EE-DAH/Meaning: Work, industrious
Origin: German
Ignatius
/EE-GNAH-TEE-OO-S/Meaning: Fire
Origin: Latin
Igor
/EE-GOH-R/Meaning: Russian form of the Old Norse name Yngvarr (see Ingvar).
Origin: German
Ingelore
/EE-NGEH-LOH-REH/Meaning: Combination of Inge and Eleonore.
Origin: German
Irmengard
/EE-RMEH-NGAH-RD/Meaning: German form of Ermengard.
Origin: German
Irmgard
/EE-RMGAH-RD/Meaning: Universal guard
Origin: German
Irmtraud
/EE-RMTRAH-OO-D/Meaning: German contracted form of Ermendrud.
Origin: German
Irmtrud
/EE-RMTROO-D/Meaning: Variant of Irmtraud
Origin: German
Isaac
/EE-SAH-AH-C/Meaning: He will laugh, he will rejoice
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
Isidor
/EE-SEE-DOH-R/Meaning: German and Russian form of Isidore.
Origin: German
J
Jacob
/YAH-COH-B/Meaning: Holder of the heel
Origin: German
Janine
/YAH-NEE-NEH/Meaning: Variant of Jeannine
Origin: German
Jasmine
/YAH-SMEE-NEH/Meaning: It is derived via Arabic from Persian یاسمین (yāsamīn), which is also a Persian name.
Origin: German
Jason
/YAH-SOH-N/Meaning: Healer
Origin: German
Jasper
/YAH-SPEH-R/Meaning: Treasurer
Origin: German
Jehoiakim
/YEH-HOH-EE-AH-KEE-M/Meaning: Yahweh raises up
Origin: German
Jennifer
/YEH-NNEE-FEH-R/Meaning: From a Cornish form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar (see Guinevere) [1][2].
Origin: German
Jeremiah
/YEH-REH-MEE-AH-H/Meaning: Yahweh will exalt
Origin: German
Jo
/YOH/Meaning: Short form of Joan
Origin: German
Jorn
/YOH-RN/Meaning: Noble, classic
Origin: German
Josephine
/YOH-SEH-PHEE-NEH/Meaning: English, German and Dutch form of Joséphine.
Origin: Greek
Joska
/YOH-SKAH/Meaning: Noble, classic
Origin: German
Judah
/YOO-DAH-H/Meaning: Praise
Origin: German
Judda
/YOO-DDAH/Meaning: Germanic name derived from the Jutes, an ancient Germanic tribe of Denmark.
Origin: Germanic
Julian
/YOO-LEE-AH-N/Meaning: This was the name of the last pagan Roman emperor, Julian the Apostate (4th century).
Origin: German
Jupiter
/YOO-PEE-TEH-R/Meaning: Father
Origin: German
Jurgen
/YOO-RGEH-N/Meaning: Dutch form of George.
Origin: German
K
Karen
/KAH-REH-N/Meaning: Short form of Katherine
Origin: German
Karl
/KAH-RL/Meaning: Free man
Origin: German
- Karl Marx (Famous German philosopher, economist, and political theorist)
- Karl Lagerfeld (Iconic German fashion designer and creative director)
Karlmann
/KAH-RLMAH-NN/Meaning: German form of Carloman.
Origin: German
Katalin
/KAH-TAH-LEE-N/Meaning: Hungarian and Basque form of Katherine.
Origin: German
Kathrin
/KAH-TREE-N/Meaning: Short form of Katharina
Origin: Greek
Kim
/KEE-M/Meaning: Short form of Kimberly
Origin: German
Kimberly
/KEE-MBEH-RLY/Meaning: The city came to prominence in the late 19th century during the Boer War.
Origin: German
Korbinian
/KOH-RBEE-NEE-AH-N/Meaning: Raven
Origin: German
Kord
/KOH-RD/Meaning: German contracted form of Conrad.
Origin: German
Kreszenz
/KREH-STSEH-NTS/Meaning: German form of Crescentia.
Origin: German
Kriemhild
/KREEMHEE-LD/Meaning: Mask of battle
Origin: German
Krimhilde
/KREE-MHEE-LDEH/Meaning: Variant of Kriemhild
Origin: German
Kristiane
/KREE-STEE-AH-NEH/Meaning: German form of Christina.
Origin: German
Kristine
/KREE-STEE-NEH/Meaning: Variant of Christine
Origin: German
Kuno
/KOO-NOH/Meaning: Bold counsel
Origin: German
L
Lena
/LEH-NAH/Meaning: Short form of names
Origin: German
Leofgyth
/LEH-OH-FGYT/Meaning: Noble, classic
Origin: Greek
Leonore
/LEH-OH-NOH-REH/Meaning: Short form of Eleanor
Origin: German
Liam
/LEE-AH-M/Meaning: Resolute protector
Origin: German
Lina
/LEE-NAH/Meaning: Tender, free man
Origin: German
Linda
/LEE-NDAH/Meaning: Soft, flexible, tender
Origin: German
Lise
/LEE-SEH/Meaning: Short form of Elisabeth
Origin: German
Livius
/LEE-FEE-OO-S/Meaning: To envy
Origin: Latin
Lohengrin
/LOH-HEH-NGREE-N/Meaning: German name of the Knight of the Swan in Arthurian legend, popularized by Richard Wagner's opera.
Origin: German
Lore
/LOH-REH/Meaning: German contracted form of Eleonore.
Origin: German
Lothar
/LOH-TAH-R/Meaning: Famous army
Origin: Greek
Luca
/LOO-CAH/Meaning: Italian and Romanian form of Lucas (see Luke).
Origin: German
Lydia
/LYDEE-AH/Meaning: From Lydia
Origin: Latin
Lydos
/LYDOH-S/Meaning: Meaning unknown.
Origin: German
M
Maerwine
/MAH-EH-RVEE-NEH/Meaning: Friend
Origin: German
Magdalene
/MAH-GDAH-LEH-NEH/Meaning: Of Magdala
Origin: German
Magnus
/MAH-GNOO-S/Meaning: Great
Origin: Latin
Maike
/MAH-EE-KEH/Meaning: Frisian diminutive of Maria.
Origin: German
Manu
/MAH-NOO/Meaning: Short form of Manuel
Origin: German
Marcellus
/MAH-RCEH-LLOO-S/Meaning: Roman cognomen that was originally a diminutive of Marcus.
Origin: Latin
Margherita
/MAH-RGHEH-REE-TAH/Meaning: Italian form of Margaret.
Origin: German
Margitta
/MAH-RGEE-TTAH/Meaning: German variant form of Margaret.
Origin: German
Marina
/MAH-REE-NAH/Meaning: Feminine form of Marinus.
Origin: German
Marinus
/MAH-REE-NOO-S/Meaning: Of the sea
Origin: Latin
Mark
/MAH-RK/Meaning: Form of Latin Marcus used in several languages [1].
Origin: German
Marliese
/MAH-RLEESEH/Meaning: Combination of Maria and Liese.
Origin: German
Mary
/MAH-RY/Meaning: Sea of bitterness
Origin: German
Maurice
/MAH-OO-REE-CEH/Meaning: Saint Maurice was a 3rd-century Roman soldier from Egypt.
Origin: German
Maximiliane
/MAH-XEE-MEE-LEE-AH-NEH/Meaning: German feminine form of Maximilian.
Origin: German
Maxwell
/MAH-XVEH-LL/Meaning: Mack's stream
Origin: German
Melanie
/MEH-LAH-NEE/Meaning: Dark, black
Origin: German
Merten
/MEH-RTEH-N/Meaning: Variant of Martin
Origin: German
Mia
/MEE-AH/Meaning: Beloved, bitter
Origin: Latin
Micah
/MEE-CAH-H/Meaning: Contracted form of Micaiah.
Origin: German
Mirjam
/MEE-RYAH-M/Meaning: Dutch, German, Finnish, Estonian and Slovene form of Miriam.
Origin: German
Mischa
/MEE-SHAH/Meaning: Dutch and German form of Misha.
Origin: German
Misha
/MEE-SHAH/Meaning: Russian diminutive of Mikhail.
Origin: German
Moritz
/MOH-REE-TTS/Meaning: Dark-skinned, Moorish
Origin: German
N
Nadya
/NAH-DYAH/Meaning: Noble, graceful
Origin: German
Naomi
/NAH-OH-MEE/Meaning: Pleasantness, delightful
Origin: Hebrew
Natalie
/NAH-TAH-LEE/Meaning: Relating to birth, birthday
Origin: German
Nele
/NEH-LEH/Meaning: Horn, of noble birth
Origin: German
Nell
/NEH-LL/Meaning: Medieval diminutive of names beginning with El, such as Eleanor, Ellen 1 or Helen.
Origin: German
Nickolaus
/NEE-CKOH-LAH-OO-S/Meaning: Variant of Nikolaus
Origin: Latin
Nicola
/NEE-COH-LAH/Meaning: Feminine form of Nicholas.
Origin: German
Nicolaus
/NEE-COH-LAH-OO-S/Meaning: Variant of Nikolaus
Origin: Latin
Nikola
/NEE-KOH-LAH/Meaning: German, Polish, Czech and Slovak feminine form of Nicholas.
Origin: German
O
P
Paraskevi
/PAH-RAH-SKEH-FEE/Meaning: Modern Greek transcription of Paraskeve.
Origin: German
Petra
/PEH-TRAH/Meaning: Stone, rock
Origin: German
Pirmin
/PEE-RMEE-N/Meaning: Meaning unknown.
Origin: German
Pius
/PEE-OO-S/Meaning: Pious, dutiful
Origin: Latin
Priska
/PREE-SKAH/Meaning: German form of Prisca, as well as the form used in the Greek New Testament.
Origin: German
R
Ragnhild
/RAH-GNHEE-LD/Meaning: Advice, counsel
Origin: German
Rahel
/RAH-HEH-L/Meaning: Biblical Latin form of Rachel, as well as a German and Estonian form.
Origin: German
Raphaela
/RAH-PHAH-EH-LAH/Meaning: Feminine form of Raphael.
Origin: Greek
Reinhild
/REYENHEE-LD/Meaning: Advice, counsel, decision
Origin: German
Reynard
/REH-YNAH-RD/Meaning: Advice, counsel, decision
Origin: German
Reynold
/REH-YNOH-LD/Meaning: Advice, counsel, decision
Origin: German
Ria
/REE-AH/Meaning: Short form of Maria
Origin: Latin
Rike
/REE-KEH/Meaning: Short form of Friederike
Origin: German
Rita
/REE-TAH/Meaning: Short form of Margherita
Origin: German
Rochus
/ROH-KHOO-S/Meaning: Latinized form of Rocco, used in occasionally German and Dutch.
Origin: Latin
Rodolf
/ROH-DOH-LF/Meaning: German form of Rudolf.
Origin: German
Rolf
/ROH-LF/Meaning: The Normans introduced this name to England but it soon became rare.
Origin: German
Romulus
/ROH-MOO-LOO-S/Meaning: From Roma, the Latin name of the city of Rome, combined with a diminutive suffix.
Origin: Latin
Ronald
/ROH-NAH-LD/Meaning: Scottish form of Ragnvaldr, a name introduced to Britain by Scandinavian settlers and invaders [1].
Origin: German
Rosalie
/ROH-SAH-LEE/Meaning: French, German and Dutch form of Rosalia.
Origin: German
Rosemary
/ROH-SEH-MAH-RY/Meaning: Dew of the sea
Origin: German
Ruben
/ROO-BEH-N/Meaning: Form of Reuben in several languages.
Origin: German
Rudi
/ROO-DEE/Meaning: Diminutive of Rudolf.
Origin: German
Ruth
/ROO-T/Meaning: Female friend
Origin: Greek
S
Sabine
/SAH-BEE-NEH/Meaning: Sabine woman
Origin: German
Sarai
/SAH-RAH-EE/Meaning: My princess
Origin: German
Sarina
/SAH-REE-NAH/Meaning: Variant of Serena
Origin: German
Sebastian
/SEH-BAH-STEE-AH-N/Meaning: Venerable, from Sebaste
Origin: German
Senta
/SEH-NTAH/Meaning: Diminutive of Kreszentia.
Origin: German
Sepp
/SEH-PP/Meaning: He will add
Origin: German
Seppel
/SEH-PPEH-L/Meaning: German diminutive of Joseph.
Origin: German
Severin
/SEH-FEH-REE-N/Meaning: German and Scandinavian form of Severinus.
Origin: German
Sieglinde
/SEEGLEE-NDEH/Meaning: Victory shield
Origin: German
Sigi
/SEE-GEE/Meaning: Victory
Origin: German
Sigrid
/SEE-GREE-D/Meaning: Beautiful victory
Origin: German
Sigurd
/SEE-GOO-RD/Meaning: Victory
Origin: German
Silvester
/SEE-LFEH-STEH-R/Meaning: Wooded, wild
Origin: German
Simon
/SEE-MOH-N/Meaning: He has heard
Origin: German
Soren
/SOH-REH-N/Meaning: English form of Søren.
Origin: German
Stefan
/STEH-FAH-N/Meaning: Crown, wreath
Origin: German
Susann
/SOO-SAH-NN/Meaning: Short form of Susanne
Origin: German
Sven
/SFEH-N/Meaning: Boy
Origin: German
Svyatoslav
/SFYAH-TOH-SLAH-F/Meaning: Sacred, holy
Origin: German
Swanhilda
/SVAH-NHEE-LDAH/Meaning: Variant of Swanhild
Origin: German
Sybille
/SYBEE-LLEH/Meaning: German and French form of Sibyl.
Origin: German
T
Tabea
/TAH-BEH-AH/Meaning: Short form of Tabitha
Origin: German
Tatius
/TAH-TEE-OO-S/Meaning: Roman family name of unknown meaning, possibly of Sabine origin.
Origin: Latin
Theres
/TEH-REH-S/Meaning: Variant of Therese
Origin: Greek
Therese
/TEH-REH-SEH/Meaning: Variant of Theresa
Origin: Greek
Theresia
/TEH-REH-SEE-AH/Meaning: German and Dutch form of Theresa.
Origin: Greek
Thorben
/TOH-RBEH-N/Meaning: Variant of Torben
Origin: Greek
Tim
/TEE-M/Meaning: Honoring God
Origin: German
Timotheus
/TEE-MOH-TOYS/Meaning: Latinized form of Timotheos (see Timothy).
Origin: Greek
Titus
/TEE-TOO-S/Meaning: Title of honour
Origin: Latin
Torben
/TOH-RBEH-N/Meaning: Danish form of Torbjörn.
Origin: German
Torbjorn
/TOH-RBYOH-RN/Meaning: Noble, classic
Origin: German
U
Uli
/OO-LEE/Meaning: Diminutive of Ulrich or Ulrike.
Origin: German
Ulrika
/OO-LREE-KAH/Meaning: Swedish feminine form of Ulrich.
Origin: German
Urban
/OO-RBAH-N/Meaning: City dweller
Origin: German
Uta
/OO-TAH/Meaning: Feminine form of Udo 1.
Origin: German
V
Valentine
/FAH-LEH-NTEE-NEH/Meaning: Noble and strength
Origin: German
Valerie
/FAH-LEH-REE/Meaning: Variant of Val
Origin: German
Vanessa
/FAH-NEH-SSAH/Meaning: Invented by author Jonathan Swift for his 1726 poem Cadenus and Vanessa [1].
Origin: German
Veronica
/FEH-ROH-NEE-CAH/Meaning: True image
Origin: German
Victorius
/FEE-CTOH-REE-OO-S/Meaning: Variant of Victor
Origin: Latin
Viktoryia
/FEE-KTOH-RYEE-AH/Meaning: Belarusian form of Victoria.
Origin: Latin
Vinzent
/FEE-NTSEH-NT/Meaning: German variant form of Vincent.
Origin: German
- Markus Vinzent - Markus Vinzent (born 12 April 1959) is a German academic and historian of religion, specializing in early Christianity, Patristics, Medieval Studies, Historiography, Retromodernity, Religion and Business. He was a professor in the Department of Theology & Religious Studies at King's College London, and fellow of the Max Weber Center for Advanced Social and Cultural Studies, Erfurt, Germany.
- Vinzent Porombka - Vinzent Porombka (2 January 1910 – 28 November 1975) was a German Communist political activist who became a party official, a member of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War, and an active participant in resistance to Nazism. In his later years he became a party functionary in the German Democratic Republic.
Vitus
/FEE-TOO-S/Meaning: Life
Origin: Latin
Volkhard
/FOH-LKHAH-RD/Meaning: People
Origin: German
Vreni
/FREH-NEE/Meaning: Swiss diminutive of Verena.
Origin: German
W
Walburga
/VAH-LBOO-RGAH/Meaning: Power of the fortress
Origin: German
Waldemar
/VAH-LDEH-MAH-R/Meaning: Famous ruler
Origin: German
Walter
/VAH-LTEH-R/Meaning: Ruler of the army
Origin: German
Wendel
/VEH-NDEH-L/Meaning: A Vandal
Origin: German
Wenzel
/VEH-NTSEH-L/Meaning: German form of Václav.
Origin: German
Wiebe
/VEEBEH/Meaning: War
Origin: German
Wieland
/VEELAH-ND/Meaning: Skillful smith
Origin: German
Wilfred
/VEE-LFREH-D/Meaning: Desiring peace
Origin: German
Wilfried
/VEE-LFREED/Meaning: German cognate of Wilfred.
Origin: German
Willibald
/VEE-LLEE-BAH-LD/Meaning: Will, desire
Origin: German
Wiltrud
/VEE-LTROO-D/Meaning: Will, desire
Origin: German
Wojciech
/VOH-YCEEKH/Meaning: Warrior, soldier
Origin: German
Wolf
/VOH-LF/Meaning: Wolf
Origin: German
Wolfgang
/VOHLF-gahng/Meaning: Path of the wolf
Origin: Old High German
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Germanic musical genius and composer)
- Wolfgang Puck (Celebrated Austrian-born chef and restaurateur)