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Germanic Names

Old Germanic names are compounds, and the parts are almost always about war, protection, glory or wealth — a naming culture describing what it wanted a child to be. The elements were mixed and matched so freely that many combinations are more sound than sense, which is why a literal reading can produce something no parent ever intended.

Languages behind these names Germanic via French via Norman French Old High German via Latin and French via Latin

Rankings for

60 names, most popular first in United States

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Henry Henry is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "home ruler," from heim, meaning home or estate, and ric, meaning ruler or power.
Germanic #5 in US
William William is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "resolute protection," from wil, meaning will or desire, and helm, meaning helmet.
Germanic #9 in US
Charles Charles is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "free man," from karl.
Germanic #48 in US
Everett Everett is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "brave as a wild boar," from eber, boar, and hard, brave or hardy.
Germanic #77 in US
Leonardo Leonardo is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "brave as a lion," from leo, lion, and hard, brave or hardy.
Germanic #91 in US
Robert Robert is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame," from hrod, fame, and beraht, bright.
Germanic #92 in US
Luis Luis is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior."
Germanic #144 in US
Carlos Carlos is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "free man."
Germanic #150 in US
Ryker Ryker is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "rich" or "powerful."
Germanic #182 in US
Richard Richard is a boy's name from Germanic roots meaning strong or brave ruler.
Germanic #234 in US
Louis Louis is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior."
Germanic #249 in US
Walter Walter is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning ruler of the army.
Germanic #251 in US
Otto Otto is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "wealth" or "fortune."
Germanic #277 in US
Derek Derek is a boy's name from the Germanic Theodoric, meaning ruler of the people — and it is the same name as Terry and Thierry, three forms of one original that no longer resemble each other.
Germanic #284 in US
Archie Archie is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "genuine and bold."
Germanic #302 in US
Hugo Hugo is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "mind" or "spirit."
Germanic #377 in US
Raymond Raymond is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning counsel and protection.
Germanic #395 in US
Hank Hank is a boy's name of Germanic origin, a short form of Henry meaning "home ruler".
Germanic #413 in US
Francis Francis is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "Frenchman" or "free man."
Germanic #420 in US
Wilder Wilder is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "untamed" or "hunter".
Germanic #430 in US
Frederick Frederick is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "peaceful ruler."
Germanic #436 in US
Rocco Rocco is a boy's name of Germanic origin, generally read from a root meaning rest or repose.
Germanic #459 in US
Frank Frank is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "free man" or "Frank."
Germanic #514 in US
Jeffrey Jeffrey is a boy's name from Germanic roots whose first element is genuinely disputed, though the second means peace.
Germanic #552 in US
Ledger Peaked in 2024 · 5,160 births since 1923
Germanic #553 in US
Louie Louie is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior."
Germanic #596 in US
Roland Roland is a boy's name meaning famous land, and its bearer is the hero of France's national epic — a knight who dies at Roncevaux because he is too proud to blow his horn for help.
Germanic #609 in US
Albert Albert is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble and bright."
Germanic #614 in US
Leonard Leonard is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "lion-strong," and its saint is the patron of prisoners and of women in labor.
Germanic #637 in US
Otis Otis is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "wealth" or "fortune."
Germanic #655 in US
Hugh Hugh is a boy's name from a Germanic word for mind or spirit, brought to Britain by the Normans.
Germanic #732 in US
Rudy Rudy is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous wolf."
Germanic #739 in US
Bruno Bruno is a boy's name from the Germanic word for brown, and it founded the Carthusians — the strictest order in the Western church, whose monks still live largely in silence.
Germanic #740 in US
Ray Ray is a boy's name that serves as a short form of Raymond and as the English word for a beam of light.
Germanic #792 in US
Roger Roger is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning famous spear.
Germanic #834 in US
Derrick Derrick means ruler of the people, and the crane is named after a man — Thomas Derrick, an Elizabethan hangman whose gallows design was distinctive enough that his name became the word for it.
Germanic #852 in US
Ricky Ricky is a boy's name, the pet form of Richard or Ricardo, meaning strong ruler.
Germanic #949 in US
Harold Harold is a boy's name from Norse and Old English elements meaning army ruler, and it belongs to the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, killed at Hastings in 1066.
Germanic #992 in US
Ernest Ernest is a boy's name from a Germanic word meaning serious or resolute, and it is far stronger in Europe than in America — 252nd in England and Wales and 276th in France against 1042nd in the United States.
Germanic #1,042 in US
Billy Billy is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "resolute protector."
Germanic #1,068 in US
Randy Randy is a boy's name, the short form of Randall or Randolph, meaning shield-wolf.
Germanic #1,088 in US
Bobby Bobby is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame."
Germanic #1,101 in US
Carl Carl is a boy's name from the Germanic word for a free man, the same root as Charles.
Germanic #1,134 in US
Gerald Gerald is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning rule of the spear, and it gave Ireland one of its great Norman dynasties, the FitzGeralds.
Germanic #1,208 in US
Gilbert Gilbert is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning bright pledge, and it founded the only medieval religious order native to England.
Germanic #1,331 in US
Bernard Bernard is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning brave as a bear.
Germanic #1,364 in US
Lenny Lenny is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "lion-strong."
Germanic #1,418 in US
Arnold Arnold means eagle power, and England and Wales ranks it 631st on 59 births — well above the United States at 1478th, which is not what the name's twentieth-century American associations would predict.
Germanic #1,478 in US

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