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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 via Spanish

Rankings for

107 names, most popular first in United States

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Ottilie Ottilie is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "prosperous in battle" or simply "wealth."
Girl Germanic #2,956 in US
Hilda Hilda means battle, and it is the surviving fragment of longer Germanic names — Hildegard, Brunhild and Matilda all contain it, and the element outlived most of the compounds it belonged to.
Girl Germanic #3,025 in US
Hubert Hubert means bright mind, and its saint is the patron of hunters — Saint Hubertus, whose stag with a crucifix between its antlers is the emblem on every bottle of Jägermeister.
Boy Germanic #3,392 in US
Wilma Wilma means resolute protection, and The Flintstones did nothing for it.
Girl Germanic #3,667 in US
Rupert Rupert is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame."
Boy Germanic #3,828 in US
Albie Albie is a boy's name of Germanic origin, most often a pet form of Albert, meaning "noble and bright."
Boy Germanic #4,056 in US
Bertha Bertha is a girl's name from a Germanic word meaning bright, and it was Charlemagne's mother's name.
Girl Germanic #4,570 in US
Bruna Peaked in 1926 · 3,126 births since 1909
Girl Germanic #5,721 in US
Gertrude Gertrude is a girl's name from Germanic elements meaning spear-strength, and its saint is patron of cats — a modern attribution that no medieval source supports.
Girl Germanic #6,805 in US
Ivo Peaked in 1922 · 1,960 births since 1894
Boy Germanic #7,665 in US
Alberta Alberta means noble and bright, and a Canadian province carries it — Alberta was named for Queen Victoria's fourth daughter, whose full name was Louise Caroline Alberta.
Girl Germanic #10,069 in US

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