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Pages in category "German masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 347 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
German masculine given names (347 P) O. Old English masculine given names (22 P) S. ... Pages in category "Germanic masculine given names"
A great variety of names are attested from the medieval period, falling into the rough categories of Scandinavian , Anglo-Saxon (Old English), continental (Frankish, Old High German and Low German), and East Germanic (see Gothic names [3]) forms.
Guido Mieth/Getty Images. This name of German origin has a strong sound and a meaning to match: “battle woman.” 21. Helga. Helga is an Old Norse name with a Germanic meaning of “holy ...
According to the Social Security Administration, several of the top 100 names in 2021 come from a German origin: Emma, Henry, Sophia, Mia, Everett, Alice, and Emily, just to name a few.
The common names Schmidt and Schmitz lead in the central German-speaking and eastern Low German-speaking areas. Meyer is particularly common in the Low German-speaking regions, especially in Lower Saxony (where it is more common than Müller). Bauer leads in eastern Upper German-speaking Bavaria. Rarer names tend to accumulate in the north and ...
The old name of the island was Mói and it appears in Adam of Bremen's work as Moiland. The name is derived from *mōh with an aja-suffix and the Old English form regularly evolved from it. It is also identified with a battle mentioned in the Poetic Edda, [235] see Móinsheim-, above. Older scholarship interpreted the name as referring to the ...
Pages in category "German-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,580 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .