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Kronprinz: Original name for 1914 battleship Kronprinz Wilhelm Kronprinz Wilhelm (battleship): 26,000 ton König -class battleship, renamed from Kronprinz in 1918 Kronprinz Wilhelm (auxiliary cruiser): 24,900 ton auxiliary cruiser, built as a civilian liner in 1901, commissioned as an auxiliary cruiser in 1914, surrendered to the US in 1915
Adele (given name) Adelheid. Adriana. Agnes (name) Alina. Almut. Almuth. Amalia (given name) Amalie (given name)
Christian is a unisex given name, which originated as a baptismal name used by persons of the Christian religion. It has been used as a given name since the Middle Ages, originally for males. It was later used for females, [1] without any feminising word endings. A historically commonly used abbreviation (used for example on English 17th ...
20. Hilda. 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 ...
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.
Saint Ava was a 9th-century princess, daughter of Pepin II of Aquitaine. Ava was also the name of a medieval German woman poet. This name is the origin of the Norman French name of Aveline, which in turn gave rise to the English given name of Evelyn. [citation needed] As evidence for the name is lacking between the later medieval and the modern ...
Heidi is a Germanic feminine given name. It became an internationally popular first name as a direct result of the Swiss children's book, Heidi. It can sometimes be an affectionate diminutive of the name Adelheid (English: 'Adelaide'), which means "nobility" or, more loosely, "of noble birth". The name began to be used in the English-speaking ...
Madeleine, Madeline or Mädelein is a feminine given name, of Greek and German origin. The name exists in various spellings and pronunciations and is popular among those living in Europe and English-speakers, as well as followers of Christianity, as Mary Magdalene was a central figure in the New Testament. Madeleine is a modern rendering, found ...