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Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, [1] variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are gari > ger-(meaning 'spear') and -hard (meaning 'hard/strong/brave').
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 ...
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).
Pages in category "German-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,600 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Traditionally, there are dialectal differences between the regions of German-speaking Europe, especially visible in the forms of hypocorisms.These differences are still perceptible in the list of most popular names, even though they are marginalized by super-regional fashionable trends: As of 2012, the top ten given names of Baden-Württemberg (Southern Germany) and of Schleswig-Holstein ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 October 2024. This article or section appears to contradict itself. Please see the talk page for more information. (March 2018) Garrett's popularity in the United States Year Rank 2007 162 2008 161 2009 184 2010 188 2011 190 2012 213 2013 228 2014 236 2015 270 2016 309 2017 320 Source: Social Security ...
The meanings of these words do not always correspond to Germanic cognates, and occasionally the specific meaning in the list is unique to English. Those Germanic words listed below with a Frankish source mostly came into English through Anglo-Norman, and so despite ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic, came to English through a Romance ...
Wolfram is both a given name and surname of Germanic origin. It is composed as wolf ‘wolf’ + hrafn ‘raven’, important in Germanic mythology. It is composed as wolf ‘wolf’ + hrafn ‘raven’, important in Germanic mythology.