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German name. Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names (Vorname, plural Vornamen) and a surname (Nachname, Familienname). The Vorname is usually gender-specific. A name is usually cited in the "Western order" of "given name, surname".
About 13% of the German population today has names of Slavic origin. Many Austrians also have surnames of Slavic origin. Polish names in Germany abound as a result of over 100,000 people (including 130,000 "Ruhrpolen") immigrating westward from the Polish-speaking areas of the German Empire.
Pages in category "German-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,574 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
-son (English, Swedish, German, Norwegian, Scottish, Icelandic) "son (of)" (sometimes less recognizable, e.g. "Dixon"; in Iceland not part of a family name but the patronymic (sometimes matronymic) last name (by law), where (usually) the fathers's name is always slightly modified and then son added) [citation needed]
Named after the region of Bavaria in Germany, with German Bayern adjusted to English spelling. Biron. Wisconsin. Named after the region of Bavaria in Germany, with German Bayern adjusted to English spelling. Lake Bavaria. Minnesota. Named after the region of Bavaria in Germany. Beckemeyer. Illinois.
This Wikipedia category page contains a list of surnames originating from Germanic languages.
There are many widely varying names of Germany in different languages, more so than for any other European nation. For example: the German language endonym is Deutschland, from the Old High German diutisc. the French exonym is Allemagne, from the name of the Alamanni tribe. In Italian it is Germania, from the Latin Germania, although the German ...
Pages in category "Surnames of German origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 581 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .