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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 ...
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This Wikipedia category page contains a list of surnames originating from Germanic languages.
In this case, the foreigners may choose to adopt German forms of their first and last names, or adopt new first names if their old first names cannot be adapted into German. Changing a name that is too complicated (too long or difficult spelling because of origin), too common (like Müller or Schmidt), or causes ridicule (which can be because ...
Some German names have gained major popularity in the U.S. in the past century. According to the Social Security Administration, several of the top 100 names in 2021 come from a German origin: ...
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Pages in category "German masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 348 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .