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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 ...
Germanized Slavic family names (12 P) L. Low German surnames (87 P) Surnames of Luxembourgian origin (9 P) N. ... Pages in category "German-language surnames"
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).
German-language surnames (7 C, 4,624 P) Germanized Slavic family names (12 P) I. Icelandic-language surnames (3 C, 12 P) L. Limburgian surnames (2 P) Low German ...
German names; API to determine the likely gender of a German name for gender studies; Onomastik: Names and Name meanings The site has information on the etymology of German family names as well as a community section, where questions about names origins are discussed
Female baby with a German name. A name is someone’s identity. It’s one of the first things you reveal about yourself to someone and it holds a lot of value. So as an expecting parent who has a ...
Category: Surnames of German origin. 3 languages. ... Germanized Slavic family names (12 P) L. Low German surnames (87 P) S. Swiss-German surnames (102 P)
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 ...