Name

Name GERMAN

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 24,823 births of German in the countries below, which represents an average of 175 births of children bearing the first name German per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 450 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom German
In Italiano

Nome German

Available variant : Germán

Information about the first name German

The first name German is listed in our categories :

Basque names (boys)
German

The first name German has been assigned to:

100.00% to boys
0.00% to girls

The country where the first name German is the most common is:

Argentina

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 6 letters including 2 vowels and 4 consonants

Anagrams of the first name German

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of German : Garen M, Magner, Margen, Megan R, Mergan

German in Japanese ^*

Romaji	jaaman
Katakana	ジャーマン
Hiragana	じゃーまん
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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German in sign language

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German in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name German

English

Etymology

From Old French germain, from Latin germānus. See also germane, a formal variant which has survived in specific senses. Not related to the proper noun German.

Etymology

From German (“of Germany”).

Etymology (Adjective)

german (comparative more german, superlative most german)
(obsolete except in set terms) Having the same mother and father; a full (brother or sister).
(obsolete except in set terms) Being born to one’s blood aunt or uncle, a first (cousin).
1567 Arthur Golding trans., Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 1, lines 460-2:
(obsolete) Closely related, akin.

Etymology (Noun)

german (plural germans)
(obsolete) A near relative.

Etymology (Noun)

german (plural germans)
An elaborate round dance, often with a waltz movement.
A social party at which the german is danced.

Alternative forms

(abbreviation): Germ.

Anagrams

Engram, Magner, Manger, engram, manger, ragmen

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɜː.mən/
(General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝ.mən/
Hyphenation: Ger‧man
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mən

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɜː.mən/
(US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝ.mən/

Proper noun

German
(uncountable) An Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and a small part of Belgium.
Synonym: (rare) Deutsch
Meronyms: Low German (Plattdeutsch), High German
A surname.
A number of townships in the United States, listed under German Township.

Adjective (Synonyms)

Teutonic

Noun (Hypernyms)

European

Noun (Synonyms)

(member of the German ethnic group): Boche, Fritz, Hun, Jerry, Kraut (slang, offensive)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin germānium.

Noun

german m inan
germanium (chemical element)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈɡɛr.man/
Rhymes: -ɛrman
Syllabification: ger‧man
Homophone: German

Icelandic

Noun

german n (genitive singular germans, no plural)
germanium (chemical element)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Germānus, of uncertain origin. First attested in 1679.

Noun

german c
(historical) A German, a member of the Germanic ethnic and linguistic group who lived in southern Scandinavia and northern Germany.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /jɛrˈmɑːn/
Hyphenation: ger‧man
Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun (Descendants)

→ Finnish: germaani

Noun (Related terms)

Germanien
germansk

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Germānus.

Adjective

german m or n (feminine singular germană, masculine plural germani, feminine and neuter plural germane)
German
Synonym: nemțesc

Noun

german m (plural germani, feminine equivalent germană)
a German person
Synonym: neamț

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /d͡ʒerˈman/

Noun (Related terms)

germană

German

Noun

German n (strong, genitive Germans, plural Germane)
(organic chemistry) germane

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

german m (definite singular germanen, indefinite plural germanar, definite plural germanane)
(pre-2016) alternative form of germanar

Popularity of the name German

Number of GERMAN births per year

Popularity of the name German

Total births of German by country

		Births with the first name German
Country		Boys Girls
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	14,492 0
	United State of America 1880 - 2022	7,593 0
	Mexico 2017 - 2021	1,177 0
	Spain 2002 - 2021	430 0
	Brazil 1930 - 2022	370 0
	Switzerland 1909 - 2021	361 0
	Chili 2010 - 2021	200 0
	France 1900 - 2022	69 0
	Germany 2000 - 2022	67 0
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	19 1
	Austria 1984 - 2021	12 0
	Czechoslovakia 1900 - 2016	11 0
	Italy 1999 - 2021	8 0
	Poland 2000 - 2022	8 0
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	3 0
	Australia 1930 - 2022	1 0
	Portugal 2014 - 2022	1 0