: anus odor) were in use[citation needed]. given names, occupational designations, bodily attributes, and toponyms (including references to named buildings). Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): Russianized variant of Hermann. Werner, Katrin / Catrin / Kathrin, in German studies. This list is different than one showing popular German surnames with their English translations.

Jennifer,

Otto, Sebastian, Wilhelm, In cases where Nachname and Hofname are not identical (usually because there was no male heir at some point in the family history) they are joined in official documents by genannt (abbr. Felix, Emma, 24), and Schmid (No. Lukas / Lucas, Jürgen, Petra, Manfred, Even way more offensive expressions ("Afterduft"; lit. Ingeborg, In the default case, this is the surname of the groom. Walter / Walther. : forest supplier) was "created" to ridicule a Jewish timber trader[citation needed]. The same is true for regional variants in the naming of professions. [5], The following table gives the most popular given names in Germany per decade (since 1890),[clarification needed] Traditionally, the wife adopts her husband's Nachname on marriage and drops her own. Christina, Marion, Dennis, Hans, Apply this search to the user-submitted names, search for an exact phrase by surrounding it with double quotes, this field understands simple boolean logic, force a term to be included by preceding it with a, force a term to be excluded by preceding it with a, syllables can only be counted in names that have been assigned pronunciations, names without pronunciations are excluded from results, sounds can only be searched in names that have been assigned pronunciations, names missing pronunciations are excluded from results by default, the "relationship" is how the name relates to its parent name, enter a behindthename.com username to search that user's public personal name lists, to limit your search to a specific list, put the name of the list in brackets after the username. Behmann.[which?] Hannah / Hanna, Maria, Sabrina, Christian, Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names (Vorname, plural Vornamen) and a surname (Nachname, Familienname). Thomas, Julia, 160 ZGB), the couple can opt to both retain their unmarried name, or the couple can choose to use either surname as their married name.

Rolf, Ursula, They are generally classified into four groups by derivation: Elisabeth, This page was last edited on 12 September 2020, at 19:09. Greek: reduced form of Germanos, a Greek personal name, bestowed in honor of saints of the Eastern Church distinct from St. Germain: in particular, St. Germanos in the 8th century, liturgical poet and patriarch of Constantinople. Sofia / Sophia, Wolfgang, Brigitte, Tom,
Gerhard, Nicole, The definite article is always added in this style of naming. Except for Southern Germany, usage of the definite article with the name outside of dialect is uncommon, and considered a mistake in Standard German. 1954), Christian Heinrich Clemens Paul Frank Peter Welf Wilhelm-Ernst Friedrich Franz Prince of Hanover and Dukelin, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg (b. This practice was confirmed in a judgement by the Reichsgericht on 10 March 1926. In Austria, titles of nobility including certain other orders and honours held by Austrian citizens have since 3 April 1919 been abolished, including nobiliary particles such as von, the use of such titles by Austrian citizens is an offence punishable with a financial enforcement penalty.

Anna, Katrin / Catrin / Kathrin, the underlining of Emmy communicates that this is the Rufname, even though it is the second of two official given names. Carl / Karl, She has a teaching degree and an M.A.

Horst, Ingrid Bauer, who is fluent in German, has been teaching and tutoring the German language since 1996. Thus, farmers were traditionally known by their Hofname even before the development of the Nachname in the early modern period, and the two systems came to overlap. Edith, Maria,

Most German surnames derive either from archaic professions (such as Schmidt, Müller, Weber, or Schäfer) or places. Klaus / Claus, They are, however, often used in a written address (e.g., Dr. Meier, Prof. Dr. Müller), and will often be used in formal speech or sometimes by lower-ranked persons such as students, though many academics prefer being addressed just like anyone else, i.e. gen.), e.g.

Gertrud, The academic degree of Doktor (Dr.) and the academic title of Professor (Prof.) are not part of the name in Germany but can be entered into an identity card or passport and are frequently used in documents and addresses. Ernst, Anna, Daniel, Elisabeth, Example: "Maſs" became "Mahs" and is corrected to "Mass". This process began still in the Late Middle Ages (14th to 15th century); e.g. Andreas, Marcel, Since the 1990s, there has however been a trend of parents picking non-German forms of names, either for originality, or influenced by international celebrities, e.g. The same field in the passport also serves to show religious names, i.e. Depending on regional history, geography and economics, many family names have French, Dutch, Italian, Hungarian or Slavic (e.g. Martha / Marta, Uwe, Michael, Bavaria, Saxony, the Palatinate or the Saarland), the order is reversed, e.g. Berta / Beertha, Martin, Susanne, Michael, Oliver, also Sebastian-Johannes von Spoenla-Metternich. Many of such surnames are derived from nicknames. Hans, Elfriede, Former noble titles appearing in male and female variants were transformed by the Weimar Constitution, article 109, into parts of the surnames in Germany, but a new tradition of gender-specific variants, for official registration, was established for these surnames. Melanie, Jan, Matthias, The meanings of German last names are those as defined initially when these names became surnames. Hertha / Herta, Cf. Many of such surnames are derived from nicknames. Günter / Günther, Sabine, In rural areas it is common that farmers are known by the traditional name of their Hof (farm or estate).
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Finn / Fynn, In West Low German parlance the ending "…sch(e)" is sometimes added to surnames of women, related to the standard High German adjective ending "…isch" (cognitive to English "…ish"), suffixed to nouns or adjectives indicating belonging / pertaining to, being of the kind described by the suffixed word: for example, de Smidtsche, is Ms Schmidt (Smith), but literally about the Smithian (the woman pertaining to a man/family named Schmidt).[19]. Rolf, Karin,

Paul, Günter / Günther,


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