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German

Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɝ.mən/

Rank in 2024
#1,654
Born in 2024
102
Peak year
1991 · #581
Origin
Russian

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 102 boys were named German, about 1 in every 16,817.
  • It peaked in 1991 with 304 babies, ranked #581.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1882.
  • 10,176 boys have been named German since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named German per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Silent
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  5. 0.1
    Millennials
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    Gen Z
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    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 198 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 171 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 410 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,092 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,052 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,581 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,667 babies, 0.08 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Latin Germānus, Germānī (“the peoples of Germānia”), as distinct from Gauls (in the writings of Caesar and Tacitus), and of uncertain ultimate origin (possibly Celtic/Gaulish). Not related to german (“closely related”) or germane (from the Latin adjective germānus, through Old French). Attested since at least 1520. Replaced the older terms Almain and Dutch (from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz) in English.

  • A male given name from Russian.
Origin
Russian
Say it
/ˈd͡ʒɝ.mən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for German, CC BY-SA 4.0.