Hello Parents, Welcome to our page, we will suggest you attractive GERMAN boy names. From classic choices to modern trends, we have covered different manes with meaning. Selecting a name for your prince is a big decision. Our website has well-versed list of GERMAN boy names, along with their origin, meanings and namesakes.
Lower value denotes most popular name
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Namesakes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron | "mountain of strength" | Hebrew | Aaron Paul (actor) |
| Abel | "breath" | Hebrew | Abel Tasman (explorer) |
| Adam | "son of the earth" | Hebrew | Adam Sandler (actor) |
| Adrian | "man from the sea" | Latin | Adrian Grenier (actor) |
| Alaric | "ruler of all" | Germanic | Alaric the Visigoth (historical figure) |
| Albert | "noble, bright" | Germanic | Albert Einstein (physicist) |
| Aldo | "old, wise" | Germanic | Aldo Leopold (environmentalist) |
| Alexander | "defender of the people" | Greek | Alexander the Great (historical figure) |
| Alfred | "wise counselor" | English | Alfred Nobel (inventor) |
| Alistair | "defender of the people" | Scottish | Alistair MacLean (author) |
| Alvin | "noble friend" | English | Alvin Ailey (choreographer) |
| Ambrose | "immortal" | Latin | Saint Ambrose (theologian) |
| Amos | "carried by God" | Hebrew | Amos Lee (singer-songwriter) |
| Andreas | "manly" | Greek | Andreas Vesalius (anatomist) |
| Ansel | "god's protection" | Germanic | Ansel Adams (photographer) |
| Anton | "priceless" | Latin | Anton Chekhov (author) |
| Armin | "whole, universal" | Germanic | Armin van Buuren (musician) |
| Arne | "eagle" | Norse | Arne Jacobsen (designer) |
| Arnold | "eagle power" | Germanic | Arnold Schwarzenegger (actor) |
| Artur | "bear" | Celtic | Artur Schnabel (pianist) |
| August | "great, magnificent" | Latin | August Strindberg (author) |
| Axel | "father of peace" | Scandinavian | Axel Rose (musician) |
| Baldwin | "brave friend" | Germanic | not found |
| Bastian | "venerable" | Greek | Bastian Schweinsteiger (soccer player) |
| Benjamin | "son of the right hand" | Hebrew | Benjamin Franklin (founder) |
| Bernhard | "brave as a bear" | Germanic | Bernhard Langer (golfer) |
| Bertram | "bright raven" | Germanic | Bertram Ramsay (military leader) |
| Bruno | "brown" | Germanic | Bruno Mars (musician) |
| Carl | "free man" | Germanic | Carl Sagan (astronomer) |
| Caspar | "treasurer" | Persian | Caspar David Friedrich (painter) |
| Cedric | "bounty" | Celtic | Cedric the Entertainer (comedian) |
| Christian | "follower of Christ" | Latin | Christian Bale (actor) |
| Christoph | "bearer of Christ" | Greek | Christoph Waltz (actor) |
| Claus | "victorious people" | Germanic | Claus von Stauffenberg (military leader) |
| Constantin | "steadfast" | Latin | Constantin Brancusi (sculptor) |
| Cornelius | "horn" | Latin | Cornelius Vanderbilt (businessman) |
| Damian | "to tame, subdue" | Greek | Damian Lewis (actor) |
| Daniel | "God is my judge" | Hebrew | Daniel Day-Lewis (actor) |
| David | "beloved" | Hebrew | David Beckham (soccer player) |
| Dietrich | "ruler of the people" | Germanic | Dietrich Bonhoeffer (theologian) |
| Dirk | "ruler of the people" | Germanic | Dirk Nowitzki (basketball player) |
| Eduard | "wealthy guardian" | Germanic | Eduard Einstein (son of Albert Einstein) |
| Egon | "edge of a sword" | Germanic | Egon Schiele (artist) |
| Elias | "Yahweh is my God" | Hebrew | Elias Canetti (author) |
| Emil | "rival" | Latin | Emil Nolde (painter) |
| Erik | "eternal ruler" | Norse | Erik Satie (composer) |
| Fiete | "peaceful ruler" | Germanic | Fiete Arp (soccer player) |
| Finn | "fair" | Irish | Finn Wolfhard (actor) |
| Florian | "flowering, prosperous" | Latin | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (director) |
| Frank | "free man" | Germanic | Frank Sinatra (singer) |
| Franz | "free man" | Germanic | Franz Kafka (author) |
| Friedrich | "peaceful ruler" | Germanic | Friedrich Nietzsche (philosopher) |
| Gabriel | "God is my strength" | Hebrew | Gabriel Garcia Marquez (author) |
| Georg | "farmer" | Greek | Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (philosopher) |
| Gerhard | "brave with a spear" | Germanic | Gerhard Richter (artist) |
| Gideon | "hewer, one who cuts" | Hebrew | Gideon Levy (journalist) |
| Gilbert | "bright pledge" | Germanic | Gilbert and George (artists) |
| Gregor | "vigilant, watchful" | Greek | Gregor Mendel (scientist) |
| Günther | "battle army" | Germanic | Günther Grass (author) |
| Gustav | "staff of the Goths" | Germanic | Gustav Klimt (painter) |
| Hagen | "ruler of the enclosure" | Germanic | Hagen von Tronje (mythological figure) |
| Hannes | "God is gracious" | Germanic | Hannes Wolf (soccer player) |
| Hannibal | "grace of Baal" | Phoenician | Hannibal Barca (military leader) |
| Hans | "God is gracious" | Germanic | Hans Christian Andersen (author) |
| Hartmut | "brave, hardy spirit" | Germanic | Hartmut Michel (chemist) |
| Heiko | "ruler of the household" | Germanic | Heiko Maas (politician) |
| Heinrich | "ruler of the household" | Germanic | Heinrich Himmler (Nazi leader) |
| Helmut | "protection" | Germanic | Helmut Kohl (politician) |
| Henning | "ruler of the household" | Germanic | Henning |
| Herbert | "bright army" | Germanic | Herbert von Karajan (conductor) |
| Hermann | "army man" | Germanic | Hermann Hesse (author) |
| Holger | "island spear" | Danish | Holger Czukay (musician) |
| Horst | "wooded hill" | Germanic | Horst Seehofer (politician) |
| Hugo | "mind, intellect" | Germanic | Hugo Boss (fashion designer) |
| Ingmar | "famous son" | Old Norse | Ingmar Bergman (director) |
| Isidor | "gift of Isis" | Greek | Isidor Isaac Rabi (physicist) |
| Jakob | "supplanter" | Hebrew | Jakob Dylan (musician) |
| Jan | "God is gracious" | Slavic | Janis Joplin (singer) |
| Jannik | "God is gracious" | Danish | Jannik Vestergaard (soccer player) |
| Jasper | "treasurer" | Persian | Jasper Johns (artist) |
| Jens | "God is gracious" | Scandinavian | Jens Stoltenberg (politician) |
| Jeremias | "God will uplift" | Hebrew | Jeremias Gotthelf (author) |
| Johannes | "God is gracious" | Hebrew | Johannes Brahms (composer) |
| Jonas | "dove" | Hebrew | Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) |
| Jörg | "farmer" | Germanic | Jörg Immendorff (artist) |
| Josef | "God will increase" | Hebrew | Josef Albers (artist) |
| Joshua | "God is salvation" | Hebrew | Joshua Redman (musician) |
| Julius | "youthful, downy" | Latin | Julius Caesar (historical figure) |
| Justus | "just, fair" | Latin | Justus von Liebig (chemist) |
| Jürgen | "farmer" | Germanic | Jürgen Klopp (soccer coach) |
| Kai | "sea" | Hawaiian | Kai Greene (bodybuilder) |
| Karsten | "Christian" | Germanic | Karsten Braasch (tennis player) |
| Kaspar | "treasurer" | Persian | Kaspar Hauser (historical figure) |
| Kilian | "church, monk" | Irish | Kilian Jornet (athlete) |
| Klaus | "victorious people" | Germanic | Klaus Kinski (actor) |
| Konrad | "brave counsel" | Germanic | Konrad Adenauer (politician) |
| Kurt | "bold counsel" | Germanic | Kurt Cobain (musician) |
| Lars | "crowned with laurel" | Scandinavian | Lars Ulrich (musician) |
| Leif | "heir, descendant" | Old Norse | Leif Erikson (explorer) |
| Lennard | "brave lion" | Germanic | Lennard Pearce (actor) |
| Leo | "lion" | Latin | Leo Tolstoy (author) |
| Leonard | "brave lion" | Germanic | Leonard Cohen (musician) |
| Leopold | "brave people" | Germanic | Leopold Mozart (composer) |
| Lutz | "famous warrior" | Germanic | Lutz Dombrowski (athlete) |
| Malte | "councilor" | Germanic | Malte Arkona (TV host) |
| Manuel | "God is with us" | Hebrew | Manuel Neuer (soccer player) |
| Marc | "warlike" | Latin | Marc Chagall (artist) |
| Marcel | "young warrior" | Latin | Marcel Proust (author) |
| Marius | "male, virile" | Latin | Marius Müller-Westernhagen (musician) |
| Markus | "of Mars, the god of war" | Latin | Markus Zusak (author) |
| Martin | "of Mars, the god of war" | Latin | Martin Luther (reformer) |
| Mathias | "gift of God" | Hebrew | Mathias Rust (aviator) |
| Matthias | "gift of God" | Hebrew | Matthias Claudius (poet) |
| Maximilian | "greatest" | Latin | Maximilian Schell (actor) |
| Meik | "powerful" | Germanic | Meik Wiking (author) |
| Michael | "who is like God?" | Hebrew | Michael Jackson (musician) |
| Milan | "gracious" | Slavic | Milan Kundera (author) |
| Moritz | "dark-skinned" | Latin | Moritz Bleibtreu (actor) |
| Niklas | "victorious people" | Greek | Niklas Süle (soccer player) |
| Nikolas | "victorious people" | Greek | Nikolas Cruz (shooter) |
| Nils | "victorious people" | Scandinavian | Nils Frahm (musician) |
| Noah | "rest, comfort" | Hebrew | Noah Schnapp (actor) |
| Norbert | "bright north" | Germanic | Norbert Elias (sociologist) |
| Oskar | "spear of the gods" | Old Norse | Oskar Schindler (businessman) |
| Pascal | "Easter" | Latin | Pascal Wehrlein (racing driver) |
| Patrick | "nobleman" | Latin | Patrick Stewart (actor) |
| Paul | "small" | Latin | Paul McCartney (musician) |
| Peer | "companion" | Scandinavian | Peer Steinbrück (politician) |
| Peter | "rock" | Greek | Peter Gabriel (musician) |
| Philipp | "lover of horses" | Greek | Philipp Lahm (soccer player) |
| Piet | "rock" | Dutch | Piet Mondrian (artist) |
| Rafael | "God has healed" | Hebrew | Rafael Nadal (tennis player) |
| Rainer | "counselor army" | Germanic | Rainer Werner Fassbinder (filmmaker) |
| Ralph | "wolf counsel" | Old Norse | Ralph Fiennes (actor) |
| Rasmus | "beloved" | Greek | Rasmus Lerdorf (programmer) |
| Reinhard | "hardy counsel" | Germanic | Reinhard Heydrich (Nazi leader) |
| Richard | "brave power" | Germanic | Richard Wagner (composer) |
| Robert | "bright fame" | Germanic | Robert Downey Jr. (actor) |
| Robin | "bright fame" | Old French | Robin Schulz (DJ) |
| Rocco | "rest" | Germanic | Rocco Siffredi (actor) |
| Roland | "famous land" | Germanic | Roland Emmerich (filmmaker) |
| Roman | "of Rome" | Latin | Roman Polanski (filmmaker) |
| Rudolf | "famous wolf" | Germanic | Rudolf Steiner (philosopher) |
| Samuel | "asked of God" | Hebrew | Samuel L. Jackson (actor) |
| Sascha | "defender of man" | Russian | Sascha Schmitz (singer) |
| Sebastian | "venerable" | Greek | Sebastian Vettel (racing driver) |
| Sören | "stern" | Scandinavian | Sören Kierkegaard (philosopher) |
| Stefan | "crown" | Greek | Stefan Raab (entertainer) |
| Steffen | "crown" | Scandinavian | Steffen Henssler (chef) |
| Sven | "young man" | Scandinavian | Sven Väth (DJ) |
| Theo | "gift of God" | Greek | Theo James (actor) |
| Thorben | "thunder bear" | Old Norse | Thorben Marx (soccer player) |
| Tim | "honoring God" | Greek | Tim Burton (filmmaker) |
| Tobias | "God is good" | Hebrew | Tobias Menzies (actor) |
| Tom | "twin" | Aramaic | Tom Hiddleston (actor) |
| Tommy | "twin" | Aramaic | Tommy Lee Jones (actor) |
| Toni | "priceless one" | Latin | Toni Kroos (soccer player) |
| Torben | "thunder bear" | Old Norse | Torben Liebrecht (actor) |
| Udo | "wealthy" | Germanic | Udo Lindenberg (musician) |
| Ulrich | "prosperity, power" | Germanic | Ulrich Mühe (actor) |
| Uwe | "noble wolf" | Germanic | Uwe Ochsenknecht (actor) |
| Valentin | "strong, healthy" | Latin | Valentin Serov (painter) |
| Victor | "winner, conqueror" | Latin | Victor Hugo (writer) |
| Vincent | "conquering" | Latin | Vincent van Gogh (painter) |
| Werner | "guardian of the army" | Germanic | Werner Herzog (filmmaker) |
| Wilfried | "desiring peace" | Germanic | Wilfried Bony (soccer player) |
| Wilhelm | "resolute protector" | Germanic | Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (physicist) |