Selecting an appropriate baby name is a huge responsibility, especially if you’re a first-time parent. There are so many factors and options to consider that it may feel overwhelming at times. Should you go for something entirely new or a tried and tested family name? Or a name based on heritage or characteristic? How about picking something entirely unconventional like a Germanic baby name?
Germanic names were used centuries ago by people residing in Northern Europe and Germanic tribes like Saxons, Angles, Vandals, Goths, Franks, and many other Teutonic speakers. These names are still in use in some parts of Germany, and other European countries.
Most of the Germanic first names consist of two elements. So people could form new names by combining elements from two names. Saint and Latin names were also used by Germanic people. Surnames did not exist in those times. The surnames were introduced in the German-speaking Europe in the Late Middle Ages.
From the cultural heritage of Germania, Germanic mythology, and tribal groups of combatants, MomJunction brings you the names that gave rise to English, the most widely spoken language in the world. For complete details on the name, just click on the name link.
NAMES | MEANING | GENDER | |||
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Achard | Medieval Norman form of Ekkehard. It means brave and hardy. | Boy | |||
Aide | Honourable, Nobel, helpful | Girl | |||
Ailish | variant of Alice | Girl | |||
Aimeric | Hard working | Boy | |||
Aimory | Brilliant | Boy | |||
Aindhadi | Famous star | Boy | |||
Ainhoa | Refers to the Virgin Mary. | Girl | |||
Ainslee | Variant of AINSLEY | Girl | |||
Archambault | Precious or true and bold | Boy | |||
Ashman | Old English - Seaman, Pirate, One who travelled in Ash Wood Boat; German - Boatman | Boy | |||
Aymeric | Germanic - King of work; A variant of the name Aimery | Boy | |||
Beorhthere | An army of light | Boy | |||
Beorhtirc | He who is the ruler of light | Boy | |||
Beorhtmaer | One who is famous for his brightness | Boy | |||
Beorhtmund | He is a protector of light | Boy | |||
Beorhtnoth | One who has the courage of the light | Boy | |||
Beorhtric | He who is the King of the light | Boy | |||
Beorhtsige | The victory of light over the darkness | Boy | |||
Beorhtstan | The light of the stone | Boy | |||
Beorhtwig | The battle of the light | Boy | |||
Beorhtwine | He is a friend of the light | Boy | |||
Beorhtwulf | To have the light and brightness of the wolf | Boy | |||
Beorhtwynn | The joy the light bringd | Boy | |||
Beorna | A woman who is as strong as a bear | Boy | |||
Beornfred | One who is the protector of the bears | Boy | |||
Beornfrith | A man who is protective like a bear | Boy | |||
Beornhelm | One who lives near the place inhabited by bears | Boy | |||
Beornmod | He who guards and protects like a bear | Boy | |||
Beornmund | He who is protective like a bear | Boy | |||
Beornnoth | To have the courgae of the bear | Boy | |||
Beornoth | To be brave like a bear | Boy | |||
Beornred | He who is like a red bear | Boy | |||
Beornric | One who is the Bear King | Boy | |||
Beornstan | He who comes from the Bear stone | Boy | |||
Beornwald | He is powerful like a bear | Boy | |||
Beornward | He who guards like a bear | Boy | |||
Beornwynn | One who is the firend of bears | Boy | |||
Beorthelm | He who is a Bear protevtor | Boy | |||
Beorthmaer | He sho is a Famous Bear | Boy | |||
Beorthwulf | One who is like a bear and llike the wolf | Boy | |||
Beorward | He who has the Bear's Power | Boy | |||
Berad | He who is bright | Boy | |||
Beran | He who has the strenght and bravery of the Bear | Boy | |||
Berat | One who is bright | Boy | |||
Berchthild | The war of the bright men | Boy | |||
Bercta | An illustrious woman who shines brightly | Girl | |||
Bercthun | A man who shines brightly | Boy | |||
Berenwald | He who has the power of a bear | Boy | |||
Berhtric | He who is the King of the Light | Boy | |||
Berhtwald | To have the power of the light | Boy | |||