German Boy Names : 324 + Popular German Male Names


Boy or male names in Germany differ from the most popular names in the US, but there are some similarities. German boy names are becoming more and more common which might correlate with the fact that people are becoming more and more aware of their cultural background. However, the reason behind the popularity of German boy names could simply be that the names are so cool. 

German boy names that are commonly given to newborns today in Germany are Noah, Leon and Paul. Old German names for boys that where popular during the World War One was Anton, Josef, Fritz, Wilhelm, Johann, Konrad, Wilhelm and Heinrich.

Read on to find a list of the most popular German baby boy names and a complete list of more than 300 German boy names in alphabetical order. 

Most Popular German Baby Boy Names

Here are a list of the 10 most popular boy names among babies during 2020 (2019).

  1. Noah (1)
  2. Leon (4)
  3. Paul (3)
  4. Mat(h)eo/Matt(h)eo (13)
  5. Ben (2)
  6. Elias (8)
  7. Finn (10)
  8. Felix (7)
  9. Henry/Henri (6)
  10. Louis/Luis (5)

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The list of the most popular German boy names differs, depending of the origin of the parents.

East GermanyWest Germany
MatheoNoah
EmilLeon
OskarPaul
FinnElias
BenBen
Henry6. Matheo
KarlFelix
TheoLouis
NoahFinn
Henry

324 German Boy Names

Here are some common and uncommon German boy names. The list is presented in alphabetic order.

Aaron
Abelard
Adam
Adie
Adler
Adolph
Adrian
Alaric
Albert
Albrecht
Alexander
Alger
Ali
Ancel
Anton
Arland
Armand
Arnold
Artur
Avicus
Baldwin
Baltasar
Baron
Bastian
Ben
Benedikt
Benjamin
Bennet
Bergen
Bernard
Bernstein
Bertram
Bingham
Bogart
Brandeis
Bronson
Bruno
Bud
Burke
Burle
Carl
Carlo
Carsten
Clay
Clovis
Colbert
Colin
Constantin
Dagobert
Dalbert
Dale
Damian
Daniel
David
Derek
Dewitt
Dian
Dieter
Dietrich
Dolf
Dominic
Drake
Dutch
Eberhard
Egmont
Elbert
Elias
Emery
Emil
Emilio
Emir
Erik
Ethelred
Everett
Fabian
Falk
Felix
Ferdinand
Fiete
Finn
Florian
Franz
Frederick
Frederik
Fremont
Fritz
Gabriel
Gary
Geert
Geoffrey
Gerlac
Gilbert
Godfrey
Hagan
Hahn
Hammet
Hannes
Harbin
Harlan
Harry
Heinrich
Heller
Henry
Herbert
Herman
Hernan
Hershel
Hildebrand
Hobart
Horst
Hubert
Hugh
Humbert
Huni
Hutch
Ing
Ingram
Ivo
Jakob
Jamie
Jan
Jannik
Jannis
Jason
Jayden
Jerry
Joel
Johann
Johannes
John
Jona
Jonas
Jonathan
Joshua
Julian
Julius
Justus
Kagan
Kant
Karcher
Karl
Kasch
Kass
Kearn
Kellen
Kepler
Kiefer
Kilian
Klaus
Klein
Konrad
Kurt
Lance
Lando
Lang
Lasse
Lear
Len
Lennard
Lennox
Lenny
Leo
Leon
Leonard
Levi
Levin
Liam
Lian
Lias
Lindberg
Linus
Lio
Loring
Louis
Luca
Ludwig
Luis
Lukas
Luke/Luc
Luther
Lyulf
Malik
Mallory
Malte
Mandel
Manfred
Marlon
Mathias
Mats
Matteo
Matti
Mattis
Max
Maxim
Maximilian
Meyer
Michael
Mika
Milan
Miles
Milo
Miran
Mohammed
Moritz
Nevin
Nick
Nico
Niklas
Nils/Niels
Noah
Noel
Norbert
Oberon
Obert
Odette
Odis
Ole
Orlan
Ormand
Ormanda
Osborn
Oskar
Osten
Otis
Otto
Paul
Paulos
Penrod
Pepe
Phil
Philipp
Rafael
Rainart
Raphael
Redmond
Reinhart
Reinhold
Rikard
Ring
Ritter
Robin
Roderick
Roger
Roland
Rolf
Rollins
Ross
Roswald
Roth
Rudeger
Rudolph
Rune
Samuel
Schaffer
Schmidt
Schneider
Sebastian
Simon
Sinbad
Stark
Stefan
Stein
Strom
Tab
Theo
Theobold
Theodor
Thilo
Till
Tim
Timo
Tobias
Tom
Toni
Tyler
Tyson
Uben
Uberto
Ubrig
Ubrigens
Uhr
Ulas
Ulbrecht
Ulbrich
Ulexite
Ulgar
Ulman
Ulriah
Ulrich
Unser
Uwe
Vaduz
Valdermar
Valentin
Varick
Varner
Verile
Verner
Vid
Vilem
Vilmos
Vincent
Volker
Waggoner
Wagner
Walbert
Waldemar
Waldron
Walmond
Walten
Walter
Waltraut
Warner
Warren
Wes
Wilbert
Willis
Wilmer
Wilson
Winfield
Yale
Yohann
Zamael
Zelig

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