Kate Monk's Onomastikon

(Dictionary of Names)


German Names of Foreign Origin

Male

Given Name and Variants Diminutives Origin
Artur   Celtic
Boris Bobo Slavic
Brandeis, Brendis    
Guido    
Hannibal   Phoenician
Jobst   Breton Iodoc 'lord'
Kevin   Irish
Maik    
Nilo    
Olfert    
Oscar, Osker   Irish (Ossianic)
Piligrim    
Stanislaus, Stanislav, Stannes   Slavic
Wenzel   Slavic
Xaver   Basque

Female

Anitra   Inv by Ibsen in Peer Gynt
Brigitte, Brigitta, Birgit, Beret, Berette, Berit, Britta, Brita - Bridget   Irish Celtic
Genoveva   Celtic
Ilise, Ilse, Ilyse   Elizabeth?
Ina    
Ines   Spanish form of Agnes
Insa    
Isabella, Isabelle, Isabeau   Spanish form of Elizabeth
Isolde   Celtic
Jasmine   Arabic
Jennifer, Jenifer   Celtic
Jette Jettchen  
Jocelyn    
Loletta    
Malwine Malchen? Ossianic invention 'Malvina'
Marlies, Marlis    
Monika, Monike, Monica Mona  
Nadja   Slavic
Nitsa    
Pussi    
Rosemarie    
Rya    
Tanja   'Tatiana'
Viviane   Celtic
Wanda   Slavic
Wendi, Wendie    
Zilli    

Combined Names

 

Male

Dirk-Achim    
Hans-Carl    
Hans-Jorg, Hansjoerg    
Hans-Peter    
Jens-Peter    
Kai-Olaf    
Karl-Heinz    
Karl-Uwe    
Oliver-Sven    

Female

Annegret    
Anneliese, Annelise, Annalisa    
Annemarie    
Eva-Maria    
Hannelore Hannele? Hanneli?  
Liselotte Lilo  
Lottelore    
Trudeliese    


This collection of names was compiled by Kate Monk and is ©1997, Kate Monk.

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