Note:  The information on this page was found on the internet at the following URL link entitled "Popular German First Names, circa 1910".  I have copy and pasted the page onto this web site because many times after researching and finding interesting material I have found that the information is sometimes removed by the original web site owner.

Most popular names from a list of several hundred

Männliche Vornamen

Adelbert-Adalbert-Albert-Albrecht, Adelhard, Adolf, Alfons, Alfred, Alois, Alwin, Andreas (Andre), Ar(e)nd, Arnold, Arnulf, Arno (short form for names beginning with "Arn-"), Anton, Aribert (Heribert), Armin, Arnold, Arnulf, Artur, August

Bartold-Bertold (Berto), Bernhard-Bernd, Benno-Berno (short form for names beginning with "Bern-"), Bernward, Bertram, Bertrand, Bodo-Botho, Burkhard (Borchert)

Christian-Karsten, Christoph-Christof

Dagobert, Degenhard, Detlef (Dietleib), Dietrich (Dirk-Dierk)

Eberhard (Ebert), Eckbert-Egbert, Eckbrecht-Egbrecht, Edgar, Edmund, Edward-Eduard, Edwin, Egmund-Egmont, Egon, Ehregott, Eilhard, Elimar (Elmo), Emil, Emmerich (Emmo), Engerbert, Engelhard, Erhard, Erich, Ern(e)st, Erwin, Eugen, Ewald

Felix, Ferdinand, Florian, Franz (Franziskus), Friedbert, Friedhelm, Friedo, Friedolin, Friedrich (Fritz), Fürchtegott

Gebhard, Georg (Jörg, Jürgen, Goris), Gerald-Gerold, Gerbert, Gerhard (Gerd), Gottfried, Gotthard, Gotthold, Gottlieb, Gottschalk, Götz (short form for names beginning with "Gott-"), Gregor, Günter, Guntram, Gustav

Hans (Johannes), Harald (Herwald), Harduin-Hartwin, Harro, Hartmann, Heinrich (Heinz, Hinz, Henning), Helmut, Her(i)bert, Hermann (Harmen), Hermengild, Herward, Hil(de)bert, Horst, Hubert, Hugo, Humbert

Ildefons, Ingert, Ingo (short form for names beginning with "Ing-"), Ingomar, Irmbert-Ermbert

Jakob (Koppe,Jeppe), Joachim (achim, Jochem, Jochen), Johann(es), Jörg, Joseph/Josef (Sepp), Julius, Jürgen

Karl, Karlmann, Karsten (Christian), Klaus (Nikolaus), Klodwig (Chlodwig), Konrad (Kurt, Kord,Kunz), Kraft

Lambert-Lambrecht, Lebrecht, Leo, Leo(de)gar, Leonhard-Lienhard, Leopold, Luitpold, Lorenz, Lothar, Ludo, Ludolf, Ludwig (Lutz), Lukas

Manfred, Markward, Martin-Merten, Matthias, Maximilian, Medard, Meinhard, Mich(a)el, Moritz

Neidhard, Niklas, Nikolaus (Klaus, Klas), Norbert

Odilo, Oskar, Oswald, Oswin, Otwin, Otfried, Odo, Otto, Ottokar, Otwin

Paul, Peter, Philip

Raban, Reinald-Reinhold-Reginald, Reiner, Reinhard, Richard, Rigobert, Robert, Roderich, Roland, Romnold-Rumold, Rüdiger-Rüdeger, Rudolf-Rudo-Rudi-Rolf, Rupert-Ruprecht

Sepp (Joseph), Siegbert-Sigisbert, Siegfried, Siegmund-Sigismund, Stephan-Stefan,

Tassilo, Theo(de)bald, Theoderich, Theodor, Thomas, Traugott

Udalbert, Udalrich-Ulrich (Uli)

Valentin, Veit (vitus), Vol(k)rad

Waldemar-Woldemar, Waldo(short form for names beginning with "Wald-"), Walter, Wendelin, Werner (Wetzel), Wilhelm, Willibald, Wolfgang, Wolfram, Wolf (short form for names beginning with "Wolf-")

Weibliche Vornamen

Adela-Adele, Adelgund, Adelheid (alheid), Adelind(e), Agathe-Agatha, Agnes, Alberte-Alberta-Albertine, Alma, Aloisia, Amalie-Amalia, Anna (Nanni, Nannette, Netti, Nina, Nan(n)on, Annette), Anselma, Antonie-Antoinette, Armgard, Auguste (Gusti), Aurelie

Barbara(Bärbel, Betti, Babette), Bathild, Berta, Bett(ine), Brigitta-Brigida (Brida), Brunhild(e)

Cäcilie (Cilia, Zilli), Charlotte, Christine (Christel)

Dorothea (Dora-Doris)

Eberharde, Edelgard, Edeltr(a)ud, Edith, Eleonore, Elfriede, Elisabeth (Elise, Elsbeth, Else, Lise, Lisbeth), Elvira, Emilie, Emma (Imma, Emmi), Erika, Erm(en)gard, Ernestine-Ernesta (Erna), Eva

Franziska (Fränzel, Fanni), Ferdinande, Frieda (short form for names beginning with "Fried-"), Fried(e)rike

Gabriele (Gabi), Gebharde, Genoveva, Gerda (short forms for names with "gerd/gard"), Gertr(a)ud, Gisa, Gisela, Grete-Gretchen (Margerete), Gudrun, Gunthild(e), Gusti

Hanna, Hedwig, Helene (Nelli), Hermine, Herta, Hilde, Hildegard, Hildegund

Ida, Ingeburg, Irene, Irma (short form for names beginning with "Irm-"), Irm(en)gard, Isabella, Isolde (Isa)

Johanna, Josepha, Josephine, Juliane-Juliane, Julie, Karla, Karoline, Katharina-Katharine, Käthe-Kätchen, Klara, Klothild(e), Kriemhild(e), Kunigund(e)

Lamberta, Lene (Magdalene, Helene), Leonore, Leopolda-Leopoldine (Poldi), Liese-Lise-Lissi (Elisabeth), Ludwiga, Luise, Lu(i)tgard

Malwine, Margarete, Maria-Marie, Marianne, Martha, Mathilde-Mechthild, Meta (Margarete), Inna, Mitzi-Molli (Maria), Notburg(a)

Odile-Ottilie, Olga, Ortrud

Paula, Philippine, Ploni (Appolonia), Priska

Resi (Theresia), Richarda, Rosa (Rosalie-Rosamunde), Rotr(a)ud, Ruperta

Selma, Sophie, Stanzi (Konstanze), Stasi (Anastasia), Susanne (Suse, Susi, Susschen)

Thekla, Theresia-Therese, Tilde (Mathilde), Tine(Klementine, Florentine), Toni (Antonie), Trine (Katharina), Trude (short form for names with "-trud")

Ulrike, Ursula

Veronika (Vera, Vroni)

Wanda, Wendelgard, Wilhelma-Wilhelmine (Wilma), Winfriede

Zenzi (Vinzentia, Kreszentia), Zilli

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