ACHIMA: Feminine form of Greek Achim, probably meaning "Jehovah raises up." In use in Germany.
ADA: Pet form of German names containing the element adal, meaning "noble." Compare with other forms ofAda.
ADALA: Old German name derived from adal, meaning "noble."
ADALEIZ: Older form of Old High German Adalhaid, meaning "noble sort."
ADALHAID: Old High German name composed of the elements adal "noble" and haidu "kind, sort," hence "noble sort."
ADALHEID: Variant spelling of Old High German Adalhaid, meaning "noble sort."
ADALHEIDIS: Latinized form of Old High German Adalheid, meaning "noble sort."
ADALINDA: Old High German name composed of the elements adal "noble" and lind "serpent, snake," hence "noble serpent."
ADALWOLFA: Feminine form of German Adalwolf, meaning "noble wolf."
ADELHEID: Variant spelling of Old High German Adalheid, meaning "noble sort."
ADELHEIT: Variant spelling of Old High German Adalheid, meaning "noble sort."
ADELIND: Abbreviated form of Old High German Adelinda, meaning "noble serpent."
ADELINDA: Variant spelling of Old High German Adalinda, meaning "noble serpent."
ADELINDE: Variant spelling of Old High German Adelinda, meaning "noble serpent."
ADELONDA: Variant spelling of Old High German Adelinda, meaning "noble serpent."
ADELTRUDIS: German equivalent of Anglo-Saxon Æthelthryth (Æðelþryð), meaning "noble strength."
AGATA: German, Swedish and Slovene form of Latin Agatha, meaning "good."
AGLAJA: German form of Greek Aglaia, meaning "beauty, splendor."
AGNA: German form of Greek Hagne, meaning "chaste; holy."
AGNETH: Variant spelling of German Agnethe, meaning "chaste; holy."
AGNETHE: German form of Greek Hagne, meaning "chaste; holy."
ALEIT: German and Swiss short form of Old High German Adalheid, meaning "noble sort."
ALINA: Short form of German names ending with -alina. Compare with other forms of Alina.
ALKE: Low German form of Old High German Adalheid, meaning "noble sort."
ALOÏSIA: Feminine form of German Aloïs, meaning "famous warrior."
AMALA: Feminine form of German Amal, meaning "labor, work." Compare with another form of Amala.
AMALIA: Old German name derived from the word amal, meaning "work."
AMALIE: Variant spelling of German Amalia, meaning "work."
AMELINDA: Old German name composed of the elements amal "work" and lint "serpent, snake," or lind "soft, weak," hence either "work serpent" or "weak worker."
ANELIE: Short form of German Anneliese, meaning "favor; grace" and "God is my oath."
ANGELIKA: German and Polish form of Latin Angelicus, meaning "angelic."
ANINA: German pet form of Latin Anna, meaning "favor; grace." Compare with other forms of Anina.
ANKE: Low German pet form of Latin Anna, meaning "grace" or "favor."
ANNALEISA: Variant spelling of German Anneliese, meaning "favor; grace" and "God is my oath."
ANNALIESA: Variant spelling of German Anneliese, meaning "favor; grace" and "God is my oath."
ANNALIESE: Variant spelling of German Anneliese, meaning "favor; grace" and "God is my oath."
ANNEKE: Short form of Low German Anneken, meaning "favor; grace."
ANNEKEN: Low German diminutive form of Latin Anna, meaning "favor; grace."
ANNELIE: Contracted form of German Anneliese, meaning "favor; grace" and "God is my oath."
ANNELIEN: Pet form of German Annelie, meaning "favor; grace" and "God is my oath."
ANNELIESE: German compound name composed of French Anne "favor; grace" and Liese "God is my oath."
ANNE-MARIE: Variant spelling of German Annemarie, meaning "favor; grace," and "obstinate, rebellious."
ANNEMARIE: German compound name composed of French Anne "favor; grace," and Marie "obstinate, rebellious."
ANNIKEN: Variant spelling of Low German Anneken, meaning "favor; grace."
ANNIKIN: Variant spelling of Low German Anniken, meaning "favor; grace."
ANSELMA: Feminine form of German Anselm, meaning "divine helmet."
ANTJE: Low German pet form of Latin Anna, meaning "favor; grace."
ATHALA: Old German name meaning "noble."
AVIS: Old German nickname, possibly meaning "refuge in war." Compare with another form of Avis.
BALDHILD: Old High German name composed of the elements bald "bold, brave" and hild "battle," hence "bold battle."
BALTHILD: Variant spelling of Old High German Baldhild, meaning "bold battle."
BÄRBEL: German form of Greek Barbara, meaning "foreign; strange."
BATHILD: Old High German name composed of the elements batu "fight, thrust" and hild "battle," hence "fight-battle."
BATHILDA: Variant spelling of Old High German Bathild, meaning "fight-battle."
BATHILDE: Variant spelling of Old High German Bathild, meaning "fight- battle."
BATHILDIS: Latinized form of Old High German Bathild, meaning "fight-battle."
BEATE: German name derived from Latin beatus, meaning "blessed."
BELAKANE: In the German Arthurian epic poem, Parzival, this is the name of Percival's stepmother, an African queen and mother of Feirefiz, Percival's mulatto half-brother.
BELINDA: Possibly a contracted form of Old High German Betlinde, meaning "bright serpent" or "bright linden tree."
BERLIN: From the German city name of uncertain etymology, possibly related to the Old Polabian stem berl-, meaning "swamp."
BERTHA: Old German name derived from the word berht, meaning "bright."
BERTILDA: Old German name composed of the elements berht "bright" and hild "battle," hence "bright battle maid."
BETLINDE: Old High German name composed of the elements beraht "bright, shining" and lint "serpent" or linta"linden tree," hence "bright serpent" or "bright linden tree."
BRIGITTE: French and German form of Irish Gaelic Bríghid, meaning "exalted one."
BRUNA: Feminine form of German Bruno, meaning "brown."
BRUNHILD: Old High German form of Old Norse Brynhildr, meaning "armored warrior woman."
BRUNNHILDE: Variant form of Old High German Brunhild, meaning "armored warrior woman."
CÄCILIA: German form of Latin Cæcilia, meaning "blind."
CÄCILIE: German form of Latin Cæcilia, meaning "blind."
CARLA: Feminine form of German Carl, meaning "man." Compare with another form of Carla.
CARLENE: Pet form of German Carla, meaning "man."
CHLOTICHILDA: German name composed of the elements hloda "famous, renowned" and hild "battle," hence "famous battle