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NamebaseNamebase is a mini-database of personal proper names in your language.
Aaron
Given name
Male
Aaron
Abigail
Given name
Female
Abigail
Abraham
Given name
Male
Abraham
Ackerman
Surname
N/A
farmer, ploughman
Anderson
Surname
N/A
“child of Andrew”
Andreas
Given name
Male
Andrew
Anna
Given name
Female
Anna, Anne, Ann
Anne
Given name
Female
Ann, Anne
Backer
Surname
N/A
baker
Benjamin
Given name
Male
Benjamin, pronounciation /bɛnjɑ:mɪn/
Benson
Surname
N/A
“child of Benjamin, Benedict, Ben”
Berger
Surname
N/A
person from the mountain
Bergman
Surname
N/A
miner, person from the mountain
Bernsteen
Surname
N/A
meaning: "amber", probably a house name
Beth
Given name
Female
Elizabeth, Beth
Braun
Surname
N/A
trait: “brown-(haired, etc)”
Busch
Surname
N/A
“bush”, house name
Daniel
Given name
Male
Daniel
Danielson
Surname
N/A
“child of Daniel”
David
Given name
Male
David
Davidson
Surname
N/A
“child of David”
Debora
Given name
Female
Deborah
Edson
Surname
N/A
“child of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, Ed”
Elias
Given name
Male
Elias
Elijah
Given name
Male
Elijah
Elisabeth
Given name
Female
Elizabeth, Lisa, Betty, Elise, etc.
Elise
Given name
Female
Elise, Elizabeth
Ellison
Surname
N/A
“child of Ellias, Elijah, Elliott”
Elsa
Given name
Female
Elsa, Elizabeth
Engel
Surname
N/A
“angel”, from a house name
Erikson
Surname
N/A
“child of Eric”
Ethan
Given name
Male
Ethan
Eva
Given name
Female
Eve, Eva
Fischer
Surname
N/A
fisher, fisherman
Frankson
Surname
N/A
“child of Frank”
Gabriel
Given name
Male
Gabriel
Haas
Surname
N/A
“hare”, from a house name
Hahn
Surname
N/A
“cock, rooster”, possibly from a house name
Hamburger
Surname
N/A
person from Hamburg
Hanna
Given name
Female
Hannah
Hans
Given name
Male
Hans, variant of Johan
Hanson
Surname
N/A
“child of Hans”
Hoffman
Surname
N/A
courtier, steward
Horn
Surname
N/A
“horn”, house name
Immanuel
Given name
Male
Emmanuel
Isaak
Given name
Male
Issac
Isabel
Given name
Female
Isabel, Elizabeth
Jakob
Given name
Male
James, Jacob
Jakobson
Surname
N/A
“child of Jakob, James”
Jan
Given name
Male
John
Janson
Surname
N/A
“child of John”
Jeremia
Given name
Male
Jeremiah, Jeremy
Joachim
Given name
Male
Joachim
Johan
Given name
Male
John
Johanna
Given name
Female
Jane, Joan, Joanna
Jonathan
Given name
Male
Jonathan
Josef
Given name
Male
Joseph
Josua
Given name
Male
Joshua
Judith
Given name
Female
Judith
Jung
Surname
N/A
meaning “young one”
Kaleb
Given name
Male
Caleb
Karl
Given name
Male
Karl, Carl, Charlie
Karlson
Surname
N/A
“child of Karl”
Keiser
Surname
N/A
emperor
King
Surname
N/A
“king”
Kock
Surname
N/A
cook
Kreger
Surname
N/A
innkeeper
Long
Surname
N/A
meaning: “long one”
Magdalena
Given name
Female
Magdalene
Maier
Surname
N/A
mayor, cognates with English mayor and Standard German Meier, Meyer, etc.
Maria
Given name
Female
Maria, Mary
Marian
Given name
Female
Marian
Mark
Given name
Male
Mark
Markson
Surname
N/A
“child of Mark”
Martinson
Surname
N/A
“child of Martin”
Matthias
Given name
Male
Matthew
Mattson
Surname
N/A
“child of Matt, Matthew”
Michael
Given name
Male
Michael
Miller
Surname
N/A
miller
Naomi
Given name
Female
Naomi
Nathan
Given name
Male
Nathan
Newman
Surname
N/A
Nixon
Surname
N/A
“child of Nicholas, Nick”
Noah
Given name
Male
Noah
Paulson
Surname
N/A
“child of Paul”
Peter
Given name
Male
Peter
Peterson
Surname
N/A
“Child of Peter”
Rachel
Given name
Female
Rachel
Raphael
Given name
Male
Raphael
Rebecca
Given name
Female
Rebecca
Ridder
Surname
N/A
knight
Ruben
Given name
Male
Reuben
Rudolf
Given name
Male
Rudolph
Ruth
Given name
Female
Ruth, pronounciation /ɹʊt/
Samuel
Given name
Male
Samuel
Sara
Given name
Female
Sarah
Schaaper
Surname
N/A
shepherd, from shaap “sheep” + -er
Scholt
Surname
N/A
sheriff(archaic word, cognates with Standard German Schulz)
Schoomaker
Surname
N/A
shoemaker
Schriver
Surname
N/A
scribe
Simon
Given name
Male
Simon
Simonson
Surname
N/A
“child of Simon”
Smid
Surname
N/A
smith
Snider
Surname
N/A
tailor
Steen
Surname
N/A
“stone”, house name
Stephan
Given name
Male
Steven
Steven
Given name
Male
Steven
Susan
Given name
Female
Susan, Susanna
Susanna
Given name
Female
Susan, Susanna
Swart
Surname
N/A
trait: “black-(haired, etc)”
Thomas
Given name
Male
Thomas, Tom
Thomson
Surname
N/A
“Child of Thomas/Tom”
Timberman
Surname
N/A
carpenter
Tobias
Given name
Male
Tobias, Toby
Wagner
Surname
N/A
wainwright, pronounciation /we:nəɹ/
Wever
Surname
N/A
weaver
Wheetsteen
Surname
N/A
“wheat stone”, house name
Wolf
Surname
N/A
meaning: “wolf-like”, or clipping of names with wolf
Zoe
Given name
Female
Zoe
