The following is a list of common German names. It is by no means complete. An office of the German government compiles a list of the 10 most common surnames each year. A good extra credit assignment would be to use internet resources to obtain the most recent copy of that list. The address is
http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa042699.htm
Jungen (boys)
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Alex |
Alexander |
Andreas |
Axel |
Benjamin |
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Benno |
Bernd |
Burkhard |
Christian |
Christoph |
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Daniel |
Detlev |
Dieter |
Dietmar |
Dirk |
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Erik |
Felix |
Florian/Flori |
Frank |
Georg |
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Gerd |
Gerhard |
Günther |
Hannes |
Hans |
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Guido |
Friederich |
Johann |
Rüddiger |
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Hartmut |
Hein |
Helmut |
Holger |
Jan |
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Jens |
Joachim |
Jochen |
Johannes |
Joerg |
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Kai |
Karl |
Karsten |
Klaus |
Kurt |
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Lars |
Lothar |
Lutz |
Manfred |
Mark |
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Marko |
Markus |
Martin |
Matthias |
Michael |
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Nels |
Olaf |
Oliver |
Paul |
Peter |
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Phillip |
Rainer |
Ralf |
Rolf |
Reinhard |
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Richard |
Robert |
Rudi |
Sascha |
Sebastian |
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Stefan |
Thilo |
Timo |
Thomas |
Till |
|
Tobias |
Udo |
Ulf |
Ulrich |
Urs |
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Uwe |
Volker |
Werner |
Wim |
Wolfgang |
Mädchen
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Alexandra |
Anina |
Andrea |
Anita |
Anja |
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Anke |
Anne |
Antje |
Astrid |
Barbara |
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Gagi |
Gabriele |
Giesela |
Gudrun |
Hannelore |
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Beate |
Betina |
Birgit |
Brigitte |
Carola |
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Christa |
Christina |
Christiana |
Claudia |
Cornelia |
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Dagmar |
Daniele |
Doris |
Dorit |
Elisabeth |
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Elke |
Ellen |
Erika |
Erna |
Eva |
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Heidi |
Heike |
Hedwig |
Ingrid |
Inge |
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Irene |
Iris |
Isabelle |
Julia |
Jutta |
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Karin |
Katherina |
Katja |
Katrin |
Kerstin |
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Margit |
Maria |
Marianne |
Marion |
Martina |
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Meike |
Melanie |
Michaele |
Monika |
Nadine |
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Nicole |
Nina |
Petra |
Regina |
Renate |
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Rita |
Ruth |
Sabine |
Sarah |
Silke |
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Sonja |
Stephanie |
Sybille |
Sylvia |
Susanne |
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Tanja |
Ulla |
Ulrike |
Uschi |
Ute |
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Veronika |
Waltraud |
Yvonne |
Jennifer |
Steffi |
| Ilse |