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German

“Variant of Herman — Army man” — Old English origin

Boy's name · #1539 in the US (2025) · 90s

German has appeared in US records since 1882 — best rank #581 (1991) · 10,290 babies named German all-time · 1 in 14,000 boys born in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Germans

• German Apukhtin — Russian footballer (1936-2003)
• German Sveshnikov — Soviet fencer (1937-2003)
• German Khan — Russian businessman
• German Titov — Russian ice hockey player
• German Zonin — Soviet association football player

What Germans become

Among 338 notable people named German:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.32× more often than among typical names — e.g. German Kim, Kazakhstani academic.

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