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German Names for Girls

German names for girls include such classics as Alice and Emma along with many girls’ names that rank among the most fashionable today, both in Germany and the English-speaking world. Along with Alice and Emma, the top German girl names in the US Top 1000 today include Adele, Amelia, Annalise, Ella, Elsa, Emmeline, Millie, and Zelda. In Germany, unique girl names with modern style include Anja, Frieda, Ida, Maude, Romy, and Tilly.

The top girl names in Germany include both those popular throughout Europe and North America, such as Emma, Mia, and Sophia, along with girl names particular to Germany, such as Milan, Leni, and Neele, a German short form of Cornelia.

In Germanophone Switzerland, Emma and Emilia are the most popular German names or girls.

The roster of top German girl names includes German variations of many familiar names, often with a spelling twist. Emilia ranks among Germany’s top names rather than Amelia, Klara takes the place of Clara, Emilie stands in for Emily, Sofie and Lilli are used instead of the usual English versions Sophie and Lily.

You can browse the complete roster of German girl names on our website on this page, continued below. The top names below rank among the current US Top 1000 Baby Names and are ordered by popularity. Unique names rank below the Top 1000 and are listed alphabetically.

You may also want to explore our list of German boy names.

Lilie Lilie is a beautiful name used traditionally...
Origin:Latin
14832
Origin:English
10058
Urse Urse is a variant of Ursula. The meaning of ...
Origin:Latin
10520
Melain The meaning of Melain is 'dark' or 'black'. ...
Origin:Greek
9191
Trescha Trescha is a beautiful name that has a delic...
Origin:Greek
9532
Gretta The name Gretta is of German origins and it ...
Origin:German
8604
Gitta Gitta is a Celtic baby name and is commonly ...
Origin:Celtic
10342
Amilia The name Amilia, of Latin origin, signifies ...
Origin:Latin
7507
Beatrisa The meaning of Beatrisa is 'someone who brin...
Origin:Latin
12495
Gisella The most interesting part of parenting is ch...
Origin:German
5237
Bertilde The meaning of Bertilde is 'a brave young br...
Origin:American
17379
Florentia Florentia is a very common name in some part...
Origin:Latin
8591
Josefine

Meaning: Jehovah increases

Origin:Scandinavian and German variation of Josephine, French
5803
Odiel Do you want to spare your little one the mon...
Origin:Hebrew
9465
Tabea The name Tabea originates from the German wo...
Origin:German
9807
Evchen Evchen is a typically Hebrew baby girl name,...
Origin:Hebrew
9095
Enrika Enrika is believed to have originated from t...
Origin:Norse
13854
Felicie Felicie is a beautiful name usually given to...
Origin:Latin
7398
Angelika Angelika has its roots in Greek, Latin, Fren...
Origin:Greek
9298
Isobella Isobella is a beautiful name that is very po...
Origin:Hebrew
13278