German (name)

German is a male first name.

Origin and Meaning

  • From the Old High German elements ger " spear " and one " man "
  • From the Latin germanus " brother " or " Teuton "
  • According to the antiquated transliteration rule of the Russian language Russian Г is incurred in the transfer of the name Herman or Hermann into Russian from the German letter H, which corresponds to the German G.

Variants

In the Spanish -speaking world the name exists in the form of Germán, in French, in the form Germain. The female form is Germana.

Patron

In Catholicism, several saints bear the Latin form of the name Germanus. Named after various churches ( eg St. Germanus in Niederzissen) and monasteries ( eg the former monastery of St. German in Speyer ).

Well-known bearers of the name

  • German Bestelmeyer (1874-1942), German architect
  • Germán Burgos (born 1969 ), Argentine national football team
  • Germán Cobos (* 1927), Spanish actor
  • Germán Efromovich ( b. 1948 ), Brazilian- Colombian entrepreneur
  • German Frers ( born 1941 ), Argentine Yachtkonstukteur
  • German Hermanovitch Galynin (1922-1966), Soviet composer
  • German Gref Oskarowitsch (* 1964), Russian politician
  • German Hafner (1911-2008), German archaeologist
  • Germán Herrera ( b. 1983 ), football player from Argentina
  • German Hofmann (1942-2007), German folk musicians
  • German Kontojew (born 1971 ), former Russian or Belarusian wrestler
  • German Josef Krieglsteiner (1937-2001), German mycologist
  • German Mäurer (1811-1883), German-speaking writer and teacher
  • German Müller (1930-2007), German geologist and geochemist
  • Germán Riesco Errazuriz (1854-1916), Chilean President from 1901 to 1906
  • German Timofeyev (* 1937), Russian bishop in the Soviet Union
  • German Stepanovich Titov (1935-2000), Soviet cosmonaut
  • German Stepanovich Titov (1935-2000), Soviet cosmonaut
  • Germán Villa (born 1973 ), former Mexican football player
  • Germán Voboril (* 1987), Argentine footballer
  • German Werth (1937-2000), German military historian
  • German Wolf (1830-1890), pioneer of photography
Germanic peoples Germán Frers Gherman Titov
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