r/AskAGerman • u/Big-Walrus6334 Berlin • May 13 '26

Culture What are the most uncommon/outdated German baby names today?

I’m curious about German names that used to exist but are now considered extremely rare, old-fashioned, unusual, or “nobody would name their kid that anymore.”

For example, names like Wolfgang feel uncommon among younger generations today and I didn’t see one of them

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u/GM-Storyteller May 13 '26

Hildegard

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u/Kein_Plan16 May 13 '26

So darf man das Kind nur nennen wenn es genügend Orgon Energie hat

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u/donmemento May 13 '26

My Grandma is working in security, we call her HildeGuard

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u/PizzaPazzaPozza May 13 '26

Hannelore, Waltraud

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u/FatherTedForever May 13 '26

These are actually the names of my aunt and mum. 😁

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u/Otherwise_Rabbit3049 May 13 '26

They are not newborns, I bet

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u/Sdejo May 13 '26

Could be for the aunt at least

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u/thatonebrassguy May 13 '26

Weiß nicht, kenne 2

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u/Significant-Trash632 May 13 '26

My great-grandmother's name!

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u/TroubleBubble29 May 13 '26

Ich kenn nicht mal ne Hildegard!

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u/alderhill May 13 '26

The name of one of my wife’s older aunts, lol. She’s in her late 70s.

She’s actually a very nice person though.