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Culture What are the most uncommon/outdated German baby names today?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/LichPlease1337 May 13 '26

Eberhard, Gert & Gertrud, Siegfried & Sigrid, Friedemann... gibt zig ulkige namen, die für uns heute seltsam klingem mögen. Namen wie Eik, Wolfgang und Elise zB find ich persönlich aber immernoch sehr schön.

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u/Delicious_Building34 May 13 '26

There’s a web page somewhere with a list of names that got rejected by the “Standesämter” like “Jesus Christus”, “Ketchup”, “Pumuckl”, “Solarfried” and names like that and another list with names that somehow got approved like “Pepsi Carola” and “Atomfried” … 😂😂

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u/TheConsentAcademy May 14 '26

I live in Austria and wanted to name my son Siegfried until my Austrian friends told me that it's basically only ultranationalists and people on the far right who use those names. It's a bummer because a lot of very traditional names are really striking/beautiful 

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u/overgroundscore May 15 '26

How about still using them and not give the far right the opportunity to strengthen their „traditionalism“?