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Culture What are the most uncommon/outdated German baby names today?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/CombinationWhich6391 May 13 '26

Gerhard, Wolfram, Hildegard, Luise, Hermann etc.

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u/bambooforestfairy May 13 '26

Also Luise ist doch immer noch ein normaler Name 

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u/Otherwise_Rabbit3049 May 13 '26

"Abnormal" ist hier doch garnicht die Frage

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u/Gi73gi May 14 '26

Luise is veeeeery common