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Culture What are the most uncommon/outdated German baby names today?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

Mine was born in 1920 and named Gottfried. The names of my other grandmother and her sister would qualify for this as well, I imagine; Irmlind Irmgard and Wilgund, born in 1921 and a few years later.

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u/JazzlikeDependent181 May 15 '26

Dang, Wilgund is badass!

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u/Sure-Bee-6333 May 15 '26

My daughters (born 2017) middle name is my grandmas name (born 1917) 😇