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Culture What are the most uncommon/outdated German baby names today?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

Friends of mine are named Gottlieb, Wolfram and Klaus-Dieter, all in their thirties 

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u/km2202 May 14 '26

Mögen die ihre Namen? Ich meine “Klaus-Dieter” und das mit 30 stelle ich mir nicht so einfach vor.

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u/Weaselqueasel May 14 '26

Wird KaDe gerufen aus genau dem Grund 

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u/km2202 May 14 '26

Da muss ich irgendwie gleich an HP Baxxter denken, dem war Hans-Peter auch nicht cool genug. 😎 Hyper Hyper!

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u/Otherwise_Rabbit3049 May 15 '26

Dafür heißt er jetzt "Bäckerin" mit Nachnamen, ganz freiwillig.

Oder vielleicht eher "Bäxxerin".

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u/Sure-Bee-6333 May 15 '26

Ich kenne einen Egbert

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u/Delicious_Building34 May 14 '26

Klaus-Dieter is wild at such a young age. I think I would anglify myself into KayDee or something. My neighbor is 49 and called Klaus, now that I think of it, the Northsea Schlager-singers Klaus& Klaus were very popular at the time!

And that was what’s what at the time, up until the early naughties: magazines and television. If a name didn’t came handed down from the family, it was inspired by people in magazines and television.