According to data from the Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache (Association for German Language), the most popular baby names in Germany in 2015 were Mia and Jonas.
Here are the country’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2015:
| Girl Names | Boy Names |
|---|---|
| 1. Mia 2. Emma 3. Hanna/Hannah 4. Sophia/Sofia 5. Anna 6. Emilia 7. Mila 8. Lea/Leah 9. Lina 10. Lena | 1. Jonas 2. Maximilian 3. Ben 4. Luca/Luka 5. Leon/Léon 6. Louis/Luis 7. Lukas/Lucas 8. Elias 9. Felix 10. Noah/Noa |
In the girls’ top 10, Mila replaced Marie.
In the boys’ top 10, Elias replaced Paul.
Hanna/Hannah and Luis/Louis were the #1 names (and Jonas was down in 7th) in 2014.
One interesting baby name bestowed in Germany in 2015 was “Gretchen Schneewittchen,” or “Gretchen Snow White,” discovered by name researcher Knud Bielefeld. It may have been inspired by Grimm World, the Brothers Grimm museum that opened in Kassel, Germany, in 2015.
Sources:
- Ausführliche Auswertung: Die beliebtesten Vornamen 2015 – GfdS
- “Germans turn to Star Wars for baby names.” The Local 31 Dec. 2015.
Image: Adapted from Flag of Germany (public domain)
