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Name German

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the Teuton

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Gender:	male
Languages of use:	German
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Germain, Germana, Germano, Herman, Arman, Eman, Erkan, Erma, Ermin, Ertan Details

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About German/Germaine/Germana, the group of names with the same origin as German

Meaning/translation:	the Teuton
Language of origin:	Unknown
Info about origin, male:	from Germanus, a Latin cognomen for somebody from one of the several Teutonic tribes
	the origin of this cognomen which is mentioned 80 BC for the first time is not known for sure
Topics:	Words
Variants' top ranks:	94:German Madrid 1999, 183:Jermaine USA 1970-1979, 187:Germaine Belgium 2013
Old/original forms:	Germanus Latin
Name variants:	Germaine, Germana, Germain, German, Germano, Jermaine Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name German

Series	Graph	Rankings
Spain/Madrid	Graph	2003 98, 2002 98, 2000 94, 1999 94
USA decades		1990-1999 641
USA yearly	Graph	2009 944, 2008 860, 2007 918, 2006 845, 2005 780, 2004 825, 2003 706, 2002 759, 2001 664, 2000 694, 1999 743, 1998 759, 1997 655, 1996 648, 1995 669, 1994 655, 1993 667

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