Topic List
Names or more exactly name groups are assigned to topics based on their meaning in general or by words that are connected with their origin and meaning specifically.
The list of 47 topics occuring in the database:
Topic | Description |
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12 Apostles | Names of the 12 apostles/disciples of Jesus according to the New Testament, plus corresponding female names |
12 Tribes of Israel | Names of the 12 sons of Jacob according to the Old Testament and thus the names of the 12 tribes of Israel, plus the corresponding female names |
14 Holy Helpers | 14 saints invoked for numerous special needs, commonly known as the 14 Holy Helpers |
Animals | Animals |
Arthurian legend | Name of a person mentioned in the well-known and influential Arthurian Legend |
Asteroid | Name where there is an asteroid of the same name; asteroids are little planets circling the Sun mostly between Mars and Jupiter; the discoverer of an asteroid has the right to propose a name |
Attributes | Attributes; adjectives from a grammatical point of view |
Calendar and time | Things related to the calender, to time and the passing of time |
Character | Human character traits |
Colors | Colors |
Combination | Combination i.e. two names combined to form a new one |
Conflict | War, fights, hostilities, rivalries |
Everyday word | Use of common everyday words as given names |
Family name | Actual or previous family name which is now also used as given name |
Feelings | Feelings |
Geographic name | Name of a city, a region, a country etc used as a given name |
Germanic mythology | Names from the realm of Germanic, especially Nordic mythology and the world of Germanic gods |
Greek mythology | Names from the realm of Greek mythology and the world of the Greek gods |
Humans | Humans, people in their different social roles, with their different professions etc |
Interesting | Names with an especially interesting origin, e.g. convoluted, particularly old, or surprising |
Invented | Inventend, created names, e.g. invented by an author for a novel or a play |
Job title | Name which started as a job title, either directly or - more often - as a job title that became a family name which now in turn is used as a given name |
Male and female | Names that are used as male as well as female names, written identically but not neccessarily from the same language or same origin |
Nature | Inanimate things in nature, i.e. natural things that are neither plants nor animals |
New Testament | Names of persons mentioned in the New Testament or persons with a close connection to the Christian faith |
Numbers | Numbers, either cardinal, like one, or ordinal, like first |
Old Testament | Names of persons mentioned in the Old Testament and thus names with a connection to the Jewish faith as well |
Phonetic alphabet DE | Given names occuring in the official German phonetic alphabet, e.g. used in radio communications |
Phonetic alphabet FR | Given names occuring in the official French phonetic alphabet, e.g. used in radio communications |
Phonetic alphabet NY | Given names occuring in the official phonetic alphabet of the New York Police, e.g. used in radio communications |
Places | Places, including natural places like mountains and valleys and places created by man like houses, cities etc |
Planet | Name of one of the planets of our solar system |
Plants | Plants and parts thereof |
Politics | Things from politics like systems of political authority or nobility |
Popes | Names chosen by 3 or more popes, plus corresponding female names |
Problematic | Name which for whatever reason would not be very suitable as a name for a newborn, e.g. because the name has negative connotations, like Adolf has as the given name of Hitler |
Problematic spelling | Names with problematic spelling, e.g. because the particular forms are mostly viewed as spelled in a wrong way |
Religion | Anything concerning the various religions |
Roman family name | Roman family name (nomen gentile), the second name according to the three-part naming system of the Romans Given Name/Family Name/Nickname |
Roman given name | Classic Roman given name (praenomen), the first name according to the three-part naming system of the Romans Given Name/Family Name/Nickname |
Roman mythology | Names from the realm of Roman mythology and the world of the Roman gods |
Roman nickname | Roman nickname (cognomen), the third name according to the three-part naming system of the Romans Given Name/Family Name/Nickname |
Scrabble | Given names allowed to be used in German Scrabble, although the rules forbid names in general, because the names have a second entry in the Duden lexicon as German word, or they are a form of a word with such an entry |
Short form | Short form of a name or part of a name which is now also used as a full given name in its own right |
Social life | Things concerning social life like roles in society, professions, relations between people etc |
Two-element name | Two element (dithematic) name which means a name that was built using two words according to a very old Germanic name building pattern |
Words | Words and combinations thereof (sidestep topic where no specific topic is available/applicable) |