Germanic Names
These names occur in Germanic mythologies and legends. Listed separately are Norse mythology names.
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Germanic
26Alberich is a masculine name of Germanic origin, derived from the Old High German elements alb meaning "elf" and rih meaning "ruler, king", thus signifying "elf king" or "elf ruler". The name is closely related to the Ol...
Brunhild is a female name of Germanic origin, derived from the Old German elements brunna (meaning "armour, protection") and hilt ("battle"). It is cognate with the Old Norse name Brynhildr, which comes from brynja (armo...
Brünhild is the German form of Brunhild, specifically used when referring to the character from the medieval German epic poem the Nibelungenlied. The name is distinguished from the standard Modern German Brunhild or Brun...
Donar is the Old High German form of the Proto-Germanic theonym *Þunraz, meaning “thunder,” and corresponds to the Norse god Thor. In Germanic paganism, Donar was a hammer-wielding deity associated with thunder, storms,...
Etzel is the German legendary form of the name Attila, used predominantly in the medieval German epic poem the Nibelungenlied. In that saga, Etzel is a fictionalized version of Attila the Hun, the 5th-century ruler of th...
Frija is the Old High German form of the goddess Frigg, whose name derives from the Proto-Germanic theonym *Frijjō, meaning "beloved," from the root frijōną ("to love"). In Germanic mythology, Frija (or Frīja in Old High...
*Frijjō is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name or epithet of a hypothetical common Germanic love goddess, most prominently representing the figure known in Norse mythology as Frigg and in Old High German as Frija. The...
EtymologyGrimhilt is an Old German form of the name Kriemhild, itself derived from the Old Germanic elements grimo meaning "mask" or "helmet" and hilt meaning "battle". The name thus carries connotations of a "masked bat...
Gundahar is the Old German form of Gunther, derived from the elements gunda "war" and heri "army", making it a cognate of Gunnar.EtymologyThe name is composed of two Old Germanic elements: gunda ("war, battle") and heri...
Gunther is a German given name derived from the Old German name Gundahar, which is composed of the elements gunda meaning "war" and heri meaning "army," making it a cognate of Gunnar. The name has deep roots in Germanic...
Hagano is the Old German form of Hagen, a name with origins in the Germanic element hag, meaning "enclosure" (from Proto-Germanic hagô). The name is historically associated with a figure of noble but modest status in ear...
Hagen is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It is derived from the Old German element hag meaning "enclosure" (Proto-Germanic *hagô), which may also refer to a fenced-in area or a wooden hedge. The name is histor...
Ing is a name rooted in Germanic mythology, derived from the Proto-Germanic *Ingwaz, which may mean "ancestor". In Germanic paganism, Ing was a minor fertility god, often associated with the tribe of the Ingaevones, who...
Kriemhild is a Germanic and German feminine given name derived from the Old German elements grimo "mask" and hilt "battle". The name is best known from the medieval German saga the Nibelungenlied, where Kriemhild is a be...
Laurin is a name of uncertain origin, likely derived from the Latin laurinus meaning "of laurel", a derivative of laurus. The laurel wreath has long been a symbol of victory and honor in classical antiquity, giving the n...
Nerthus is the Latinized form of the Proto-Germanic deity name *Nerþuz, recorded by the Roman historian Tacitus in the 1st century AD in his ethnographic work Germania. The same root also gives the Old Norse god name Njǫ...
Nerþuz is a reconstructed Proto-Germanic name from which both the goddess Nerthus and the god Njord derive. It represents an ancient Germanic divine figure associated with fertility and peace.Etymology and Linguistic Bac...
Siegfried is a German-language male given name composed from the Old Germanic elements sigu "victory" and fridu "peace". The name is best known from Germanic legend, where Siegfried is the heroic dragon-slayer featured i...
Sieglinde is a Germanic feminine given name, derived from the Old German elements sigu "victory" and lind "soft, flexible, tender". The literal meaning thus combines martial triumph with gentleness, reflecting a common p...
EtymologyÞunraz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic theonym meaning "thunder", from which all Germanic forms of the god's name descend. The name derives from the same root as the English word "thunder" and its Germanic c...
Tīwaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the god known from Norse mythology as Tyr and from Anglo-Saxon tradition as Tiw. As an ancient Germanic deity, Tīwaz appears to have been a sky god originally, whose name...
Wēlandaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic form of Wayland, a name deeply rooted in Germanic mythology and legend. The name is derived from the Proto-Germanic root *wīlą, meaning “craft” or “cunning,” reflecting the le...
Wieland is a German given name and surname, serving as the German cognate of the legendary Germanic smith Wayland (also known as Völundr in Norse mythology). The name traces back to the Old High German Wiolant, ultimatel...
Wodan is the Old High German form of the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name Wōdanaz, meaning "lord of frenzy" or "leader of the possessed," from which the better-known Odin also derives. As the chief god of the Germanic p...
Wōdanaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic theonym from which the names Odin, Wodan, and Woden derive. The name is linguistically reconstructed from later attestations across Germanic languages, most notably Old Norse Ó...
Wotan is a variant of Wodan, the Old High German form of the Proto-Germanic supreme god *Wōdanaz. The name is closely related to the better-known Norse deity Odin, and its meaning derives from the Germanic root *wōþuz, s...