German
A Germanic name meaning "brother" or "kinsman". Fewer than 350 men in Poland carry it, all of them male, so most Poles have never met one: a handful of boys still get it each year.
German Pronunciation
German is pronounced GER-mahn (/ˈgɛrman/).
What German means
Where German comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name German comes from a Germanic root, and the meaning attached to it is warm and plain: brother, kinsman. It names closeness by blood rather than rank or fortune.
German took its firmest hold in Russia. There it belongs to Gherman Titov, who flew aboard Vostok 2 in August 1961 and became the second human to orbit the Earth. His flight lasted more than a day, seventeen orbits above the planet. At twenty-five he was the youngest person in space at the time.
The name keeps no diminutive of its own here, no softer variant, no feminine partner. A Polish class register would list it once, clear and undivided. What remains is the plain sense it began with: brother, one of the same kin.
When German celebrates name day
German appears 11 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 7 March.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
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in 178 days7 MarchSunday in 2027
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in 244 days12 MayWednesday in 2027
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in 260 days28 MayFriday in 2027
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in 300 days7 JulyWednesday in 2027
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in 324 days31 JulySaturday in 2027
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in 361 days6 SeptemberMonday in 2027
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in 30 days10 OctoberSaturday in 2026
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in 43 days23 OctoberFriday in 2026
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in 50 days30 OctoberFriday in 2026
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in 54 days3 NovemberTuesday in 2026
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in 64 days13 NovemberFriday in 2026
How many people are named German
1 in 65479 men in Poland is named German. 326 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1671 among male names.
German's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1581 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2020.
Where German is most popular
German is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Masovian2 boys born+510%
German as a middle name
German is a first name for 326 men in Poland and a middle name for another 46, an 88/12 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1130th, between Fatih (46) and Honorat (46).
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#1128 Davide46
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#1129 Fatih46
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#1130 German46
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#1131 Honorat46
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#1132 Janisław46