List of German Baby Names Meanings

Manfredo

(mahn-FREH-do)

Manfredo Family History. Manfredo Name Meaning. Italian: from the Germanic personal name Mag(in)frid, composed of the elements mag(in) 'strength', 'might' + frid 'peace' (common in Lombardic records in the mid- and late 8th century). Compare Manfred.

Meaning: Powerful peace Origin: Germanic, Spanish

Manheim

(MAHN-hiem)

Manheim Name Meaning. Jewish (Ashkenazic), French (of German origin), and Dutch: habitational name from the city of Mannheim in southwestern Germany (formerly the residence of the electors Palatine), so named from the Germanic personal name Manno (see Mann 2) + Old High German heim 'homestead'.

Meaning: Household of men Origin: Germanic

Mannes

(MAHN-nehs)

Mannes Name Meaning. German: patronymic from Mann 1 and 2. Dutch: variant of Magnus, Mannen, or Manes 1. Norwegian: habitational name from a farm name in Rogaland, composed of an uncertain first element (possibly Old Norse man 'thrall', 'slave') + nes 'promontory'.

Meaning: Army man Origin: Germanic

Mansfeld

(MANS-fehld)

Mansfield Name Meaning. English: habitational name from a place in Nottinghamshire.

Meaning: Coming from a hilly pasture Origin: Germanic

Mansfield

(MANS-feeld)

The name Mansfield arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Mansfield family lived in Mansfield, a parish in Nottinghamshire. The place-name itself is a combination of Celtic and Anglo-Saxon terms, and literally signifies the field by the hill called Mam, from the Celtic word for a mother or a breast.

Meaning: Coming from a hilly pasture Origin: English, Germanic

Mantel

(MANT-əl)

Mantel Name Meaning. English, German, French, and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a cloak maker or a nickname for someone who wore a cloak of a particularly conspicuous design, from Anglo-Norman, Middle High German, Old French, and Middle Dutch mantel 'cloak', 'coat' (Late Latin mantellus).

Meaning: Cloak bearer Origin: Germanic

Mathilde

(mah-TIL-de)

The name Mathilde is a German baby name. In German the meaning of the name Mathilde is: Mighty battle maiden.

Meaning: Powerful and mighty in battle Origin: Danish, Dutch, Germanic, Norwegian

Meinhard

(MIEN-hahrt)

Meinhard [mein-hard] as a boys' name is of German origin, and the meaning of Meinhard is "brave or hard strength". Maynard is the anglicized form. ASSOCIATED WITH brave, strength.

Meaning: Powerful strength Origin: Germanic

Merrick

(MER-ik)

A strong, attractive surname name with a mix of possible origins: either from the Welsh first name Meuric,which is a form of Maurice, and contains Germanic elements meaning fame and power, or from a Scottish Gaelic word meaning a fork in a river or a road, which led to the name of several places named Merrick in ...

Meaning: Powerful and famous Origin: Germanic, Welsh

Mien

(MEEN)

Meaning of name Mien. Etymology : Dutch and Limburgish short form of WILHELMINA. Saint : Origin : Dutch.

Meaning: Stout protector Origin: Dutch, Germanic