German (first name)
German is a male given name .
Origin and meaning
- From the Old High German elements ger " Speer " and man " Mann "
- From the Latin Germanus " brother " or " German "
- According to the outdated transcription rule of the Russian language, when the name Herman or Hermann was translated into Russian, the German letter H resulted in the Russian Г , which corresponds to the German G.
variants
In the Spanish-speaking world, the name exists in the form Germán, in French in the form Germain and in Portuguese Germano. The female form is Germana .
Namesake
In Catholicism , several saints bear the Latin form of the name Germanus . Various churches (e.g. St. Germanus in Niederzissen) and monasteries (e.g. the former St. German monastery in Speyer) are named after this .
Name bearer
- German Anatoljewitsch Andrejew (* 1966 in), Russian football player and coach
- Germán Arciniegas (1900–1999), Colombian journalist, writer and politician
- Germán Becerra (* 1928), German-French painter and sculptor of Colombian origin
- German Bestelmeyer (1874–1942), German architect
- Germán Burgos (* 1969), Argentinian national soccer player
- Germán Cobos (1927–2015), Spanish actor
- Germán Conti (* 1994), Argentinian football player
- Germán Efromovich (* 1950), Brazilian-Colombian entrepreneur
- German Frers (* 1941), Argentine yacht designer
- German Germanowitsch Galynin (1922–1966), Soviet composer
- German Hacker (* 1968), German local politician
- German Hafner (1911–2008), German archaeologist
- Germán Herrera (* 1983), Argentine football player
- German Hofmann (1942–2007), German folk musician
- Germán Hornos (* 1982), Uruguayan football player
- Germán Jaramillo (* 1952), Colombian actor and director
- German Accountiev (* 1971), former Russian and Belarusian wrestler
- Germán Kratochwil (* 1938), Austrian-Argentine social scientist and writer
- German Josef Krieglsteiner (1937–2001), German mycologist
- German Konstantinowitsch Lukjanow (1936–2019), Russian jazz bandleader, composer, and trumpeter of modern jazz
- German Mäurer (1811–1883), German-speaking writer and teacher
- German Müller (1930–2007), German geologist and geochemist
- Germán Orduna (1926–1999), Argentine Romanist, Hispanic and Medievalist
- Germán Pomares (1937–1979), Nicaraguan revolutionary
- Germán Riesco Errázuriz (1854–1916), Chilean President from 1901 to 1906
- Germán Silva (* 1968), Mexican long-distance runner
- German Timofejew (* 1937), Russian bishop in the Soviet Union
- German Michailowitsch Titow (* 1965), Russian ice hockey player
- German Stepanowitsch Titow (1935–2000), Soviet cosmonaut
- German Alexandrowitsch Umnow (1937-2016), Russian chess composer
- Germán Valera (* 2002), Spanish soccer player
- Germán Villa (* 1973), former Mexican soccer player
- Germán Voboril (* 1987), Argentinian football player
- German Werth (1937–2000), German military historian
- German Wolf (1830–1890), German pioneer of photography