Looking for a [name_m]German[/name_m]-American first name for a boy to go with middle name [name_m]Josef[/name_m], last name Serbo. Top contenders are [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] and [name_m]Christopher[/name_m], but we’re open to suggestions!! Thanks!
“-------” [name_m]Josef[/name_m] Serbo
[name_m]Erik[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]/[name_m]Konrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Markus[/name_m]
[name_m]Oskar[/name_m]
[name_m]Nikolas[/name_m]
[name_m]Stefan[/name_m]
[name_m]Bernard[/name_m]…nickname [name_m]Bear[/name_m]
Oh, I love [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] [name_m]Josef[/name_m]!
[name_m]Anton[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Axel[/name_m]
[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]
[name_m]Carsten[/name_m]
[name_u]Dominik[/name_u]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]
Falco
Fredrich
[name_m]Fritz[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregor[/name_m]
[name_m]Gunther[/name_m]
[name_m]Hans[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Johannes[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonas[/name_m]
[name_m]Kaspar[/name_m]
[name_m]Kristof[/name_m]
[name_m]Kurt[/name_m]
[name_m]Lars[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Lothar[/name_m]
[name_m]Ludwig[/name_m]
[name_m]Lukas[/name_m]
[name_m]Luther[/name_m]
[name_m]Manfred[/name_m]
Mathaus
Nikolaus
[name_m]Olof[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswald[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Randolf[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Viktor[/name_m]
[name_f]Wendall[/name_f]
[name_m]Wilhelm[/name_m]
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m]
[name_m]Arnold[/name_m]
[name_m]Bastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedikt[/name_m]
[name_m]Claus[/name_m] / [name_m]Klaus[/name_m]
[name_m]Christian[/name_m]
[name_m]Christoph[/name_m]
[name_m]Clemens[/name_m]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Dieter[/name_m]
[name_m]Dirk[/name_m]
[name_m]Emil[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernst[/name_m]
[name_m]Fabian[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m]
[name_u]Florian[/name_u]
[name_m]Franz[/name_m]
[name_m]Heinrich[/name_m] / [name_m]Henrik[/name_m] ([name_m]German[/name_m] form of [name_m]Henry[/name_m])
[name_u]Konstantin[/name_u]
[name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_m]Lorenz[/name_m]
[name_m]Marco[/name_m]
[name_m]Marius[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Maximilian[/name_m]
[name_m]Moritz[/name_m] ([name_m]German[/name_m] form of [name_u]Maurice[/name_u])
[name_m]Philipp[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m] / [name_m]Ralf[/name_m]
[name_m]Reimund[/name_m] ([name_m]German[/name_m] form of [name_m]Raymond[/name_m])
[name_m]Theodor[/name_m]
Torben (means “[name_m]Thor[/name_m]’s bear”)
Vinzent ([name_m]German[/name_m] form of [name_m]Vincent[/name_m])
[name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m] (nn. [name_m]Wolf[/name_m])
[name_m]Xaver[/name_m]
[name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_m]Rainer[/name_m]?
i love [name_m]Leon[/name_m]! i think [name_m]Leon[/name_m] [name_m]Josef[/name_m] is fab. As is [name_m]Leon[/name_m] Serbo. Can be nn’d [name_m]Leo[/name_m] when he’s little.
I like Nicolaus, [name_m]Christian[/name_m], [name_m]Lorenz[/name_m], or [name_m]Jacob[/name_m].
Thank you everyone for the suggestions! We have less than 8 weeks to go! All help is truly appreciated. 
Sorry for any repeats 
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
Aloïs
[name_m]Benedikt[/name_m]
[name_m]Bertram[/name_m]
[name_m]Bruno[/name_m]
[name_m]Casimir[/name_m]
[name_m]Christoph[/name_m]
[name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Eugen[/name_m]
[name_m]Fabian[/name_m]
Faramond
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m]
[name_u]Florian[/name_u]
[name_m]Fynn[/name_m]
Hubertus
[name_m]Imre[/name_m]
[name_u]Konstantin[/name_u]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Ludwig[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcel[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Maximilian[/name_m]
[name_m]Moritz[/name_m]
Nikolaus
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Rainer[/name_m]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_m]Sigismund[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodor[/name_m]
Udo
[name_m]Wenzel[/name_m]
[name_m]Wenzeslaus[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilhelm[/name_m]
Here are some suggestions. I apologize for any repeats. I tried to avoid any names that sound more like [name_m]German[/name_m] old men and aren’t too workable in the US:
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m]
[name_m]Anton[/name_m]
[name_m]Bastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Carsten[/name_m]
[name_m]Emil[/name_m]
[name_m]Hannes[/name_m]
[name_m]Hendrik[/name_m]
[name_m]Jens[/name_m] (one of my favourites, but has pronunciation issues)
[name_m]Karl[/name_m]
[name_m]Kurt[/name_m]
[name_m]Markus[/name_m]
[name_m]Martin[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Moritz[/name_m]
[name_m]Stefan[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Torsten[/name_m]
By the way, you can find a list of the most popular baby names in Germany here.
Basically my entire signature works in [name_m]German[/name_m] and English. (I’m [name_m]German[/name_m]-American so that’s really important to me).
With [name_m]Josef[/name_m] I particularly like:
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m] [name_m]Josef[/name_m]
[name_m]Anton[/name_m] [name_m]Josef[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m] [name_m]Josef[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m] [name_m]Josef[/name_m]
[name_m]Mathias[/name_m] [name_m]Josef[/name_m]
[name_m]Gustav[/name_m] [name_m]Josef[/name_m]
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m] [name_m]Josef[/name_m]
[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] [name_m]Josef[/name_m] (Too Technicolored [name_u]Dream[/name_u] Coat?)
[name_m]Peter[/name_m] [name_m]Josef[/name_m]
[name_m]Bennet[/name_m] [name_m]Josef[/name_m]
[name_m]Georg[/name_m] [name_m]Josef[/name_m]
As a [name_m]German[/name_m] I have been finding these threads that are in severe need of correction.
Forgive me for violating an internet rule of responding to an old thread. However, it is not locked or archived. Also, I came across this by change on an internet search. So others may as well.
I find this thread terribly offensive to my ethnicity. Nearly all names listed here are NOT [name_m]German[/name_m] names at all!
Some of my favorite [name_m]GERMAN[/name_m] names are:
Boys:
[name_m]Wilhelm[/name_m]
[name_m]Heinrich[/name_m]
[name_m]Siegfried[/name_m]
[name_m]Friedrich[/name_m]
Wieland
[name_m]Roland[/name_m]
[name_m]Konrad[/name_m]
Rüdiger
[name_m]Helmut[/name_m]
Volkmar
Günther
[name_m]Rudolf[/name_m]
[name_m]Dietrich[/name_m]
[name_m]Hermann[/name_m]
[name_m]Volker[/name_m]
Wolfram
[name_m]Lothar[/name_m]
[name_m]Dieter[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulrich[/name_m]
Girls:
[name_f]Wilhelmine[/name_f]
Brünhilde
Irmengard
Irmingard
Luitgard
Himiltrude
[name_f]Reinhilde[/name_f]
Schwanhilde
Also:
Ehrenfried
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Reinhold[/name_m]
Friedelinde
Ludwige
[name_m]Reinhard[/name_m]
[name_f]Hildegard[/name_f]
Austraberte
[name_f]Friederike[/name_f]
Kriemhilde
[name_m]Siegmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Bernhard[/name_m]
Karlheinz
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Reinhold[/name_m]
Einhard
Dietlieb
[name_m]Adolf[/name_m]
[name_m]Meinhard[/name_m]
Adelhelm
Richmut
Hartmut
Sieghard
[name_m]Siegmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Adolf[/name_m]
Wolfhard
Altmann
Friedbert
Walfried
Friedhelm
Volkhard
Adelbrand
Adelhelm
Adelhard
Sieglinde
Hildeberte
[name_f]Mathilde[/name_f]
Bertegang
Ludwige
Meinhilde
Adelhelma
[name_f]Wendeline[/name_f]
Friedhild(e)
Sieghild(e)
Sieglind(e)
[name_f]Irmgard[/name_f]
Ermengarde
My Children:
[name_m]FRIEDRICH[/name_m] [name_m]WILHELM[/name_m] [name_m]LUDWIG[/name_m] [name_m]ROLAND[/name_m]
GÜNTHER [name_m]HEINRICH[/name_m] [name_m]HELMUT[/name_m] [name_m]KONRAD[/name_m]
[name_m]SIEGFRIED[/name_m] [name_m]KARL[/name_m] [name_m]RUDOLF[/name_m] VOLKMAR
[name_m]DIETRICH[/name_m] [name_m]WOLFGANG[/name_m] RÜDIGER [name_m]HERMANN[/name_m]
This is just a small list of [name_m]German[/name_m] names that I have taken a liking to over the years. I have a multitude more as well. You may also make your own [name_m]German[/name_m] names, as they are bipartite. Some would sound contemporary, some could be traditional. I have an exhaustive database of [name_m]German[/name_m] names, their etymological meanings, historical origins, and bearers by historical, mythological, and religious, characters. [name_m]German[/name_m] names are among the oldest in the world. Many being traced at least 3,000 into the past. If you are interested, please contact me. Good luck.
[name_m]Heinrich[/name_m], I’m pretty sure the OP (who has undoubtedly named their child by now, so…) meant names that are useable both in Germany and in the United States. Not names that are completely Germanic in etymological origin. You suggested a whole lot of names there that are not the best for the United States (esp. [name_m]Adolf[/name_m]! Are you kidding?), so even if it wasn’t several years too late, it would hardly have been the most helpful contribution.
Somehow I missed the 2016 posts! Thanks all for your help!!! We ended up going with [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] [name_m]Josef[/name_m]. Now we need another boy name, so I appreciate having this list!