Germanus

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Latin Germanus = 'German'

The tribal name of the Germans is of uncertain meaning.

Some theories include:

• Gaulish 'noisy one'
• Old Irish garim = 'to shout'
• Old Irish gair = 'neighbour' + Old Irish maon = 'people'
• Latin germanus = 'of brothers and sisters, sibling'

2) Latinised form of Germann

Related Names

Germana	♀
Germanus	♂

Name Days

Denmark

31 July

Faroe Islands

31 July

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[1]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[2]		0	0	0	2
Norway[3]		0	0	0	0
Finland[4]		n.a.	1	n.a	25
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Germanus.

Sources: ^{[2] [1] [3] [4]}

References

1. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
4. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi