{"id":1260,"date":"2011-07-12T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2011-07-08T17:48:06","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T21:48:06","slug":"beyond-fred-german-names-for-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/12\/beyond-fred-german-names-for-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond &#8220;Fred&#8221;: German Names for Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/german-money.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1264\" title=\"german-money\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/german-money.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" \/><\/a>Sometimes the hardest part of building a character is\u00a0 coming up with a good name. You can always take a name from Tolkien or other fantasy novels, but you\u2019ve seen those names over and over and you want something a little different, but not way out there. How about an historical name? Or one from a different culture?<\/p>\n<p>This time I&#8217;m covering German names. As always, I&#8217;m selecting these for use in fantasy games, so many of these names may be archaic or uncommon.<\/p>\n<p>[Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pagedooley\/3301804085\/\">kevindooley<\/a> via Flickr Creative Commons 2.0]<\/p>\n<h2>Male Names<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Abelard<\/li>\n<li>Adalbert<\/li>\n<li>Alban<\/li>\n<li>Alwin<\/li>\n<li>Baldric<\/li>\n<li>Berndt<\/li>\n<li>Burkhard<\/li>\n<li>Carsten<\/li>\n<li>Dagmar<\/li>\n<li>Detlef<\/li>\n<li>Dierk<\/li>\n<li>Eber<\/li>\n<li>Etzel<\/li>\n<li>Ewald<\/li>\n<li>Fastred<\/li>\n<li>Feirefiz<\/li>\n<li>Ferdi<\/li>\n<li>Gairovald<\/li>\n<li>Garrit<\/li>\n<li>Gerd<\/li>\n<li>Gisil<\/li>\n<li>Gundrun<\/li>\n<li>Hagan<\/li>\n<li>Hartwin<\/li>\n<li>Heilgar<\/li>\n<li>Hroda<\/li>\n<li>Ingo<\/li>\n<li>Isidor<\/li>\n<li>Ivo<\/li>\n<li>Kai<\/li>\n<li>Kasimir<\/li>\n<li>Kayetan<\/li>\n<li>Kilian<\/li>\n<li>Korbinian<\/li>\n<li>K\u00f6rbl<\/li>\n<li>Lanzo<\/li>\n<li>Lennart<\/li>\n<li>Lothar<\/li>\n<li>Malger<\/li>\n<li>Markus<\/li>\n<li>Marwin<\/li>\n<li>Meine<\/li>\n<li>Merten<\/li>\n<li>Odo<\/li>\n<li>Othmar<\/li>\n<li>Poldi<\/li>\n<li>Quirin<\/li>\n<li>Raban<\/li>\n<li>Raimund<\/li>\n<li>Reto<\/li>\n<li>Ruedi<\/li>\n<li>Seppel<\/li>\n<li>Severin<\/li>\n<li>Sigi<\/li>\n<li>Tancred<\/li>\n<li>Thorben<\/li>\n<li>Tielo<\/li>\n<li>Traugott<\/li>\n<li>Ulrich<\/li>\n<li>Urs<\/li>\n<li>Volker<\/li>\n<li>Waldemar<\/li>\n<li>Wendelin<\/li>\n<li>Wenzel<\/li>\n<li>Wolfram<\/li>\n<li>Yvo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Female Names<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Adelina<\/li>\n<li>Aleida<\/li>\n<li>Aloisia<\/li>\n<li>Beate<\/li>\n<li>Bettina<\/li>\n<li>Bruna<\/li>\n<li>C\u00e4cilie<\/li>\n<li>Conradine<\/li>\n<li>Corina<\/li>\n<li>D\u00f6rthe<\/li>\n<li>Ebbe<\/li>\n<li>Elfriede (Elfie)<\/li>\n<li>Emlin<\/li>\n<li>Erna<\/li>\n<li>Frauke<\/li>\n<li>Gerde<\/li>\n<li>Gerlinde<\/li>\n<li>Gisela<\/li>\n<li>Gudrun<\/li>\n<li>Heike<\/li>\n<li>Helma<\/li>\n<li>Hiltrud<\/li>\n<li>Ilma<\/li>\n<li>Imke<\/li>\n<li>Imme<\/li>\n<li>Ishild<\/li>\n<li>Jana<\/li>\n<li>Kasimira<\/li>\n<li>Kinge<\/li>\n<li>Kirsa<\/li>\n<li>Kunigunde<\/li>\n<li>Lene<\/li>\n<li>Liesa<\/li>\n<li>Liesel<\/li>\n<li>Loreley<\/li>\n<li>Magda<\/li>\n<li>Malwine<\/li>\n<li>Maike<\/li>\n<li>Mareike<\/li>\n<li>Maja<\/li>\n<li>Marlis<\/li>\n<li>Nadja<\/li>\n<li>Nele<\/li>\n<li>Oda<\/li>\n<li>Odelia<\/li>\n<li>Ottila<\/li>\n<li>Raimunde<\/li>\n<li>Renate<\/li>\n<li>Ria<\/li>\n<li>Rike<\/li>\n<li>Roswitha<\/li>\n<li>Salida<\/li>\n<li>Senta<\/li>\n<li>Sidonia<\/li>\n<li>Silke<\/li>\n<li>Tabea<\/li>\n<li>Thekla<\/li>\n<li>Thora<\/li>\n<li>Valeska<\/li>\n<li>Verena<\/li>\n<li>Vreni<\/li>\n<li>Wiebke<\/li>\n<li>Zenzi<\/li>\n<li>Ziska<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>German Surnames<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Abt<\/li>\n<li>Amsel<\/li>\n<li>Bader<\/li>\n<li>Bauer<\/li>\n<li>Baum<\/li>\n<li>Beike<\/li>\n<li>Daecher<\/li>\n<li>Duerr<\/li>\n<li>Eichel<\/li>\n<li>Engal<\/li>\n<li>Faerber<\/li>\n<li>Fiedler<\/li>\n<li>Foerster<\/li>\n<li>Fruehauf<\/li>\n<li>Gaertner<\/li>\n<li>Gersten<\/li>\n<li>Grunewald<\/li>\n<li>Hoch<\/li>\n<li>Holtzmann<\/li>\n<li>Hueber<\/li>\n<li>Jaeger<\/li>\n<li>Kalb<\/li>\n<li>Kappel<\/li>\n<li>Klein<\/li>\n<li>Kluge<\/li>\n<li>Koch<\/li>\n<li>Koenig<\/li>\n<li>Lang<\/li>\n<li>Lehrer<\/li>\n<li>Luft<\/li>\n<li>Metzger<\/li>\n<li>Moench<\/li>\n<li>Nacht<\/li>\n<li>Nadel<\/li>\n<li>Oster<\/li>\n<li>Pfaff<\/li>\n<li>Reiniger<\/li>\n<li>Ritter<\/li>\n<li>Sankt<\/li>\n<li>Schreiber<\/li>\n<li>Schuster<\/li>\n<li>Seiler<\/li>\n<li>Theiss<\/li>\n<li>Traugott<\/li>\n<li>Trommler<\/li>\n<li>Urner<\/li>\n<li>Vogt<\/li>\n<li>Wannemaker<\/li>\n<li>Wirth<\/li>\n<li>Zweig<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.20000-names.com\/male_german_names.htm\">20000 Names from Around the World: Male German Names<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.20000-names.com\/female_german_names.htm\">20000 Names from Around the World: Female German Names<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.behindthename.com\/nmc\/ger4.php\">Behind the Name: German Names<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/german.about.com\/library\/weekly\/aa050399.htm\">German Surnames &#8211; Last Names<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/german.about.com\/library\/blsurname01.htm\">German Surnames with English Meanings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other &#8220;Beyond &#8216;Fred'&#8221; Posts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/13\/beyond-fred\/\">Beyond &#8216;Fred&#8217;: Ancient Egyptian Names<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/22\/beyond-fred-anglo-saxon-names-for-characters\/\">Beyond \u2018Fred\u2019: Anglo-Saxon Names for Characters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/12\/beyond-fred-italian-names-for-characters\/\">Beyond \u2018Fred\u2019: Italian Names for Characters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/05\/beyond-fred-roman-names-for-characters\/\">Beyond \u2018Fred\u2019: Roman Names for Characters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/06\/beyond-fred-russian-names-for-characters\/\">Beyond &#8216;Fred&#8217;: Russian Names<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the hardest part of building a character is\u00a0 coming up with a good name. You can always take a name from Tolkien or other fantasy novels, but you\u2019ve seen those names over and over and you want something a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/12\/beyond-fred-german-names-for-characters\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[66,17,129,65],"class_list":["post-1260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-characters","tag-beyond-fred","tag-character-creation","tag-german","tag-names"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1260"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1262,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260\/revisions\/1262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}