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The Biblical World About 1200 BC to AD 100 The Early Middle Ages 400 to 800 The High and Late Middle Ages 1100 to 1450 Berthold Boy From Germanic berht 'bright' and wald 'rule'. Middle Ages · forgotten Burkhard Boy From Germanic burg 'fortress, protection' and hart 'hard, strong'. Middle Ages · forgotten Eberhard Boy From Germanic ebur 'boar' and hart 'hard, brave'. Middle Ages · forgotten Friedrich Boy From Germanic frid 'peace' and ric 'ruler, powerful'. Middle Ages Gottfried Boy From Germanic god/got 'god' and frid 'peace'; some read the first element as 'good'. Middle Ages · forgotten Hannes Boy German and Scandinavian short form of Johannes, from Hebrew Yohanan 'Yahweh is gracious'. Middle Ages Hans Boy Short form of Johannes, from Hebrew Yohanan 'Yahweh is gracious'. Middle Ages · peak 1885 · forgotten Heinrich Boy From Germanic heim 'home' (or hagan 'enclosure') and ric 'ruler, powerful'. Middle Ages Johann Boy German form of John, from Hebrew Yohanan 'Yahweh is gracious'. Middle Ages · peak 2010 Johanna Girl Feminine of Johannes, from Hebrew Yohanan 'Yahweh is gracious'. Middle Ages · peak 1893 Kaspar Boy Traditional name of one of the three Magi; its origin is uncertain, perhaps Persian for 'treasurer'. Middle Ages Klaus Boy Short form of Nikolaus, from Greek nike 'victory' and laos 'people'. Middle Ages · peak 2019 · forgotten Konrad Boy From Germanic kuoni 'bold, brave' and rad 'counsel'. Middle Ages · peak 2010 Leopold Boy From Germanic liut 'people' and bald 'bold'. Middle Ages · peak 1916 Lukas Boy German form of Luke, from Greek Loukas, probably 'man from Lucania'. Middle Ages · peak 2019 Rudolf Boy From Germanic hrod 'fame' and wulf 'wolf'. Middle Ages · peak 1916 · forgotten Ulrich Boy From Germanic uodal 'heritage, ancestral estate' and ric 'ruler, powerful'. Middle Ages · forgotten Wendelin Boy From a Germanic pet form built on Wendel-, probably the tribal name of the Vandals; the exact sense is uncertain. Middle Ages · forgotten Werner Boy From Germanic warin 'guard' (or the tribal name of the Varini) and heri 'army'. Middle Ages · peak 1930 · forgotten Wilhelm Boy From Germanic wil 'will, desire' and helm 'helmet, protection'. Middle Ages · peak 1880 Wolfgang Boy From Germanic wolf 'wolf' and gang 'path, going'. Middle Ages · peak 2019 The Renaissance 1400 to 1600 The Age of Revolutions 1750 to 1837 Victorian and Belle Époque 1837 to 1914 Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.