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Copyright (c): 2007-2008:
Jörg MICHAEL, Adalbert-Stifter-Str. 11,
30655 Hannover, Germany
Updated 2016:
Matthias Winkelmann, [email protected]
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Github: https://github.com/MatthiasWinkelmann/name-database
Original work at http://www.heise.de/ct/ftp/07/17/182/
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Gender is encoded in column 2 as:
- F female
- 1F female if first part of name, otherwise mostly male
- ?F mostly female
- M male
- 1M male if first part of name, otherwise mostly female
- ?M mostly male
- ? unisex
Frequencies are encoded in
The dictionary of first names has been prepared with utmost care.
For example, the Turkish, Indian and Korean names in this dictionary have all been independently lassified by several native speakers. I also took special care to list only those names which can currently be found.
The lesson from this?
Any modifications should be done very cautiously (and they must also
adhere to the sorting required by the search algorithm).
For example, knowing that "Sascha" is a boy's name in Germany, the author
never assumed the English "Sasha" to be a girl's name.
Knowing that "Jan" is a boy's name in Germany, I never assumed it to be
also a English short form of "Janet". Another case in point is the name
"Esra". This is a boy's name in Germany, but a girl's name in Turkey.
Or consider the following first names:
| name | description |
|---|---|
| Mitja | male Russian name |
| Elizaveta | rare name; looks like misspelled "Elizabeta" |
| Roelf | rare name; looks like German "Rolf" with an erroneous 'e' |
Borchert, Oltmann, Sievert, Hartmann look like common German surnames
A plus char ('+') "inside" a name symbolizes a '-', ' ' or an empty string (this option applies to Chinese and Korean names only). Thus, "Jun+Wei" represents the names "Jun-Wei", "Jun Wei" and "Junwei".
| category | number |
|---|---|
| Number of first names | 44568 |
| – girl's names | 16921 |
| – boy's names | 17740 |
| – unisex names | 9907 |
| Equivalent name pairs | 734 |
| area | number | notes |
|---|---|---|
| Names from Great Britain | 2232 | |
| Names from Ireland | 876 | |
| Names from U.S.A. | 3916 | |
| Names from Italy | 2871 | |
| Names from Malta | 526 | |
| Names from Portugal | 1041 | |
| Names from Spain | 1645 | |
| Names from France | 1821 | |
| Names from Belgium | 1518 | |
| Names from Luxembourg | 564 | |
| Names from the Netherlands | 3302 | |
| Names from East Frisia | 2589 | ("Ostfriesland") |
| Names from Germany | 2636 | |
| Names from Austria | 1753 | |
| Names from Swiss | 2464 | |
| Names from Iceland | 1302 | |
| Names from Denmark | 1139 | |
| Names from Norway | 1064 | |
| Names from Sweden | 974 | |
| Names from Finland | 873 | |
| Names from Estonia | 1121 | |
| Names from Latvia | 710 | |
| Names from Lithuania | 845 | |
| Names from Poland | 359 | |
| Names from Czech Republic | 477 | |
| Names from Slovakia | 477 | |
| Names from Hungary | 371 | |
| Names from Romania | 1971 | |
| Names from Bulgaria | 1793 | |
| Names from Bosnia and Herzegovina: | 1216 | |
| Names from Croatia | 894 | |
| Names from Kosovo | 1002 | |
| Names from Macedonia | 851 | |
| Names from Montenegro | 621 | |
| Names from Serbia | 727 | |
| Names from Slovenia | 636 | |
| Names from Albania | 1748 | |
| Names from Greece | 778 | |
| Names from Russia | 489 | |
| Names from Belarus | 508 | |
| Names from Moldova | 405 | |
| Names from Ukraine | 531 | |
| Names from Armenia | 653 | |
| Names from Azerbaijan | 764 | |
| Names from Georgia | 293 | |
| Names from Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan,etc.: | 862 | |
| Names from Turkey | 1806 | |
| Names from Arabia/Persia | 2025 | |
| Names from Israel | 1067 | |
| Names from China | 7334 | |
| Names from India/Sri Lanka | 1455 | |
| Names from Japan | 1384 | |
| Names from Korea | 1376 | |
| Names from Vietnam | 307 |
rare medium common total
first names: 1485 201 143 100 100 80 80 30 10 3 0 0 0 2232
girl's names: 629 95 92 51 57 46 43 15 3 1 0 0 0 1032
boy's names: 650 80 35 37 33 26 34 14 7 2 0 0 0 918
unisex names: 206 26 16 12 10 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 282
rare medium common total
first names: 311 134 124 78 80 65 53 25 6 0 0 0 0 876
girl's names: 175 73 60 43 46 44 27 16 2 0 0 0 0 486
boy's names: 112 53 49 29 32 19 24 9 4 0 0 0 0 331
unisex names: 24 8 15 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 59
rare medium common total
first names: 2646 401 292 202 190 103 56 18 8 0 0 0 0 3916
girl's names: 1468 206 155 93 92 48 27 8 1 0 0 0 0 2098
boy's names: 953 152 99 71 69 37 22 10 7 0 0 0 0 1420
unisex names: 225 43 38 38 29 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 398
rare medium common total
first names: 1915 283 206 162 134 94 42 26 5 3 1 0 0 2871
girl's names: 910 142 118 101 75 45 21 12 1 1 1 0 0 1427
boy's names: 999 141 88 61 59 49 21 14 4 2 0 0 0 1438
unisex names: 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
rare medium common total
first names: 137 93 74 79 47 43 30 11 7 3 2 0 0 526
girl's names: 41 42 17 35 23 23 18 2 2 1 1 0 0 205
boy's names: 89 48 50 40 20 20 12 9 5 2 1 0 0 296
unisex names: 7 3 7 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
rare medium common total
first names: 509 181 84 120 70 36 14 13 7 3 3 1 0 1041
girl's names: 273 87 38 60 39 20 8 3 2 0 0 1 0 531
boy's names: 235 92 46 58 29 16 6 10 5 3 3 0 0 503
unisex names: 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
rare medium common total
first names: 955 207 180 106 78 56 30 16 9 6 1 1 0 1645
girl's names: 530 110 91 46 45 34 10 9 3 1 0 1 0 880
boy's names: 416 96 88 60 30 21 19 6 6 5 1 0 0 748
unisex names: 9 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17
rare medium common total
first names: 1136 167 113 102 94 91 76 36 4 0 2 0 0 1821
girl's names: 686 111 72 56 60 58 43 13 0 0 1 0 0 1100
boy's names: 313 42 35 42 33 29 33 21 3 0 1 0 0 552
unisex names: 137 14 6 4 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 169
rare medium common total
first names: 489 253 204 181 186 120 55 26 1 3 0 0 0 1518
girl's names: 270 158 121 91 104 60 26 8 0 2 0 0 0 840
boy's names: 169 76 70 82 73 51 26 17 1 1 0 0 0 566
unisex names: 50 19 13 8 9 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 112
rare medium common total
first names: 77 59 86 77 83 76 56 35 11 2 2 0 0 564
girl's names: 40 25 40 51 52 52 30 13 1 1 1 0 0 306
boy's names: 26 30 44 24 25 23 25 20 9 1 1 0 0 228
unisex names: 11 4 2 2 6 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 30
rare medium common total
first names: 1976 426 329 233 147 99 66 22 3 1 0 0 0 3302
girl's names: 1006 226 186 119 74 58 28 9 0 0 0 0 0 1706
boy's names: 781 150 105 91 53 28 34 13 3 1 0 0 0 1259
unisex names: 189 50 38 23 20 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 337
rare medium common total
first names: 1411 529 210 147 91 106 62 31 2 0 0 0 0 2589
girl's names: 592 219 106 74 51 59 34 9 0 0 0 0 0 1144
boy's names: 651 261 93 70 36 44 28 20 2 0 0 0 0 1205
unisex names: 168 49 11 3 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 240
rare medium common total
first names: 1872 189 145 132 90 86 73 41 8 0 0 0 0 2636
girl's names: 917 99 89 79 49 40 44 24 0 0 0 0 0 1341
boy's names: 929 77 54 53 41 45 29 17 8 0 0 0 0 1253
unisex names: 26 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
rare medium common total
first names: 1090 175 126 99 84 69 59 40 7 4 0 0 0 1753
girl's names: 666 109 78 58 50 47 37 16 3 1 0 0 0 1065
boy's names: 404 63 43 40 34 22 22 24 4 3 0 0 0 659
unisex names: 20 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
rare medium common total
first names: 1252 359 289 204 169 101 53 32 5 0 0 0 0 2464
girl's names: 723 205 161 113 99 52 27 12 2 0 0 0 0 1394
boy's names: 501 142 125 88 66 47 24 20 3 0 0 0 0 1016
unisex names: 28 12 3 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 54
rare medium common total
first names: 329 199 188 148 142 122 100 50 19 5 0 0 0 1302
girl's names: 177 92 92 70 76 56 49 27 9 3 0 0 0 651
boy's names: 152 107 96 78 66 66 51 23 10 2 0 0 0 651
unisex names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
rare medium common total
first names: 308 212 175 126 96 85 58 55 23 1 0 0 0 1139
girl's names: 180 118 97 71 48 54 31 31 9 0 0 0 0 639
boy's names: 123 90 73 52 48 31 27 24 14 1 0 0 0 483
unisex names: 5 4 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
rare medium common total
first names: 413 183 142 89 89 69 59 13 7 0 0 0 0 1064
girl's names: 234 92 73 46 46 32 31 3 1 0 0 0 0 558
boy's names: 170 88 69 43 43 37 28 10 6 0 0 0 0 494
unisex names: 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
rare medium common total
first names: 315 148 125 119 96 62 44 44 20 1 0 0 0 974
girl's names: 183 87 62 67 53 31 23 19 10 0 0 0 0 535
boy's names: 125 58 62 50 42 31 21 25 10 1 0 0 0 425
unisex names: 7 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
rare medium common total
first names: 244 101 129 113 107 72 60 33 13 1 0 0 0 873
girl's names: 142 57 65 61 58 30 35 13 8 0 0 0 0 469
boy's names: 102 43 64 52 49 42 25 20 5 1 0 0 0 403
unisex names: 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
rare medium common total
first names: 449 183 103 122 93 93 56 22 0 0 0 0 0 1121
girl's names: 232 105 49 67 48 47 29 11 0 0 0 0 0 588
boy's names: 214 78 54 55 45 46 27 11 0 0 0 0 0 530
unisex names: 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
rare medium common total
first names: 121 119 76 115 108 83 52 28 6 1 1 0 0 710
girl's names: 79 63 30 60 65 45 26 18 2 0 0 0 0 388
boy's names: 42 56 46 55 43 38 26 10 4 1 1 0 0 322
unisex names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
rare medium common total
first names: 399 103 89 52 70 57 43 18 8 6 0 0 0 845
girl's names: 132 49 41 21 31 29 21 8 5 2 0 0 0 339
boy's names: 267 54 48 31 39 28 22 10 3 4 0 0 0 506
unisex names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
rare medium common total
first names: 94 40 57 27 39 26 25 24 19 7 1 0 0 359
girl's names: 50 22 32 14 22 11 6 13 9 5 1 0 0 185
boy's names: 44 18 25 13 17 15 19 11 10 2 0 0 0 174
unisex names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
rare medium common total
first names: 149 64 48 49 48 39 30 27 10 12 1 0 0 477
girl's names: 97 40 27 32 26 23 16 20 4 3 0 0 0 288
boy's names: 52 24 21 17 21 16 14 7 6 9 1 0 0 188
unisex names: 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
rare medium common total
first names: 78 49 69 97 58 50 31 24 14 6 1 0 0 477
girl's names: 42 26 32 45 34 33 16 14 4 3 1 0 0 250
boy's names: 36 23 37 52 24 17 15 10 10 3 0 0 0 227
unisex names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
rare medium common total
first names: 117 49 20 34 37 36 29 21 21 7 0 0 0 371
girl's names: 65 28 11 17 18 26 20 15 9 2 0 0 0 211
boy's names: 52 21 8 17 19 10 9 6 12 5 0 0 0 159
unisex names: 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
rare medium common total
first names: 1098 413 158 93 56 60 49 27 10 5 2 0 0 1971
girl's names: 724 234 99 53 36 38 25 14 4 0 1 0 0 1228
boy's names: 374 179 59 40 20 22 24 13 6 5 1 0 0 743
unisex names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
rare medium common total
first names: 748 241 244 142 162 126 66 42 16 6 0 0 0 1793
girl's names: 433 144 137 81 87 73 49 24 6 3 0 0 0 1037
boy's names: 313 97 105 61 75 53 17 18 10 3 0 0 0 752
unisex names: 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
rare medium common total
first names: 277 194 195 244 126 111 58 10 1 0 0 0 0 1216
girl's names: 113 96 85 104 40 49 28 7 1 0 0 0 0 523
boy's names: 164 95 110 135 82 62 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 680
unisex names: 0 3 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
rare medium common total
first names: 256 217 103 97 63 67 51 31 6 2 1 0 0 894
girl's names: 127 95 44 48 36 34 26 17 1 1 0 0 0 429
boy's names: 126 122 58 45 26 33 25 14 5 1 1 0 0 456
unisex names: 3 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
rare medium common total
first names: 257 188 184 174 117 52 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 1002
girl's names: 184 90 84 81 62 26 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 544
boy's names: 73 96 99 93 55 26 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 455
unisex names: 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
rare medium common total
first names: 129 228 172 102 86 71 40 16 7 0 0 0 0 851
girl's names: 65 86 72 29 32 32 17 11 4 0 0 0 0 348
boy's names: 64 140 98 72 53 39 23 5 3 0 0 0 0 497
unisex names: 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
rare medium common total
first names: 133 119 68 85 59 77 44 25 10 1 0 0 0 621
girl's names: 58 51 30 31 20 31 20 12 6 0 0 0 0 259
boy's names: 73 67 37 53 39 46 23 13 4 1 0 0 0 356
unisex names: 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
rare medium common total
first names: 150 139 103 61 121 68 45 27 11 2 0 0 0 727
girl's names: 79 70 49 19 52 32 22 13 5 1 0 0 0 342
boy's names: 70 66 54 41 67 36 22 14 6 1 0 0 0 377
unisex names: 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
rare medium common total
first names: 62 144 106 85 90 62 48 31 7 1 0 0 0 636
girl's names: 34 66 44 33 36 36 25 13 2 1 0 0 0 290
boy's names: 28 77 62 50 51 26 22 18 5 0 0 0 0 339
unisex names: 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
rare medium common total
first names: 591 236 305 247 184 103 62 19 1 0 0 0 0 1748
girl's names: 315 97 87 75 60 49 34 12 1 0 0 0 0 730
boy's names: 272 137 217 172 124 54 28 7 0 0 0 0 0 1011
unisex names: 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
rare medium common total
first names: 359 123 49 107 45 32 27 18 11 5 2 0 0 778
girl's names: 242 74 30 58 25 20 16 9 7 1 1 0 0 483
boy's names: 117 49 19 49 20 12 11 9 4 4 1 0 0 295
unisex names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
rare medium common total
first names: 73 51 69 73 46 55 34 33 28 23 4 0 0 489
girl's names: 44 28 38 44 28 29 14 14 11 8 2 0 0 260
boy's names: 26 19 31 29 18 26 20 19 17 15 2 0 0 222
unisex names: 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
rare medium common total
first names: 42 88 56 67 66 48 48 36 33 14 10 0 0 508
girl's names: 21 50 29 35 38 22 22 19 8 4 7 0 0 255
boy's names: 21 35 27 32 26 26 26 17 25 10 3 0 0 248
unisex names: 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
rare medium common total
first names: 44 104 72 37 42 31 31 21 14 9 0 0 0 405
girl's names: 31 60 38 18 20 12 19 8 6 4 0 0 0 216
boy's names: 13 44 34 19 22 19 12 13 8 5 0 0 0 189
unisex names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
rare medium common total
first names: 56 65 61 68 60 68 59 37 39 17 1 0 0 531
girl's names: 28 37 30 40 40 29 25 11 18 8 1 0 0 267
boy's names: 28 28 26 28 20 39 34 26 21 9 0 0 0 259
unisex names: 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
rare medium common total
first names: 101 101 81 66 156 68 46 24 10 0 0 0 0 653
girl's names: 51 64 18 24 68 28 20 11 6 0 0 0 0 290
boy's names: 49 36 60 41 87 39 26 13 4 0 0 0 0 355
unisex names: 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
rare medium common total
first names: 91 211 157 85 93 76 31 18 2 0 0 0 0 764
girl's names: 30 93 86 42 52 37 14 7 2 0 0 0 0 363
boy's names: 61 115 69 42 39 39 16 11 0 0 0 0 0 392
unisex names: 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
rare medium common total
first names: 43 55 44 24 30 19 37 24 12 4 1 0 0 293
girl's names: 18 32 13 8 13 6 16 8 9 1 1 0 0 125
boy's names: 25 23 31 16 17 13 21 16 3 3 0 0 0 168
unisex names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
rare medium common total
first names: 93 152 134 196 159 61 45 19 3 0 0 0 0 862
girl's names: 46 79 83 101 82 30 20 14 2 0 0 0 0 457
boy's names: 45 71 46 92 76 31 25 5 1 0 0 0 0 392
unisex names: 2 2 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
rare medium common total
first names: 455 408 280 272 212 115 45 12 6 1 0 0 0 1806
girl's names: 102 217 107 136 108 66 22 6 3 0 0 0 0 767
boy's names: 331 170 150 120 98 48 22 5 3 1 0 0 0 948
unisex names: 22 21 23 16 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 91
rare medium common total
first names: 431 529 405 281 187 119 48 14 8 3 0 0 0 2025
girl's names: 191 189 158 97 73 50 21 7 3 0 0 0 0 789
boy's names: 235 331 227 176 109 62 26 7 5 3 0 0 0 1181
unisex names: 5 9 20 8 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 55
rare medium common total
first names: 279 244 123 118 92 130 57 20 4 0 0 0 0 1067
girl's names: 138 111 62 43 36 66 21 11 2 0 0 0 0 490
boy's names: 131 124 58 72 53 62 34 9 2 0 0 0 0 545
unisex names: 10 9 3 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
rare medium common total
first names: 5319 1126 507 194 82 46 26 23 8 3 0 0 0 7334
girl's names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
boy's names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
unisex names: 5319 1126 507 194 82 46 26 23 8 3 0 0 0 7334
rare medium common total
first names: 225 463 371 219 116 45 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 1455
girl's names: 131 136 121 76 47 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 535
boy's names: 71 289 197 102 39 11 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 714
unisex names: 23 38 53 41 30 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 206
rare medium common total
first names: 429 266 204 142 153 110 56 22 2 0 0 0 0 1384
girl's names: 182 71 64 55 47 47 29 13 1 0 0 0 0 509
boy's names: 215 180 130 77 98 56 21 5 1 0 0 0 0 783
unisex names: 32 15 10 10 8 7 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 92
rare medium common total
first names: 65 579 341 136 91 50 36 33 20 22 2 1 0 1376
girl's names: 6 200 115 43 25 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 398
boy's names: 24 274 125 40 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 469
unisex names: 35 105 101 53 60 42 36 33 20 21 2 1 0 509
rare medium common total
first names: 32 0 36 41 39 39 34 31 26 19 7 1 2 307
girl's names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4
boy's names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4
unisex names: 32 0 36 41 39 39 34 30 22 18 7 1 0 299