Given name

Germà

“brother”

Germà is a masculine given name from Latin, meaning “brother.” It is used in Catalan.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Germà means “brother.”

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Where it comes from

Germà comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin germānus (“brother”).

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Germà’s family of names

In Catalan usage, Germà shares a linguistic root with the French form Germain. In Catalan usage, Germà has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Herman. In Catalan usage, Germà shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Germán.

Walk Germà’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Germà has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Latin

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Germà

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Germà, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Latin

Genjo

Genjo is a given name from Latin. It is used in Galician.

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Latin

Giã

Giã is a given name from Latin. It is used in Galician.

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Germanic

Golmar

“power, authority”

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Hebrew

Giuda

Giuda is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Italian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Gaitán

“inhabitant of Gaeta”

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Latin

Dyzma

“sunset”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Genazzano

Genazzano is a surname from Latin. It is used in Italian.

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Latin

Gábriel

“man of God”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Germà’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Germà