Given name & surname
Germany
“land of the Germans”
Germany is a masculine given name from Latin, meaning “land of the Germans.”
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Latin Germānia (“land of the Germans”), built from Latin Germānī + -ia.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Germany through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 723
- 206 boys · 517 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 45 babies
- 2025
- 45
- #3,415 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +7%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 45 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,415 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 15.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, South Carolina had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 543 as a first name in 2020; 3,705 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Germany’s family of names
In English usage, Germany has a conventional equivalent in the Vietnamese form Đức.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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