Here is a list of German names that start with B. The page includes German names for boys and girls from different eras, as well as last names.
The list is divided into several sections. The modern names are baby names and other names popular in the 2000s, while the traditional names are those common among people born in the 1900s. Some names that have remained popular over the years appear on both lists.
The first names come from data provided by Beliebte-Vornamen.de, a site that lists the most common German names over the years. The surnames are the 1,000 German family names that are currently the most popular. All of the names also appear in my Random German Name Generator.
- Traditional Male German Names that Start with B
- Modern Male German Names that Start with B
- Traditional German Names that Start with B
- Modern Female German Names that Start with B
- German Last Names that Start with B
There are more modern than traditional names on the lists, as I’ve used a larger pool of modern names. The names popular in the 2000s include the 500 most common German names today, as well as the top 10 names from previous years, while the results from the 1900s only include the top 10 names for each year. Therefore, the lengths of the lists don’t necessarily imply that a particular initial has become more popular over the years.
Classic German Male Names Starting with B
- Benedikt
- Benjamin
- Bernhard
- Bernd
German male names beginning with B were relatively uncommon in the past because few traditional Germanic or biblical male names used that initial. Apart from Bernhard and Bernd, most older B-names (like Benedikt or Benjamin) had a distinctly religious or foreign flavor rather than a native Germanic one. The stronger, traditional sounds of initials like H, W, and F dominated male naming instead.
German Boy Names Starting with B Popular Today
- Baran
- Bastian
- Bela
- Ben
- Bene
- Benedikt
- Benjamin
- Bennet
- Benno
- Berat
- Bilal
- Bjarne
- Björn
- Bo
- Bogdan
- Bosse
- Brian
- Bruno
Classic German Girl Names Starting with B
- Barbara
- Berta
- Bettina
- Birgit
- Brigitte
- Britta
- Bärbel
German Girl Names Beginning with B (2000s)
- Beatrice
- Bella
- Bianca
- Bora
Female B-names in Germany were once very fashionable, especially between the 1940s and 1970s, when names like Brigitte, Bettina, Barbara, and Birgit symbolized modern yet respectable femininity. However, these names became overused and strongly tied to an older generation, leading to their decline.
In recent decades, German parents have preferred softer or more international-sounding names such as Emma, Lea, or Mia. The few B-names that remain in use (like Beatrice, Bella, or Bianca) tend to have foreign or romantic associations, showing how the initial has shifted from classic German to international style.
German Last Names that Start with B
- Bach
- Bachmann
- Bader
- Bahr
- Baier
- Balzer
- Bär
- Bartel
- Bartels
- Barth
- Barthel
- Bartsch
- Bastian
- Bauer
- Baum
- Baumann
- Baumeister
- Baumgart
- Baumgarten
- Baumgartner
- Baumgärtner
- Baur
- Bayer
- Becher
- Beck
- Becker
- Beckmann
- Beer
- Behnke
- Behr
- Behrendt
- Behrens
- Beier
- Bender
- Benz
- Berg
- Berger
- Bergmann
- Berndt
- Berner
- Bernhard
- Bernhardt
- Berthold
- Bertram
- Betz
- Beyer
- Biermann
- Binder
- Bischoff
- Bittner
- Blank
- Block
- Blum
- Blume
- Bock
- Bode
- Böhm
- Böhme
- Böhmer
- Bohn
- Boldt
- Bolz
- Boos
- Borchert
- Bormann
- Born
- Börner
- Bosch
- Bosse
- Böttcher
- Böttger
- Brand
- Brandes
- Brandl
- Brandt
- Brauer
- Bräuer
- Braun
- Brehm
- Bremer
- Brendel
- Brenner
- Breuer
- Brinkmann
- Brockmann
- Brück
- Brückner
- Brüggemann
- Bruhn
- Brüning
- Brunner
- Bruns
- Bucher
- Buchholz
- Buchner
- Büchner
- Buck
- Budde
- Bühler
- Burger
- Bürger
- Burghardt
- Burkhardt
- Burmeister
- Busch
- Büscher
- Buschmann
- Busse
- Büttner
About This List
I have made similar lists of German names for all the letters of the alphabet from A to Z:
- Names that Start with A
- Names that Start with B
- Names that Start with C
- Names that Start with D
- Names that Start with E
- Names that Start with F
- Names that Start with G
- Names that Start with H
- Names that Start with I
- Names that Start with J
- Names that Start with K
- Names that Start with L
- Names that Start with M
- Names that Start with N
- Names that Start with O
- Names that Start with P
- Names that Start with Q
- Names that Start with R
- Names that Start with S
- Names that Start with T
- Names that Start with U
- Names that Start with V
- Names that Start with W
- Names that Start with X
- Names that Start with Y
- Names that Start with Z
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