Here is a list of German names that start with V. 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.
Most of 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 V
- Modern Male German Names that Start with V
- Traditional German Names that Start with V
- Modern Female German Names that Start with V
- German Last Names that Start with V
There are more modern than traditional names on the lists because I used a larger pool of modern names. The 2000s data includes the 500 most common names today and the top 10 from previous years, while the 1900s data only includes the top 10 for each year. Therefore, the longer lists don’t necessarily mean that an initial has become more popular over time.
Vintage German Boy Names from the 1900s – Letter V
- Valter
- Veit
- Volker
Very few native Germanic words or name roots begin with letter V. Many traditional male names used F instead (since the German V was historically pronounced like F) leading to forms such as Volker and Veit having limited reach.
Contemporary German Male Names Starting with V
- Valentin
- Valentino
- Valerio
- Viktor
- Vince
- Vincent
- Vito
- Vitus
Old German Girl Names Starting with V
- Vanessa
- Valerie
- Veronika
Female V-names became more common only in the mid-to-late 20th century, largely due to international influence. Even the previously popular names Valerie, Vanessa and Veronika were imported from Latin and English sources.
German Girl Names Starting with V Popular Now
- Valentina
- Valeria
- Valerie
- Vanessa
- Vera
- Veronika
- Victoria
- Viola
- Vivien
German Last Names that Start with V
- Veit
- Vetter
- Vogel
- Vogl
- Vogler
- Vogt
- Voigt
- Volk
- Völker
- Volkmann
- Vollmer
- Volz
- Voss
- Voß
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
About Arimo Travels
My website, Arimo Travels, mostly focuses on sustainable travel, although I do write about other topics related to cultures and randomness as well. Besides a random German name generator, I have also created a random German city generator and written blog posts about my encounters in Germany.