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ServerAdmin
20th January 2009, 03:21
Hi All!

I am looking to compile a list of 'common' female names during the Third Reich. Has anyone seen a list like this? I am ultimately looking to search for female GPB holders but sometimes it is hard guessing the gender. :wink:

Jason
Stan
20th January 2009, 13:19
Jason,

When couples got married during the Third Reich, they were presented with a brown coloured "Stammbuch" in which the couples name was entered as well as pages where the names of their future children were to be added.

At the back of the book is a list of suggested German male names "Mannliche" and Female names "Weibliche". There is also on the next page a list of names (male and female) which are from a foreign source but still used in Germany.

This list is by no means exhaustive but may be of help.

(I have noticed after posting this list that the names are very difficult to read.)

Stan
MikeC
20th January 2009, 13:28
That is very interesting, Stan. Thanks for posting. Personally, I think Sigismund is poised for a comeback!:blink:

As an aside, aren't there still several countires that continue to "regulate" the names parents give children?
ServerAdmin
21st January 2009, 03:03
That's exactly what I was looking for... Thanks!
gregM
25th January 2009, 22:59
[QUOTE=MikeC;18274]That is very interesting, Stan. Thanks for posting. Personally, I think Sigismund is poised for a comeback!:blink:

I wnt to school with a girl named "Signa". Siggy was a lot of fun :biggrin:
Der Soldat
28th January 2009, 05:04
Jason,

When couples got married during the Third Reich, they were presented with a brown coloured "Stammbuch" in which the couples name was entered as well as pages where the names of their future children were to be added.

At the back of the book is a list of suggested German male names "Mannliche" and Female names "Weibliche". There is also on the next page a list of names (male and female) which are from a foreign source but still used in Germany.

This list is by no means exhaustive but may be of help.

(I have noticed after posting this list that the names are very difficult to read.)

Stan


An odd name, but not unfamiliar (to some extent): Halfway down, first page, in the D section:

Dogobert.....now we need Dilibert....;)