Some names are simply variants of each other. These have been joined, with the most prominent one always first (example: Andreas/Anders). Some names have diminutives added which have come into use as full first names; these are printed in italics (example: Wilhelm (Willi)). Upwardly mobile Old Worlders (nobles, intellectuals, bureaucrats and artists) like to give their first name a classical tinge (example: Paul (Paulus)). Some names are more prominent in the north (Knut, Sven, Olaf), some in the south (Ignaz, Udo, Josef), but as long as adventures take place near to waterways where people from different provinces mix more often than in some godforsaken mining village in the Middle Mountains, you should always be on the safe side.
The names of Empire gods and godesses have not been included, because thou shalt not take the Lord’s name in vain. Presenting a coward by the name of Ulric could bring down the rigtheous wrath of that bigoted Ulrican priest in your party upon yourself. Better to use Ulrich for the poor sod. Now, Sigmar is completely out of the question. As are Myrmidia, Shallya and Ranald. Verena is possible, but who in his right mind would call his child Taal?
The names of Empire gods and godesses have not been included, because thou shalt not take the Lord’s name in vain. Presenting a coward by the name of Ulric could bring down the rigtheous wrath of that bigoted Ulrican priest in your party upon yourself. Better to use Ulrich for the poor sod. Now, Sigmar is completely out of the question. As are Myrmidia, Shallya and Ranald. Verena is possible, but who in his right mind would call his child Taal?
The list of surnames is based on the one in the original article. I have scraped those that simply aren’t names and have added a few here and there. The number of suggestions for each letter conforms more or lesse to how often you find names with that first letter. So it’s clear one doesn’t get too many names beginning with a C, but rather more beginning with a K. General rules for surnames are: If you have a suffix of burg, berg, stein, stock or wald then a noble ‘von’ is alright. Names ending on er often denote a job like Reiter (rider) or Bauer (peasant), so they are mostly reserved for the grovelling masses.
Historically, quite often individuals heaped a load of names upon themselves to make clear that they were something special. Nobility nowadays is marked by the wellknown ‘von’. Max von Katzenstein is clearly a noble, so is Isolde von und zu Magen; literally, this would translate as ‘from and to’. Now, Heiner zu Hammerschmitt, Katharina von den (from the) Walden and Achim zum (to the) Bronzen aren’t! Odd, isn’t it?
If you want to make things even more complicated, then you could introduce regional differences in surnames. In Ostland you could have Prussian and Silesian names dominating. These go something like Wentzke, Holitzke and Schimbera, Magiera respectively. Also, names like Zitzewitz and Schleinitz would be alright for nobles from these areas. In the South you could have the Bavarian/Austrian variants: This includes everything ending on meyer and thaler for example. Like Sedlmeyer (or Sedlmayr) and Augenthaler.
Male Forenames
Adalbert/Adelbert, Adam, Adolf (Adolphus), Albert/Albrecht, Aldred, Alexander (Axel), Alfons, Alfred, Alois (Aloisius), Andreas/Anders, Anton (Antonius), Armin, Arnold, Art(h)ur, August (Augustus), Balthasar, Benedikt, Bernhard (Benno, Bernd), Berthold (Bartolomeus), Bertram, Bonifaz (Bonifatius), Clemens, Cyrillus, Daniel, David, Detlef (Dettel), Dieter/Diet(e)rich, Dirk, Eberhard, Edgar, Edler, Edmund, Eduard (Ede), Egolf, Egon, Eitel, Elmar/Elmer, Emil (Emilius), Erhard, Erich/Erik, Ernst, Erwin, Eugen, Fabian, Felix, Ferdinand (Ferdl), Florian, Frank, Franz (Francius), Friedrich (Frieder, Fritz), Gabriel, Georg, Gerhard (Gerd), Götz, Gregor, Gunter, Gustav (Gustavus), Harald, Heinrich/Heiner (Heinz), Herbert/Heribert, Herman(n) (Arminius), Hieronymus, Holger, Hubert, Hugo, Ignaz (Ignatius), Isidor, Jakob (Jacobus), Joachim/Achim/Jochen, Johann(es)/Hans/Hannes, Jonas, Jonathan, Jorg, Josef (Josephus, Sepp), Julius, Jurgen, Karl (Carolus), Kasimir, Kaster (Castor), Kaspar/Kasper (Caspar), Knut, Konrad/Conrad (Konz), Konstantin, Kurt, Laurenz/Lorenz (Laurentius), Leonhard (Leo), Ludwig/Lodew(e)ik, Luitpold, Lutz, Manfred, Marius, Markus, Martin, Mathias (Mattheus), Maximilian (Max), Melchior, Michael/Michel, Moritz, Nathan, Nikolaus/Niklas/Klaus, Norbert, Olaf, Oskar, Oswald, Otto, Paul (Paulus), Peter (Petrus), Philipp (Philippus), Pius, Raimund/Reimund, Rainer/Reiner, Richard, Robert (Bert), Roland, Rudiger/Rudger/Roger, Rudolf (Rolf/Rudi), Ruprecht (Rupert), Samuel, Siegfried, Silvester, Simon, Stefan/Stephan (Steffen), Sven, Thadeus, Theodor (Theo), Thomas, Timotheus, Titus, Tobias, Udo, Ulrich, Valentin, Veit, Viktor, Volkmar/Volker, Walter, Wendel, Werner, Wolfgang (Wolf), Wilhelm (Willi), Zacharias
Female Forenames Adelheid (Heide), Agathe/Agatha, Agnes, Alexandra (Alexa, Alix), Andrea, Angelika, Anna/Anne/Anneliese, Annette, Antonia, Augusta, Beata/Beate, Bert(h)a/Bert(h)e, Brigitte (Gitte, Britta), Cacilie, Camilla, Carola/Karola, Charlotte (Lotte), Claudia, Clementine, Cordula, Cornelia/Kornelia, Daniela, Dora, Doris, Dorothea, Edda, Edith, Eleonore, Elisabeth (Elsbeth, Elsa, Lisbeth), Elke, Ellen, Else, Elvira, Emilie/Emilia, Erika, Esther, Eugenie, Eva, Felicitas, Franka, Franza, Franziska (Franzi), Frieda, Friederike, Gabriele, Gerda, Gertraud/Gertraut, Gertrud(e), Gisela, Gloria, Hanna/Hannelore, Hedwig, Helene/Helena, Helga, Helma, Henriette, Hildegard (Hilde), Ida, Ilse, Ina, Ingrid, Isabella, Isadora, Isolde, Johanna, Josephine, Judith/Jutta, Juliane/Julia, Karin, Karla, Karoline, Katharina (Kathe, Kathrin), Leonore, Liliane, Lore, Luise, Luzia, Magda, Magdalene (Lene, Lena), Margarete /Margareta (Grete(l)), Margit, Margot, Marie, Marianne, Marion, Marlene, Martha/Marthe, Mathilde, Michaela, Monika, Nadja, Ottilie, Paula, Petra, Rebekka, Regina/Regine, Renate/Renata, Rikarda, Rosa, Ruth, Sabine, Sibylle, Silvia, Sophie, Stefanie/Stephanie, Susanne/Susanna, Therese, Ulrike, Ursula (Ursel), Valentina, Verena (Vera), Veronika, Viktoria, Wilhelmine, Winifred
Historically, quite often individuals heaped a load of names upon themselves to make clear that they were something special. Nobility nowadays is marked by the wellknown ‘von’. Max von Katzenstein is clearly a noble, so is Isolde von und zu Magen; literally, this would translate as ‘from and to’. Now, Heiner zu Hammerschmitt, Katharina von den (from the) Walden and Achim zum (to the) Bronzen aren’t! Odd, isn’t it?
If you want to make things even more complicated, then you could introduce regional differences in surnames. In Ostland you could have Prussian and Silesian names dominating. These go something like Wentzke, Holitzke and Schimbera, Magiera respectively. Also, names like Zitzewitz and Schleinitz would be alright for nobles from these areas. In the South you could have the Bavarian/Austrian variants: This includes everything ending on meyer and thaler for example. Like Sedlmeyer (or Sedlmayr) and Augenthaler.
Male Forenames
Adalbert/Adelbert, Adam, Adolf (Adolphus), Albert/Albrecht, Aldred, Alexander (Axel), Alfons, Alfred, Alois (Aloisius), Andreas/Anders, Anton (Antonius), Armin, Arnold, Art(h)ur, August (Augustus), Balthasar, Benedikt, Bernhard (Benno, Bernd), Berthold (Bartolomeus), Bertram, Bonifaz (Bonifatius), Clemens, Cyrillus, Daniel, David, Detlef (Dettel), Dieter/Diet(e)rich, Dirk, Eberhard, Edgar, Edler, Edmund, Eduard (Ede), Egolf, Egon, Eitel, Elmar/Elmer, Emil (Emilius), Erhard, Erich/Erik, Ernst, Erwin, Eugen, Fabian, Felix, Ferdinand (Ferdl), Florian, Frank, Franz (Francius), Friedrich (Frieder, Fritz), Gabriel, Georg, Gerhard (Gerd), Götz, Gregor, Gunter, Gustav (Gustavus), Harald, Heinrich/Heiner (Heinz), Herbert/Heribert, Herman(n) (Arminius), Hieronymus, Holger, Hubert, Hugo, Ignaz (Ignatius), Isidor, Jakob (Jacobus), Joachim/Achim/Jochen, Johann(es)/Hans/Hannes, Jonas, Jonathan, Jorg, Josef (Josephus, Sepp), Julius, Jurgen, Karl (Carolus), Kasimir, Kaster (Castor), Kaspar/Kasper (Caspar), Knut, Konrad/Conrad (Konz), Konstantin, Kurt, Laurenz/Lorenz (Laurentius), Leonhard (Leo), Ludwig/Lodew(e)ik, Luitpold, Lutz, Manfred, Marius, Markus, Martin, Mathias (Mattheus), Maximilian (Max), Melchior, Michael/Michel, Moritz, Nathan, Nikolaus/Niklas/Klaus, Norbert, Olaf, Oskar, Oswald, Otto, Paul (Paulus), Peter (Petrus), Philipp (Philippus), Pius, Raimund/Reimund, Rainer/Reiner, Richard, Robert (Bert), Roland, Rudiger/Rudger/Roger, Rudolf (Rolf/Rudi), Ruprecht (Rupert), Samuel, Siegfried, Silvester, Simon, Stefan/Stephan (Steffen), Sven, Thadeus, Theodor (Theo), Thomas, Timotheus, Titus, Tobias, Udo, Ulrich, Valentin, Veit, Viktor, Volkmar/Volker, Walter, Wendel, Werner, Wolfgang (Wolf), Wilhelm (Willi), Zacharias
Female Forenames Adelheid (Heide), Agathe/Agatha, Agnes, Alexandra (Alexa, Alix), Andrea, Angelika, Anna/Anne/Anneliese, Annette, Antonia, Augusta, Beata/Beate, Bert(h)a/Bert(h)e, Brigitte (Gitte, Britta), Cacilie, Camilla, Carola/Karola, Charlotte (Lotte), Claudia, Clementine, Cordula, Cornelia/Kornelia, Daniela, Dora, Doris, Dorothea, Edda, Edith, Eleonore, Elisabeth (Elsbeth, Elsa, Lisbeth), Elke, Ellen, Else, Elvira, Emilie/Emilia, Erika, Esther, Eugenie, Eva, Felicitas, Franka, Franza, Franziska (Franzi), Frieda, Friederike, Gabriele, Gerda, Gertraud/Gertraut, Gertrud(e), Gisela, Gloria, Hanna/Hannelore, Hedwig, Helene/Helena, Helga, Helma, Henriette, Hildegard (Hilde), Ida, Ilse, Ina, Ingrid, Isabella, Isadora, Isolde, Johanna, Josephine, Judith/Jutta, Juliane/Julia, Karin, Karla, Karoline, Katharina (Kathe, Kathrin), Leonore, Liliane, Lore, Luise, Luzia, Magda, Magdalene (Lene, Lena), Margarete /Margareta (Grete(l)), Margit, Margot, Marie, Marianne, Marion, Marlene, Martha/Marthe, Mathilde, Michaela, Monika, Nadja, Ottilie, Paula, Petra, Rebekka, Regina/Regine, Renate/Renata, Rikarda, Rosa, Ruth, Sabine, Sibylle, Silvia, Sophie, Stefanie/Stephanie, Susanne/Susanna, Therese, Ulrike, Ursula (Ursel), Valentina, Verena (Vera), Veronika, Viktoria, Wilhelmine, Winifred
Surnames
Abel, Abend, Abendrot, Achenbach, Ackermann, Adler, Albers, Allendorf, Alsheimer, Alt, Arndt, Aschendorf, Baer, Baumann, Berger, Biedenkopf, Blacher, Blech, Blum, Bockenheim, Bohm, Bohne, Bohnen, Boll, Bormann, Bornheim, Brandauer, Brahms, Bratsch, Braun, Bremer, Bruck, Brunkhorst, Brustellin, Buchwald, Carow, Castel, Clausewitz, Clemm, Cloos, Delschaft, Dickopf, Dietrich, Diffring, Dissel, Dornbusch, Dreckspatz, Dabisch, Damm, Datz, Daube, Denker, Diestelmeyer, Dippel, Dirnbach, Dollinger, Donner, Dreyer, Dusterberg, Eberlein, Ebert, Eckstein, Edel, Eibl, Eifer, Eiferer, Eigenbrot, Eckmann, Emmel, Engels, Ensslin, Erbach, Eschenheim, Fabel, Faller, Fassbinder, Fassnacht, Feder, Feiler, Feldmann, Feuerbach, Feyerabend, Fischer, Fleischer, Frei, Freihof, Fritsch, Fuchs, Ganz, Gehweiler, Geissler, Gickel, Glaubrecht, Goetz, Goldstein, Gottschalk, Grau, Grasser, Griem, Grobschnitt, Gronemeyer, Gschwendtner, Guhne, Gunzberg, Gutmann Haak, Hack, Harnisch, Hartwig, Hasen, Hasener, Hassel, Heinemann, Helfrich, Hermann, Hinfallig, Hintz, Hockschwarzer, Hofbauer, Hoffmann, Hoger, Holzkrug, Holt, Horn Jaeger, Jackel, Junghans, Kahl, Kannicher; Kant, Kappelmuller, Karge, Kaufmann, Keller, Keush, Keilgeld, Kier, Klammer, Kleist, Kluge, Knopp, Kochel, Kohl, Konigswald, Kopp, Korff, Korte, Kortner, Krauss, Kreuzer, Kroetz, Kronenhof, Kruck, Krug, Kruger, Kummer, Ladengast, Lang, Langenburg, Laubrich, Lauschenberg, Leinweber, Leipnitz, Lenz, Lesch, Liebenfels, Lochner, Lommel, Lupenrein, Mack, Macken, Magen, Maiwald, Mankau, Manzel, Marx, Mattes, Meier, Mellinger, Messner, Moseke, Moosburg, Moser, Muller, Murnau, Nagel, Nass, Neubauer, Nieden, Noll, Nutzniesser, Oberlander, Offen, Olbricht, Oldenhaller, Ostenwald, Otterbach, Pabst, Pallenberg, Panke, Patzer, Peilstock, Pfeffer, Plotz, Pommer, Praunheim, Raab, Rabeneck, Radmacher, Reich, Reitsmann, Reitz, Reusse, Rommel, Rotlander, Rudiger, Rupp, Sagebrecht, Sander, Sauber, Schaden, Schaake, Schauble, Schenk, Scheydt, Schnell, Schondorff, Schubert, Schmidt, Schwanenheim, Semmelrogge, Sierck, Silber, Sinkel, Speilhalter, Steinhoff, Stratz, Stumpfnase
Tauber, Tetzel, Tiele, Tietmeyer, Tischer, Trapp, Treuer, Trommler, Ullmann, Uebele, Ulbricht, Unverzagt, Unzeit, Veigl, Vieweg, Viertel, Vockenburg, Vogel, Vogler, Wagner, Weinrich, Weizsacker, Wennemann, Wegener, Weyrauch, Wiene, Winkler, Winterstein, Witzenberg, Wolkenstein, Zech, Zierenberg, Zimmermann, Zischer, Zopf, Zweifel
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