1. Arabic
Achmed, Alina, Eleonore, Elmira, Fatima, Leila, Suleika

2. Hebrew
Abel, Abigail, Abraham, Adam, Anna, Benjamin, daniel, David, Debora, Delilah, Dina, Edna, Elisabeth, Ephraim, Esra, Eva, Gabriel, Gideon, hannah, Hiob, Immanuel, Jakob, Jermias, Joachim, Johanna, Johannes, Jonas, Jonathan, Joseph, Josua, Judith, Lea, Magdalena, Maria, Matthias, Melchior, Michael, Miriam, Nathan, Rachel, Raphael, Rebekka, Ruth, Salome, Salomon, Samson, Samuel, Sara(h), Susanne, Thaddäus, Thomas, Tobias, Zacharias.

3. Greek
Agathe, Aegid, Aglaia, Agnes, Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis, Amarante, Ambrosius, Anastasia, Anastasius, Anatol, Andrea, Andreas, Angela, Angelika, Angelus, APpollonia, Appollonius, Aspasia, Baptist, Barbara, Basilius, Berekike, Christoph, Christan, Christiane, Cynthia, Damaris, Daphne, Delia, Diotima, Dorothea, Erasmus, Eugen, Eugenie, Eulalia, Eusebia, Eusebius, Georg, Gregor, Hektor, Helene, Hieronymus, Hippolyt, Iolanthe, Irene, Iris, Isodor, Isidora, Katharina, Leaner, Lydia, Melanie, Melitta, Monika, Narziss, Nikodemus, Mikolaus, Ophelia, Peter, Petra, Philine, Philipp, Philomela, Philomena, Phyllis, Sebastian, Sibylle, Sophia, Stephan, Thekla, Theodor, Theophil, THeresia, Timotheus, Xenia, Zeno.

4. Latin
Adrian, Adriane, Afra, Alban, Amadeus, Amanda, Amandus, Anton, Antnia, August, Aurelia, Aurelius, Aurora, Beate, Beatrix, Beauts, Benedikt, Benedikta, Blanda, Basius, Bonifatius, Cäcile, Cmilla, Candida, Cäsar, Claudius, Claudia, Clemens, Clementia, Cordula, Cornelia, Cornelius, Corona, Crescentia, Desideria, Desiderius, Diana, Dominika, Dominikus, Fabian, Fabius, Fleix, Felizitas, Flora, Florens, Florian, Gemma, Gloria, Gracia, Hortensia, Innozentia, Innozenz, Julia, Julian, Juliana, Justina, Justinus, Justus, Klara, Konstantin, Konstanze, Laura, Laurentius, Leio, Livia, Livius, Lucia, Lucius, Magnus, Maja, Markus, Martin, Marcellus, Maximilian, Miranda, Natalie, Oktavia, Oliver, Liviia, Patrizia, Patrizius, Mpaul, Perdita, Pia, Pius, Porsper, Prudentia, Regina, Renate, Rosa, Rufus, Sabine, Scholastika, Sergius, Silvester, Sixtus, Stella, Titus, Urban, Ursula, Valentin, Viktor, Viktoria, Vinzenz, Viola, Vitus.

5. Italian
Aldo, Alois, Aloisia, Angelina, Beatrice, Bella, Beppo, Bianca, Camillo, Carina, Carlo, Claudio, Cosima, Daniela, Enrica, Enrico, Ezzo, Flavia, Griselda, Isabella, Rita, Rosa, Rosalia, Zita

6. Spanish
Alfons, Alfonsa, Alma, Anita, Benita, Blanka, Carmela, Carmen, Dolores, Elvira, Esmerelda, Estrella, Ferdinand, Ines, Lola, Mercedes, Ramon, Ramona, Xaver.

7. French
Adele, Annette, Antoinette, Ariane, Aribert, Aristid, Arlette, Babette, Blanche, Charlotte, Claire, Claude, Claudette, Danielle, Denise, Dorette, Eduard, Eliane, Emil, Fleur, Gaston, Georgette, Henriette, Jacques, Jacqueline, Jean, Jeanne, Jeannette, Jeannine, Louis, Lucian, Lucienne, Luise, Madeleine, Margot, Marion, Michele, Nanette, Nicole, Odette, Pierre, Raoul, Rene, Roger, Simone, Yvette, Yvonne, Zoe.

8. Celtic
Brigitte, Donald, Douglas, Gwendolin, Jodokus, Jost, Kilian, Tristan

9. English
Alfred, Alice, Artur, Barnet, Belinda, Beryl, Bob, Bobby, Daisy, Edgar, Edith, Edmund, Edwin, Ellen, Evelyn, harriet, harry, helen, Henry, jane, Jenny, Jim, Jimmy, Joan, John, Johnny, Leslie, Lilian, Mabel, Mary, Mike, Mildred, Nelly, Percy, Polly, Ralph, Richard, Ronald, Sammy, Scarlett, Tilly, Tom, Tommy, Vivian

10. Dutch
Hendrikje, Saskia

11. Nordic (Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Islandic)
Agda, Arne, Arwed, Astrid, Axel, Baldur, Berit, Birger, Birgit(ta), Birte, Björn, Bodil, Dagmar, Dagny, Einar, Erich, Erik, Freia, Frithjof, Gefion, Gerda, Greta, Gun, Gunhild, Gunnar, Gustav, Hakon, Harald, Hedda, Helga, Helge, Hjalmar, Holge, Holm, Iduna, Inga, Ingeborg, Ingrid, Ingwar, Ivar, Jens, Karen, Karin, Kerstin, Kirsten, Knut, Lars, Leif, Olaf, Per, Ragna, Ragnar, Ragnhild, Rurik, Sigrid, Sollveig, Sven, Torsten

12. Slavic (Russian, Polish, etc.)
Anja, Anka, Anuschka, Asja, Bogdan, Bogislav, Danuta, Darja, Dunja, Fedor, Feoldora, Igor, Irina, Iwan, Jana, Jaromir, Jaroslaw, Kasimir, Katinka, Katja, Ladislaus, Libussa, Ludmilla, Natascha, Nepomuk, Nina, Olga, Sascha, Sonja, Stanislaus, tamara, Tanja, Tatjana, Vera, Wanda, Wenzel, Wenzelslaus, Wladimir, Zdenko.

13. Hungarian
Bela, Ferenc, Ilona, Ilonka, Marika, Tibor.

14. Persian
Daria, Esther

15. Turkish

IN PROGRESS
Some common names and meanings
Nicknames as part of lists and intro
Famous namesakes as part of lists, current celebrities, pop culture stars
Immigrants - accepting German names, influencing German choices
German names in US and influence of the World Wars, PA Dutch, etc.
Exercises (handwriting, correspondence, searches, frequency of stereotypical names vs. aktuelle),
German vocab on the topic
Websites
Ongoing collection of names and internet surveys of German schools
1. DUDEN brief intro
2. Notion of Standesamt and official list, limiting choices
3. Einteilung des deutschen Sprachgebiets in vier Grossraeume p. 186 Gerhard Bauer
4. most popular names in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and former DDR
5. List of names
6. Original Language of origin (Duden Lexikon der Vornamen 1968)

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