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Copyright (c): 2007-2008: Jörg MICHAEL, Adalbert-Stifter-Str. 11,

         30655 Hannover, Germany

Updated 2016: Matthias Winkelmann, [email protected]

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Original work at http://www.heise.de/ct/ftp/07/17/182/

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Gender is encoded in column 2 as:

• F female
• 1F female if first part of name, otherwise mostly male
• ?F mostly female
• M male
• 1M male if first part of name, otherwise mostly female
• ?M mostly male
• ? unisex

Frequencies are encoded in (2^x)% of the population, i. e. a "-2" in column 31 indicates a frequency between 2^-4 = 0.0625% and 2^-3 = 0.125% of the population of Great Britain

The dictionary of first names has been prepared with utmost care.

For example, the Turkish, Indian and Korean names in this dictionary have all been independently lassified by several native speakers. I also took special care to list only those names which can currently be found.

The lesson from this? Any modifications should be done very cautiously (and they must also adhere to the sorting required by the search algorithm).

For example, knowing that "Sascha" is a boy's name in Germany, the author never assumed the English "Sasha" to be a girl's name. Knowing that "Jan" is a boy's name in Germany, I never assumed it to be also a English short form of "Janet". Another case in point is the name "Esra". This is a boy's name in Germany, but a girl's name in Turkey.

Or consider the following first names:

Mitja male Russian name Elizaveta rare name; looks like misspelled "Elizabeta" Roelf rare name; looks like German "Rolf" with an erroneous 'e'

Borchert, Oltmann, Sievert, Hartmann look like common German surnames

A plus char ('+') "inside" a name symbolizes a '-', ' ' or an empty string (this option applies to Chinese and Korean names only). Thus, "Jun+Wei" represents the names "Jun-Wei", "Jun Wei" and "Junwei".

Number of first names : 44568 girl's names : 16921 boy's names : 17740 unisex names : 9907 Equivalent name pairs : 734

Names from Great Britain : 2232 Names from Ireland : 876 Names from U.S.A. : 3916 Names from Italy : 2871 Names from Malta : 526 Names from Portugal : 1041 Names from Spain : 1645 Names from France : 1821 Names from Belgium : 1518 Names from Luxembourg : 564 Names from the Netherlands: 3302 Names from East Frisia : 2589 ("Ostfriesland") Names from Germany : 2636 Names from Austria : 1753 Names from Swiss : 2464 Names from Iceland : 1302 Names from Denmark : 1139 Names from Norway : 1064 Names from Sweden : 974 Names from Finland : 873 Names from Estonia : 1121 Names from Latvia : 710 Names from Lithuania : 845 Names from Poland : 359 Names from Czech Republic : 477 Names from Slovakia : 477 Names from Hungary : 371 Names from Romania : 1971 Names from Bulgaria : 1793 Names from Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1216 Names from Croatia : 894 Names from Kosovo : 1002 Names from Macedonia : 851 Names from Montenegro : 621 Names from Serbia : 727 Names from Slovenia : 636 Names from Albania : 1748 Names from Greece : 778 Names from Russia : 489 Names from Belarus : 508 Names from Moldova : 405 Names from Ukraine : 531 Names from Armenia : 653 Names from Azerbaijan : 764 Names from Georgia : 293 Names from Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan,etc.: 862 Names from Turkey : 1806 Names from Arabia/Persia : 2025 Names from Israel : 1067 Names from China : 7334 Names from India/Sri Lanka: 1455 Names from Japan : 1384 Names from Korea : 1376 Names from Vietnam : 307

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 1485 201 143 100 100 80 80 30 10 3 0 0 0 2232 girl's names: 629 95 92 51 57 46 43 15 3 1 0 0 0 1032 boy's names: 650 80 35 37 33 26 34 14 7 2 0 0 0 918 unisex names: 206 26 16 12 10 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 282

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 311 134 124 78 80 65 53 25 6 0 0 0 0 876 girl's names: 175 73 60 43 46 44 27 16 2 0 0 0 0 486 boy's names: 112 53 49 29 32 19 24 9 4 0 0 0 0 331 unisex names: 24 8 15 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 59

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 2646 401 292 202 190 103 56 18 8 0 0 0 0 3916 girl's names: 1468 206 155 93 92 48 27 8 1 0 0 0 0 2098 boy's names: 953 152 99 71 69 37 22 10 7 0 0 0 0 1420 unisex names: 225 43 38 38 29 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 398

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 1915 283 206 162 134 94 42 26 5 3 1 0 0 2871 girl's names: 910 142 118 101 75 45 21 12 1 1 1 0 0 1427 boy's names: 999 141 88 61 59 49 21 14 4 2 0 0 0 1438 unisex names: 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 137 93 74 79 47 43 30 11 7 3 2 0 0 526 girl's names: 41 42 17 35 23 23 18 2 2 1 1 0 0 205 boy's names: 89 48 50 40 20 20 12 9 5 2 1 0 0 296 unisex names: 7 3 7 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 509 181 84 120 70 36 14 13 7 3 3 1 0 1041 girl's names: 273 87 38 60 39 20 8 3 2 0 0 1 0 531 boy's names: 235 92 46 58 29 16 6 10 5 3 3 0 0 503 unisex names: 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 955 207 180 106 78 56 30 16 9 6 1 1 0 1645 girl's names: 530 110 91 46 45 34 10 9 3 1 0 1 0 880 boy's names: 416 96 88 60 30 21 19 6 6 5 1 0 0 748 unisex names: 9 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 1136 167 113 102 94 91 76 36 4 0 2 0 0 1821 girl's names: 686 111 72 56 60 58 43 13 0 0 1 0 0 1100 boy's names: 313 42 35 42 33 29 33 21 3 0 1 0 0 552 unisex names: 137 14 6 4 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 169

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 489 253 204 181 186 120 55 26 1 3 0 0 0 1518 girl's names: 270 158 121 91 104 60 26 8 0 2 0 0 0 840 boy's names: 169 76 70 82 73 51 26 17 1 1 0 0 0 566 unisex names: 50 19 13 8 9 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 112

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 77 59 86 77 83 76 56 35 11 2 2 0 0 564 girl's names: 40 25 40 51 52 52 30 13 1 1 1 0 0 306 boy's names: 26 30 44 24 25 23 25 20 9 1 1 0 0 228 unisex names: 11 4 2 2 6 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 30

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 1976 426 329 233 147 99 66 22 3 1 0 0 0 3302 girl's names: 1006 226 186 119 74 58 28 9 0 0 0 0 0 1706 boy's names: 781 150 105 91 53 28 34 13 3 1 0 0 0 1259 unisex names: 189 50 38 23 20 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 337

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 1411 529 210 147 91 106 62 31 2 0 0 0 0 2589 girl's names: 592 219 106 74 51 59 34 9 0 0 0 0 0 1144 boy's names: 651 261 93 70 36 44 28 20 2 0 0 0 0 1205 unisex names: 168 49 11 3 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 240

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 1872 189 145 132 90 86 73 41 8 0 0 0 0 2636 girl's names: 917 99 89 79 49 40 44 24 0 0 0 0 0 1341 boy's names: 929 77 54 53 41 45 29 17 8 0 0 0 0 1253 unisex names: 26 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 1090 175 126 99 84 69 59 40 7 4 0 0 0 1753 girl's names: 666 109 78 58 50 47 37 16 3 1 0 0 0 1065 boy's names: 404 63 43 40 34 22 22 24 4 3 0 0 0 659 unisex names: 20 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 1252 359 289 204 169 101 53 32 5 0 0 0 0 2464 girl's names: 723 205 161 113 99 52 27 12 2 0 0 0 0 1394 boy's names: 501 142 125 88 66 47 24 20 3 0 0 0 0 1016 unisex names: 28 12 3 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 54

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 329 199 188 148 142 122 100 50 19 5 0 0 0 1302 girl's names: 177 92 92 70 76 56 49 27 9 3 0 0 0 651 boy's names: 152 107 96 78 66 66 51 23 10 2 0 0 0 651 unisex names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 308 212 175 126 96 85 58 55 23 1 0 0 0 1139 girl's names: 180 118 97 71 48 54 31 31 9 0 0 0 0 639 boy's names: 123 90 73 52 48 31 27 24 14 1 0 0 0 483 unisex names: 5 4 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 413 183 142 89 89 69 59 13 7 0 0 0 0 1064 girl's names: 234 92 73 46 46 32 31 3 1 0 0 0 0 558 boy's names: 170 88 69 43 43 37 28 10 6 0 0 0 0 494 unisex names: 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 315 148 125 119 96 62 44 44 20 1 0 0 0 974 girl's names: 183 87 62 67 53 31 23 19 10 0 0 0 0 535 boy's names: 125 58 62 50 42 31 21 25 10 1 0 0 0 425 unisex names: 7 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 244 101 129 113 107 72 60 33 13 1 0 0 0 873 girl's names: 142 57 65 61 58 30 35 13 8 0 0 0 0 469 boy's names: 102 43 64 52 49 42 25 20 5 1 0 0 0 403 unisex names: 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 449 183 103 122 93 93 56 22 0 0 0 0 0 1121 girl's names: 232 105 49 67 48 47 29 11 0 0 0 0 0 588 boy's names: 214 78 54 55 45 46 27 11 0 0 0 0 0 530 unisex names: 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 121 119 76 115 108 83 52 28 6 1 1 0 0 710 girl's names: 79 63 30 60 65 45 26 18 2 0 0 0 0 388 boy's names: 42 56 46 55 43 38 26 10 4 1 1 0 0 322 unisex names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 399 103 89 52 70 57 43 18 8 6 0 0 0 845 girl's names: 132 49 41 21 31 29 21 8 5 2 0 0 0 339 boy's names: 267 54 48 31 39 28 22 10 3 4 0 0 0 506 unisex names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 94 40 57 27 39 26 25 24 19 7 1 0 0 359 girl's names: 50 22 32 14 22 11 6 13 9 5 1 0 0 185 boy's names: 44 18 25 13 17 15 19 11 10 2 0 0 0 174 unisex names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 149 64 48 49 48 39 30 27 10 12 1 0 0 477 girl's names: 97 40 27 32 26 23 16 20 4 3 0 0 0 288 boy's names: 52 24 21 17 21 16 14 7 6 9 1 0 0 188 unisex names: 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 78 49 69 97 58 50 31 24 14 6 1 0 0 477 girl's names: 42 26 32 45 34 33 16 14 4 3 1 0 0 250 boy's names: 36 23 37 52 24 17 15 10 10 3 0 0 0 227 unisex names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 117 49 20 34 37 36 29 21 21 7 0 0 0 371 girl's names: 65 28 11 17 18 26 20 15 9 2 0 0 0 211 boy's names: 52 21 8 17 19 10 9 6 12 5 0 0 0 159 unisex names: 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 1098 413 158 93 56 60 49 27 10 5 2 0 0 1971 girl's names: 724 234 99 53 36 38 25 14 4 0 1 0 0 1228 boy's names: 374 179 59 40 20 22 24 13 6 5 1 0 0 743 unisex names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 748 241 244 142 162 126 66 42 16 6 0 0 0 1793 girl's names: 433 144 137 81 87 73 49 24 6 3 0 0 0 1037 boy's names: 313 97 105 61 75 53 17 18 10 3 0 0 0 752 unisex names: 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 277 194 195 244 126 111 58 10 1 0 0 0 0 1216 girl's names: 113 96 85 104 40 49 28 7 1 0 0 0 0 523 boy's names: 164 95 110 135 82 62 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 680 unisex names: 0 3 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 256 217 103 97 63 67 51 31 6 2 1 0 0 894 girl's names: 127 95 44 48 36 34 26 17 1 1 0 0 0 429 boy's names: 126 122 58 45 26 33 25 14 5 1 1 0 0 456 unisex names: 3 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 257 188 184 174 117 52 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 1002 girl's names: 184 90 84 81 62 26 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 544 boy's names: 73 96 99 93 55 26 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 455 unisex names: 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 129 228 172 102 86 71 40 16 7 0 0 0 0 851 girl's names: 65 86 72 29 32 32 17 11 4 0 0 0 0 348 boy's names: 64 140 98 72 53 39 23 5 3 0 0 0 0 497 unisex names: 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 133 119 68 85 59 77 44 25 10 1 0 0 0 621 girl's names: 58 51 30 31 20 31 20 12 6 0 0 0 0 259 boy's names: 73 67 37 53 39 46 23 13 4 1 0 0 0 356 unisex names: 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 150 139 103 61 121 68 45 27 11 2 0 0 0 727 girl's names: 79 70 49 19 52 32 22 13 5 1 0 0 0 342 boy's names: 70 66 54 41 67 36 22 14 6 1 0 0 0 377 unisex names: 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 62 144 106 85 90 62 48 31 7 1 0 0 0 636 girl's names: 34 66 44 33 36 36 25 13 2 1 0 0 0 290 boy's names: 28 77 62 50 51 26 22 18 5 0 0 0 0 339 unisex names: 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 591 236 305 247 184 103 62 19 1 0 0 0 0 1748 girl's names: 315 97 87 75 60 49 34 12 1 0 0 0 0 730 boy's names: 272 137 217 172 124 54 28 7 0 0 0 0 0 1011 unisex names: 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 359 123 49 107 45 32 27 18 11 5 2 0 0 778 girl's names: 242 74 30 58 25 20 16 9 7 1 1 0 0 483 boy's names: 117 49 19 49 20 12 11 9 4 4 1 0 0 295 unisex names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 73 51 69 73 46 55 34 33 28 23 4 0 0 489 girl's names: 44 28 38 44 28 29 14 14 11 8 2 0 0 260 boy's names: 26 19 31 29 18 26 20 19 17 15 2 0 0 222 unisex names: 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 42 88 56 67 66 48 48 36 33 14 10 0 0 508 girl's names: 21 50 29 35 38 22 22 19 8 4 7 0 0 255 boy's names: 21 35 27 32 26 26 26 17 25 10 3 0 0 248 unisex names: 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 44 104 72 37 42 31 31 21 14 9 0 0 0 405 girl's names: 31 60 38 18 20 12 19 8 6 4 0 0 0 216 boy's names: 13 44 34 19 22 19 12 13 8 5 0 0 0 189 unisex names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 56 65 61 68 60 68 59 37 39 17 1 0 0 531 girl's names: 28 37 30 40 40 29 25 11 18 8 1 0 0 267 boy's names: 28 28 26 28 20 39 34 26 21 9 0 0 0 259 unisex names: 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 101 101 81 66 156 68 46 24 10 0 0 0 0 653 girl's names: 51 64 18 24 68 28 20 11 6 0 0 0 0 290 boy's names: 49 36 60 41 87 39 26 13 4 0 0 0 0 355 unisex names: 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 91 211 157 85 93 76 31 18 2 0 0 0 0 764 girl's names: 30 93 86 42 52 37 14 7 2 0 0 0 0 363 boy's names: 61 115 69 42 39 39 16 11 0 0 0 0 0 392 unisex names: 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 43 55 44 24 30 19 37 24 12 4 1 0 0 293 girl's names: 18 32 13 8 13 6 16 8 9 1 1 0 0 125 boy's names: 25 23 31 16 17 13 21 16 3 3 0 0 0 168 unisex names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 93 152 134 196 159 61 45 19 3 0 0 0 0 862 girl's names: 46 79 83 101 82 30 20 14 2 0 0 0 0 457 boy's names: 45 71 46 92 76 31 25 5 1 0 0 0 0 392 unisex names: 2 2 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 455 408 280 272 212 115 45 12 6 1 0 0 0 1806 girl's names: 102 217 107 136 108 66 22 6 3 0 0 0 0 767 boy's names: 331 170 150 120 98 48 22 5 3 1 0 0 0 948 unisex names: 22 21 23 16 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 91

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 431 529 405 281 187 119 48 14 8 3 0 0 0 2025 girl's names: 191 189 158 97 73 50 21 7 3 0 0 0 0 789 boy's names: 235 331 227 176 109 62 26 7 5 3 0 0 0 1181 unisex names: 5 9 20 8 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 55

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 279 244 123 118 92 130 57 20 4 0 0 0 0 1067 girl's names: 138 111 62 43 36 66 21 11 2 0 0 0 0 490 boy's names: 131 124 58 72 53 62 34 9 2 0 0 0 0 545 unisex names: 10 9 3 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 32

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 5319 1126 507 194 82 46 26 23 8 3 0 0 0 7334 girl's names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 boy's names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 unisex names: 5319 1126 507 194 82 46 26 23 8 3 0 0 0 7334

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 225 463 371 219 116 45 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 1455 girl's names: 131 136 121 76 47 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 535 boy's names: 71 289 197 102 39 11 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 714 unisex names: 23 38 53 41 30 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 206

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 429 266 204 142 153 110 56 22 2 0 0 0 0 1384 girl's names: 182 71 64 55 47 47 29 13 1 0 0 0 0 509 boy's names: 215 180 130 77 98 56 21 5 1 0 0 0 0 783 unisex names: 32 15 10 10 8 7 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 92

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 65 579 341 136 91 50 36 33 20 22 2 1 0 1376 girl's names: 6 200 115 43 25 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 398 boy's names: 24 274 125 40 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 469 unisex names: 35 105 101 53 60 42 36 33 20 21 2 1 0 509

            rare            medium          common         total

first names: 32 0 36 41 39 39 34 31 26 19 7 1 2 307 girl's names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 boy's names: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 unisex names: 32 0 36 41 39 39 34 30 22 18 7 1 0 299