Vorname
German, noun[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌnaːmə]
Vorname is spelled V-O-R-N-A-M-E (7 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written German, the 11,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorname is a German masculine noun meaning “given name (name chosen for a child by its parents)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein von den Eltern individuell ausgesuchter Name”.
What does Vorname mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegiven name (name chosen for a child by its parents)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein von den Eltern individuell ausgesuchter Name
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Vorname
- Vornamens genitive
- Vornamen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vorname?
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌnaːmə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vorname
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vorname in German?
Vorname appears 5.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).