# Germain

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #20,646

## Definitions
1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. A male given name from French.

## Etymology
A patronymic from a medieval given name, identical with the French one; or from an ethnic term for a German.

## Easily confused with
- **grain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/germain-vs-grain)
- **German** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/germain-vs-german)
- **Gorman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/germain-vs-gorman)
- **Germany** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/germain-vs-germany)
- **Germans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/germain-vs-germans)
- **Gervais** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/germain-vs-gervais)
- **Germanic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/germain-vs-germanic)
- **Germaine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/germain-vs-germaine)

## Common misspellings (10)
`egrmain`, `gemrain`, `geramin`, `germainn`, `germani`, `germian`, `germmain`, `gerrmain`, `ggermain`, `gremain`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/germain