Germaine
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jer-MAYN
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Germaine is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “brother”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Germaine mean?
Latin: French feminine of Germain, from Germanus
“brother”
The French feminine of Germain; in the US it is also a boys' name, close to Jermaine.
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Is Germaine a girl's or a boy's name?
Germaine is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Germaine in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 6 girls.
Germaine in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Germaine in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Germaine, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1972, with 157 boys. It first appears in the records in 1967. 6 girls were also named Germaine in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Germaine in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1967, 92% of the babies named Germaine in the US were girls. By 2012 it was 19%, with more boys than girls since 1972.
Germaine in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 31 | #3,154 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 37 | #2,599 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 29 | #2,987 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,393 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 35 | #2,248 |
| 1994 | 37 | #2,176 |
| 1993 | 53 | #1,657 |
| 1992 | 30 | #2,407 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,221 |
| 1990 | 44 | #1,775 |
| 1989 | 32 | #2,148 |
| 1988 | 28 | #2,192 |
| 1987 | 49 | #1,465 |
| 1986 | 35 | #1,758 |
| 1985 | 49 | #1,388 |
| 1984 | 68 | #1,083 |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,239 |
| 1982 | 77 | #1,031 |
| 1981 | 78 | #1,029 |
| 1980 | 93 | #924 |
| 1979 | 76 | #1,016 |
| 1978 | 76 | #989 |
| 1977 | 92 | #882 |
| 1976 | 91 | #875 |
| 1975 | 97 | #841 |
| 1974 | 113 | #761 |
| 1973 | 146 | #660 |
| 1972 | 157 | #629 |
| 1971 | 95 | #828 |
| 1970 | 29 | #1,581 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
Names like Germaine
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alice, Florence, Charlotte, Billie, Rosie, Georgia, Beatrice, Rose, Bonnie, Constance, Annie, Connie
Names related to Germaine
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Germaine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/germaine, updated 20 October 2026.