The naming game part 3

German Naming Pattern

Pattern A

1st son=father's father
2nd son=mother's father
3rd son=father
4th son=father's father's father
5th son=mother's father's father
6th son=father's mother's father
7th son= mother's mother's father

1st daughter=mother's mother
2nd daughter= father's mother
3rd daughter =mother
4th daughter=father's father's mother
5th daughter=mother's mother's mother

Pattern B

The pattern is the same for the sons but different for the daughters.


1st daughter=father's mother
2nd daughter=mother's mother
3rd daughter= mother
4th daughter =mother's father's mother
5th daughter=father's father's mother


Pattern C

1st son=father's father
2nd son=mother's father
3rd son=father's oldest brother
4th son=father


1st daughter=father's mother
2nd daughter=mother's mother
3rd daughter= mother's oldest sister
4th daughter =mother

German children had the same first names, but went by their middle names. First name is usually a saints name.

If a child dies young the next child is names the same.

The term cousin is widely used for any relative.

And remember Van is Dutch and Von is German