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Franke is both a German-language surname and a given name.
Franke is both a German-language surname and a given name.
November 20 is the 324th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 41 days remain until the end of the year.
Axel is a Scandinavian, German, French, and Dutch masculine given name. In Estonia, Denmark, and Norway the spelling Aksel is more common. The Finnish form of the name is Akseli. A French feminine form is Axelle.
Schwarz is a common surname, derived from the German schwarz, pronounced[ˈʃvaʁts], meaning the color black. Czech female form is Schwarzová. Notable people with the surname include:
Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher.
Raoul is a French variant of the male given name Ralph or Rudolph, and a cognate of Raul.
Schmidt is a common German occupational surname derived from the German word "Schmied" meaning "blacksmith" and/or "metalworker". This surname is the German equivalent of "Smith" in the English-speaking world.
Zygmunt, Zigmunt, Zigmund and spelling variations thereof are masculine given names and occasionally surnames. It has the same etymology as the Germanic name Zigmund. People so named include:
Werner is a name of German origin. Werner, meaning “the defender” or “the defending warrior”, is common both as a given name and a surname. There are alternate spellings, such as the Scandinavian Verner.
Schaefer is an alternative spelling and cognate for the German word schäfer, meaning 'shepherd', which itself descends from the Old High German scāphare. Variants "Shaefer", "Schäfer", the additional alternative spelling "Schäffer", and the anglicised forms "Schaeffer", "Schaffer", "Shaffer", "Shafer", and "Schafer" are all common surnames.
Egon is a variant of the male given name Egino. It is most commonly found in Central and Northern Europe. Egon may refer to:
Norbert is a Germanic given name and infrequent surname, from nord "north" and berht "bright".
Koch is a German surname that means "cook" or "chef".
Béla is a common Hungarian male given name. Its most likely etymology is from old Hungarian bél. Other possible etymological source is a Turkic word boila/boyla – "noble, distinguished", or a variant of Ábel.
Anton is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Latin name Antonius, and used in various languages.
Gabriele is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Gerd is a common Germanic name and a unisex given name. As a masculine name it is a shortened form of Gerhard and Gerardus. As a feminine name it may be a form of Gerda or Gertrud. See also Gert.