Germaine

French, feminine variation of Germain

Germaine Origin and Meaning

The name Germaine is a girl's name of French origin.

Linked to the early days of feminism via Germaine Greer, this saint's name feels neither French nor German enough.

# 944 in the US

Germaine Rank in US Top 1000

Famous People Named Germaine

  • Saint Germaine Cousin
    French patroness of child abuse victims
  • Germaine of Foix
    Queen consort of Ferdinand II of Aragon
  • Germaine de Staël
    French,Swiss writer
  • Germaine Lefebvre aka Capucine
    French actress
  • Germaine de Randamie
    Dutch mixed martial artist
  • Germaine Greer
    Australian,born feminist author
  • Germaine Ribière
    French resistance leader
  • Germaine Tillion
    French ethnologist and resistance leader
  • Germaine Dulac (born Charlotte Elisabeth Germaine Saisset
    Schneider), French filmmaker
  • Germaine Luise Krull
    German photographer
  • (Marcelle) Germaine Tailleferre
    French composer of Les Six

Germaine in Pop Culture

  • Germaine
    character in TV series 'Raised by Wolves', based on journalist Caitlin Moran
  • Germaine Avadonia
    Knight of Red in the Evillious Chronicles
  • Abbess Germaine
    character in the "Redwall" series by Brian Jacques