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23 Swiss Boy Names with Meanings

Every Swiss boy name below comes with its meaning or origin — and 4 of the 23 names include the native spelling, drawn from Wikipedia. Jump to a letter, or play the duel game: choose between two names at a time until your personal top 10 remains.

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Swiss boy names starting with A

• AdolfAdolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo, and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name with German origins.

Swiss boy names starting with B

• BrunoBruno is a given name and surname of Old Irish, French, Italian, Latin and Germanic origin.

Swiss boy names starting with C

• ChristianChristian is a given name commonly used for boys. It originated as a baptismal name used by persons of the Christian religion.

Swiss boy names starting with E

• EliasἨλίαςElias ( il-EYE-əs; Ancient Greek: Ἠλίας, romanized: Elías) is the hellenized version for the name of Elijah (Hebrew: אֵלִיָּהוּ, romanized: ʾĒlīyyāhū; Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ, romanized: Elyāe; Arabic: إلیاس, romanized: Ilyās, or إلیا, Ilyā), a prophet in the Northern…

Swiss boy names starting with F

• FabianFabian is the English form of the late Roman name Fabianus. This was a name originally given to those adopted into or descended through the female line from a Roman family named Fabius, that derived from the Latin faba for the broad bean, an important food…
• FritzFritz is a common German male given name and also a surname. The name originated as a German diminutive of Friedrich or Frederick (Der Alte Fritz, and Stary Fryc were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor), as…

Swiss boy names starting with G

• GiovanniGiovanni is a male Italian given name (from Latin Ioannes). It is the Italian equivalent of the English name John.

Swiss boy names starting with H

• HansjörgHansjörg or Hans-Jörg (or Hansjoerg) is a German name composed of Hans and Jörg, equivalent to "John George" in English.
• HansruediHansruedi is a Swiss masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Hansruedi Beugger (1930–2020), Swiss bobsledder Hansruedi Blatter (1936–1971), Swiss footballer Hansruedi Bruder (1937–1998), Swiss sprinter Hansruedi Engler (1928–2011), Swiss…
• HansueliHansueli (or Hans-Ueli and Hans Ueli) is a Swiss masculine given name. It consists of the names Hans and Ueli, a Swiss diminutive form of Ulrich.
• HeiniHeini is both a given name and a nickname, often short for Heinrich. It is mainly a masculine given name in German-speaking countries, but a feminine given name in Finland.

Swiss boy names starting with J

• JonasJonas is a common male name in many countries in the Western world and Northeast Africa. It is primarily used as a first name, but also occurs as a surname.

Swiss boy names starting with L

• LarsLars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries and Germany.

Swiss boy names starting with M

• MichelמיכאלMichel is a name used today in France, Canada, Belgium and other French-speaking countries. It can be both a given name and a surname of Hebrew origin, derived from Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל / מיכאל [miχaˈʔel], meaning Who Is Like God?

Swiss boy names starting with N

• NiklausνικόλαοςNiklaus is a masculine given name and surname. Niklaus comes from the Greek word nikolaos (νικόλαος), meaning victory of the people.

Swiss boy names starting with O

• OlafOlaf or Olav (, , or British ; Old Norse: Áleifr, Ólafr, Óleifr, Anleifr) is a Dutch, Polish, Scandinavian and German given name.

Swiss boy names starting with P

• PhilippPhilipp is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: "Philipp" has also been a shortened version of Philippson, a German surname especially prevalent amongst German Jews and Dutch Jews.

Swiss boy names starting with R

• RetoReto is a masculine given name, commonly used in Switzerland only.

Swiss boy names starting with S

• SeppiSeppi is an Italian family name and a Swiss German/Bavarian male given name, both related to English Joseph.
• SvenSven is a Scandinavian masculine given name. In Old Norse the meaning was "young man" or "servant", and the original Old Norse spelling was sveinn.

Swiss boy names starting with U

• UeliUeli (German: [ˈuəli]) is the Swiss hypocoristic form of the masculine given name Ulrich.

Swiss boy names starting with V

• VincentVincent (Latin: Vincentius) is a masculine given name originating from the Roman name Vincentius, which itself comes from the Latin verb vincere, meaning "to conquer."

Swiss boy names starting with X

• XavierβThe given name Xavier (, Catalan: [ʃəβiˈe, ʃaviˈeɾ, tʃaviˈeɾ], Galician: [ʃaˈβjeɾ], Portuguese: [ʃɐviˈɛɾ], French: [ɡzavje, ksavje]; Spanish: Javier [xaˈβjeɾ]; Basque: Xabier [ʃaβier]) is a masculine name derived from the 16th-century Navarrese Roman Catholic…

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