The project is designed for use by both the interested general public and academic researchers in that it will provide a systemic catalog of the current range of German surnames arranged by formal ...

Germans are known for their rich history, art, literature, and of course a love of beer and sausages. German last names are special too! With German being one of the most spoken languages in the world ...

Germany’s justice minister has launched plans to relax the country’s strict restrictions on family names — for example allowing couples to take double-barrelled surnames and pass them on to ...

The German government is changing the rules around surnames to give more freedom to families and some ethnic groups in particular. Here's what you need to know. Under the current law, married ...

If anything it seems to have been easier at the front than at home, where the most rabid anti-German, anti-pacifist, anti-whatever the latest threat was feelings were found. Having an unusual surname ...

The reform will allow both partners to take on a double surname, with or without a hyphen, and for their children to take that name too. Even if the parents both keep their original names, they ...