History, technology and current political trends all seem to have an influence when German parents decide on names for their children, a new survey shows.
The number of babies born in Germany has decreased for the first time in the last three years, with new statistics showing the birth rate is falling in 14 of the 16 federal states.
Ãœber-Germanic names like Wolfgang and Siegfried are nowhere to be found on this list. Instead, modern Germans like their children to sound a bit more international.
Germans have gained a reputation of late for the reluctance to have kids. But a dramatic increase in pregnancies among migrant women has helped push the birth rate up to a level not seen in four decades.
The number of Germans travelling to Denmark each year is increasing – but the sandy beaches of the Scandinavian country’s west coast are no longer the only reason, according to a report.
Due to the capital city's understaffed, bureaucratic offices, parents are having to wait months until their newborns are legally recognized - meaning they also must wait to receive social benefits - according to a media report.
When a mother realized she had locked herself out of her car with her baby inside, she called police, who resorted to an unusual method to calm the crying child.
German women are having more children than at any time in the last quarter of a century, as for the third year in a row the birth rate in the ageing Bundesrepublik grew, new statistics show.
The Federal Statistics Office reported on Friday that more than 700,000 new babies were born in Germany last year - the highest number in a decade that saw the country's birth rate drop to one of the lowest worldwide.
A pair of old favourites, Sophie and Maximilian, once again topped the table of Germany's favourite baby names for 2014, in a list dominated by traditional monikers.
A baby girl had a high-speed start to life on Thursday morning when her mother gave birth on a train in eastern Germany. The lucky new-born will be able to travel for free in the area for the rest of her life.
Germans reckon the baby drought is because it's simply just too expensive to start a family - and people worry about disrupting their careers or losing their independence, a poll released on Thursday suggested.
Germany's heaviest-ever baby has been born naturally in the eastern city of Leipzig. Weighing over six kilos, the little girl is being looked after in hospital. Her mother had been suffering from undiagnosed diabetes.
