Germinal
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Relating to spring
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/xeɾminal/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Germinal is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.
- FRFrance
- ARArgentina
- ESSpain
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Relating to spring
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
- FRFrance
- ARArgentina
- USUnited States
- ESSpain
- BRBrazil
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Germinal is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, month, French Revolutionary
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, calendar
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Que germina
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
In Romanian, GERMINÁL s. m. A șaptea lună a anului, de la 21 martie la 18 aprilie, în calendarul adoptat în timpul Revoluției Franceze din 1789-1794.
as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology
In Latvian, Žermināls
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Germinal Pierre Dandelinb. 1794BEmathematician, soldier, engineering professor (1794–1847)
- Germinal Esgleas Jaumeb. 1903ESSpanish trade unionist and politician (1903-1981)
- Germinal Concordiab. 1913ITItalian politician (1913-1980)
- Tomás Germinal Gracia Ibarsb. 1919ESSpanish writer and Esperantist
- Germinal Cochob. 1933MXSpanish-Mexican physicist (1933-2019)
- Germinal Casadob. 1934ESSpanish choreographer (1934–2016)
- Germinal Alvarezb. 1953FRFrench film director and screenwriter
- Germinal Peirob. 1953FRFrench politician
- Germinal Roauxb. 1975CHSwiss photographer and filmmaker
- Germinal Rouhanb. 1978FRFrench botanist (1978- )
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 159 | #116,252 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 100 | #160,975 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 20 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 18 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 17 | #52,669 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 16 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 9 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 9 | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Germinal mean, and where does it come from?
- Relating to spring Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Germinal?
- A machine transcription gives /xeɾminal/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Germinal a male or female name?
- Germinal is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Germinal have the most bearers?
- Germinal is most frequently recorded in France.
What do you want to know about Germinal?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/germinalThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Germinal”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.