Korbinian
given name · Latin script
Meaning: ) Korbinian; Corbinian: männl
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Korbinian is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany.
- DEGermany
- ATAustria
- CHSwitzerland
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)
) Korbinian; Corbinian: männl. Vom. (Erweiterung zu lat. corvus »Rabe«). Es dürfte sich bei diesem Namen um die durch die lat. Endung »-iniänus« erweiterte Übersetzung des häufig vorkom menden Namens Hraban »Rabe« handeln.
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Korbinian is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, from saint name Korbinian
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
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)
- Korbinianb. 675FR8th-century Frankish missionary bishop, Catholic saint, founder and first bishop of Freising
- Corbinian von Prielmayerb. 1643DEnot in their usual nameGerman politician (1643-1707)
- Korbinian Brodmannb. 1868DEGerman neurologist (1868–1918)
- Korbinian Aignerb. 1885DECatholic priest (1885–1966)
- Korbinian Holzerb. 1988DEGerman ice hockey player
- Korbinian Nuberb. 1988chess player
- Korbinian Müllerb. 1991DEGerman footballer
- Korbinian Vollmannb. 1993DEGerman footballer
- Korbinian Sertlb. 1993DEGerman ice hockey player
- Korbinian Burgerb. 1995DEGerman association football player
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2024 | 151 | #583 |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2013 | 23 | — |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2015 | 21 | — |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2016 | 20 | — |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Standesamt — Vornamenstatistik PDF (official publication) | 2024 | 19 | #102 |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2021 | 17 | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2016 | 16 | #338 |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2014 | 15 | — |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2024 | 12 | — |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2018 | 12 | — |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2017 | 12 | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2022 | 11 | #450 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- In which country does Korbinian have the most bearers?
- Korbinian is most frequently recorded in Germany.
- Is Korbinian a male or female name?
- Korbinian 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.
- What does the name Korbinian mean?
- Recorded meaning: ) Korbinian; Corbinian: männl.
- What are other forms of the name Korbinian?
- In the etymology graph, Corbinian and Corbinianus are forms of the same name in other languages.
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About this data
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Korbinian”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.