Baumgartner

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Baumgaertner in FR France, PL Poland and Baumgärtner in ES Spain.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Baumgartner is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname15K records spelled Baumgartner6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, United States, Switzerland

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Baumgärtner, Bäumgartner

• French surname9.6K records spelled Baumgartner3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Switzerland, Spain

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Baumgärtner

• a separate surname3.8K records spelled Baumgartner5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Baum-Gartner, Baumgärtner

• Croatian surname1.1K records spelled Baumgartner10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Switzerland, United States, Slovenia

  Languages: Croatian, Slovenian, Bulgarian

  Also written Baumgärtner, Баумгартнер

• Czech surname986 records spelled Baumgartner5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, United States, Switzerland

  Languages: Czech, Slovak

  Also written Baumgärtner, Baumgartnér

• Hungarian surname728 records spelled Baumgartner3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, Switzerland, Slovenia, United States

  Also written Baumgärtner, Baumgártner

• Polish surname628 records spelled Baumgartner3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Switzerland, Belgium

  Also written Ḅaumgartner, Baumgärtner

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Baumgartner 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 German, Aus mhd. boumgarte 'Baum-, Obstgarten'; Wohnstätten-/Herkunftsname oder Berufsname 'Besitzer eines Obstgartens; Obstgärtner, -händler'. 4787 Träger.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

• In German, Wohnstättenname; 8324 Bearer. Ableitung mit Suffix -ner zu Baumgart/Baumgarten; demonstriert die patronymisch-berufliche/derivationalen Variante.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

• In German, Bildungsname mit -ner; meist Herkunftsname zu Toponymen im schwachen Dativ. 8324 Tokens; zeigt Varianten von Baumgart-/Baumgärt- + -ner.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

• In German, Deutscher Familienname zu Baum + Gärtner; zeigt die Vokalvariation a/ä in -gartner. Verbreitung des Typs mit a und ä nach PLZ-Karten.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

• In German, Berufsname zu Baumgarten/Baumgärtner; Belege 4787. Die Karte zeigt Haupttonvokalismus mit a/ä/e-Variation.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

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.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Wilfrid Baumgartnerb. 1902FRFrench private banker (1902–1978)
• Paul Baumgartnerb. 1903CHSwiss musician (1903-1976)
• Karl Baumgartnerb. 1949DEGerman film producer (1949-2014)
• Monika Baumgartnerb. 1951DEGerman actress and theater director
• Bruce Baumgartnerb. 1960USAmerican wrestler
• Felix Baumgartnerb. 1969ATAustrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper (1969–2025)
• Brian Baumgartnerb. 1972USAmerican actor
• Zsolt Baumgartnerb. 1981HUHungarian racing driver
• Nick Baumgartnerb. 1981USAmerican snowboarder
• Christoph Baumgartnerb. 1999ATAustrian association football player (born 1999)

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 52 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Baumgartner?

We estimate roughly 25 thousand people bear Baumgartner (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Baumgartner have the most bearers?

Baumgartner is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled baumgartner.

Where is Baumgartner most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Baumgartner is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 776 people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.

How common is Baumgartner compared with other names?

In Germany, Baumgartner is the 228th most common surname of 734,811 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Baumgartner mean?

Recorded meaning: a German surname (predominantly in Southern Germany and Austria)