Germanus is the Latin term referring to the Germanic peoples. A probably related meaning for the word in Latin is "blood relation", cognate to germen "seed" (whence Spanish hermano "brother").People named Germanus (Latin) or Germanos (Greek) include: Trebius Germanus, governor of Roman Britain around 126Germanus (Cermanus), Spanish martyr-saint (see Servandus and Cermanus)Germanus of Auxerre (378-448), bishop of Auxerre who founded the Carolingian abbey of Saint-Germain en Auxerre named for the… (More on Germanus)