The names listed here are used in the Netherlands and Flanders. See also about Dutch names.

ABRAHAM   m   English, Hebrew, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin
This name may be viewed either as meaning "father of many" in Hebrew or else as a contraction of ABRAM (1) and הָמוֹן (hamon) "many, multitude"... [more]

AD   m   Dutch, Limburgish
Short form of ADRIAAN or ADRIANUS

ADAM   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
This is the Hebrew word for "man"... [more]

ADELBERT   m   German, Dutch
German and Dutch variant of ADALBERT

ADELHEID   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of ADELAIDE

ADOLF   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Adalwolf, which meant "noble wolf" from the Germanic elements adal "noble" and wulf... [more]

ADRIAAN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ADRIAN

ADRIANUS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ADRIAN

AGNES   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name ‘Αγνη (Hagne), derived from Greek ‘αγνος (hagnos) meaning "chaste"... [more]

ALBERT   m   English, French, German, Slovene, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Adalbert, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ALBERTINA   f   Italian, German, Dutch, Portuguese
Feminine diminutive of ALBERT

ALDEGONDA   f   Dutch
Dutch form of ALDEGUND

ALEID   f   Dutch
Dutch short form of ADELAIDE

ALEIDA   f   Dutch, German
Dutch and German short form of ADELAIDE

ALEX   m & f   English, Dutch
Short form of ALEXANDER, ALEXANDRA, and other names beginning with Alex.

ALEXANDER   m   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Slovak, Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, help" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος)... [more]

ALEXANDRA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, French, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more]

ALFONS   m   German, Dutch, Polish, Ancient Germanic
German, Dutch and Polish form of ALFONSO

ALFRED   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Polish, Dutch
Derived from the Old English name Ælfræd, composed of the elements ælf "elf" and ræd "counsel"... [more]

ALIDA   f   Dutch, German, Hungarian
Diminutive of ADELAIDE

ALOYSIUS   m   English, German, Dutch, Provençal (Latinized)
Latinized form of Aloys, a Provençal form of LOUIS... [more]

ALWIN   m   German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
From either of the two Germanic names ALFWIN or ADALWIN.

AMALIA   f   Dutch, German, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Germanic name Amala, a short form of names beginning with the element amal meaning "work".

AMANDA   f   English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Scandinavian, Dutch, German, Finnish, Late Roman
In part this is a feminine form of AMANDUS... [more]

AMBER   f   English, Dutch
From the English word amber that denotes either the gemstone, which is formed from fossil resin, or the orange-yellow colour... [more]

AMBROOS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of Ambrosius (see AMBROSE).

AMELIA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
Variant of AMALIA, though it is sometimes confused with EMILIA, which has a different origin... [more]

ANDRIES   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ANDREW

ANGELA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Russian, Late Roman
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL)... [more]

ANGELIEN   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ANGELA

ANGELIQUE   f   French, Dutch
French form of ANGELICA

ANIKA   f   German, Dutch, Danish
German, Dutch and Danish diminutive of ANNA

ANKE   f   German, Dutch
Low German diminutive of ANNA and other names beginning with An.

ANNA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Provençal, Breton, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Form of Channah (see HANNAH) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament... [more]

ANNABEL   f   English, Dutch
Variant of AMABEL influenced by the name ANNA... [more]

ANNE (1)   f   French, English, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Dutch, Basque
French form of ANNA... [more]

ANNEKE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ANNA

ANNELIEN   f   Dutch
Combination of ANNA and lien (from names such as CAROLIEN).

ANNELIES   f   German, Dutch
Variant of ANNELIESE

ANNELIESE   f   German, Dutch
Combination of ANNA and LIESE

ANNEMARIE   f   Dutch, German
Combination of ANNA and MARIE

ANNIKA   f   Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, German, English (Modern)
Swedish diminutive of ANNA

ANOUK   f   Dutch, French
Dutch and French diminutive of ANNA

ANS   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ANNA

ANTJE   f   German, Dutch
Low German and Dutch diminutive of ANNA

ANTON   m   German, Russian, Scandinavian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Romanian, Estonian, Dutch
Form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONIA   f   Italian, Spanish, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONIE (2)   m   Dutch
Dutch variant of ANTONIUS

ANTONIUS   m   Ancient Roman, Dutch
Ancient Roman form of ANTHONY... [more]

ANTOON   m   Dutch
Dutch variant of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ARIE   m   Dutch
Diminutive of ADRIAAN

ARJAN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ADRIAN

ARNOUD   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ARNOLD

ARTHUR   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Welsh Mythology
The meaning of this name is unknown... [more]

AUGUSTA   f   German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of AUGUSTUS... [more]

AUGUSTIJN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).

AUGUSTUS   m   Ancient Roman, Dutch
Means "great" or "venerable", derived from Latin augere "to increase"... [more]

BART   m   English, Dutch
Short form of BARTHOLOMEW... [more]

BARTEL   m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTHOLOMEUS   m   Dutch, Biblical Latin
Dutch and Latin form of BARTHOLOMEW

BAS   m   Dutch
Short form of SEBASTIAAN

BASTIAAN   m   Dutch
Short form of SEBASTIAAN

BEATRIX   f   English, German, Dutch, Late Roman
Probably from Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller"... [more]

BEN (1)   m   English, Dutch
Short form of BENJAMIN or BENEDICT... [more]

BEN (2)   m   Dutch
Short form of BERNHARD and other Germanic names beginning with the element bern meaning "bear".

BENEDICTUS   m   Late Roman, Dutch
Original form of BENEDICT as well as the modern Dutch form.

BENJAMIN   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Biblical
From the Hebrew name בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) which means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand"... [more]

BERNHARD   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
German, Dutch and Scandinavian form of BERNARD

BERT   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ALBERT and other names containing the element bert, often derived from the Germanic element beraht meaning "bright".

BETJE   f   Dutch, Limburgish
Dutch and Limburgish diminutive of ELISABETH

BOB   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ROBERT... [more]

BONIFAAS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of Bonifatius (see BONIFACE).

BOUDEWIJN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of BALDWIN

BRAAM   m   Dutch, Limburgish
Dutch and Limburgish short form of ABRAHAM

BRAM   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ABRAHAM... [more]

BRECHT   m   Dutch
Short form of names containing brecht, often derived from the Germanic element beraht meaning "bright".

BRECHTJE   f   Dutch
Feminine form of BRECHT

BRIGITTA   f   German, Dutch, Hungarian, Scandinavian (Archaic)
German, Dutch and Hungarian form of BRIDGET

BROOS   m   Dutch, Limburgish
Dutch and Limburgish short form of AMBROOS

CARLA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, English, German, Dutch
Feminine form of CARLO, CARLOS or CARL

CAROLA   f   Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish
Feminine form of CAROLUS

CAROLIEN   f   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of CAROLUS

CAROLINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French feminine form of CAROLUS

CASPER   m   Dutch
Dutch form of JASPER... [more]

CATHARINA   f   Dutch, Swedish
Dutch and Swedish form of KATHERINE

CATO (2)   f   Dutch
Diminutive of CATHARINA

CÉCILE   f   French, Dutch
French form of CECILIA

CECILIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, German
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind"... [more]

CEES   m   Dutch
Variant of KEES

CHANTAL   f   French, English, Dutch
From a French surname which was derived from a place name meaning "stony"... [more]

CHARLOTTE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French feminine diminutive of CHARLES... [more]

CHRIS   m & f   English, Dutch
Short form of CHRISTOPHER, CHRISTIAN, CHRISTINE, and other names that begin with Chris.

CHRISTIAAN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of CHRISTIAN

CHRISTINA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
From Christiana, the Latin feminine form of CHRISTIAN... [more]

CHRISTINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French form of CHRISTINA, as well as a variant in other languages.

CHRISTOFFEL   m   Dutch (Archaic)
Dutch form of KRISTOFFER

CILLA   f   Swedish, Dutch
Diminutive of CECILIA

CLAUDIA   f   English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Biblical, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CLAUDIUS... [more]

COBA   f   Dutch
Short form of JACOBA

COBUS   m   Dutch
Short form of JACOBUS

COKKIE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of CORNELIA

CONSTANTIJN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of Constantinus (see CONSTANTINE).

COOS   m   Dutch
Diminutive of JACOB

CORNÉ   m   Dutch
Diminutive of CORNELIS

CORNELIA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CORNELIUS... [more]

CORNELIS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of CORNELIUS

CORNELIUS   m   Ancient Roman, English, Dutch, German, Biblical
Roman family name which possibly derives from the Latin element cornu "horn"... [more]

DAAN   m   Dutch
Short form of DANIËL

DANIËL   m   Dutch
Dutch form of DANIEL

DAPHNE   f   Greek Mythology, English, Dutch
Means "laurel" in Greek... [more]

DAVID   m   English, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew דוד (dwd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

DEBORA   f   Italian, German, Dutch
Italian, German and Dutch form of DEBORAH

DENNIS   m   English, German, Dutch
Usual English, German and Dutch form of DENIS

DIANA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Dutch, Romanian, Russian, Lithuanian, Roman Mythology
Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS)... [more]

DIANTHA   f   Dutch, English (Rare)
From dianthus, the name of a type of flower (ultimately from Greek meaning "heavenly flower").

DICK (2)   m   Dutch
Diminutive of DIEDERIK

DIEDE   m   Dutch
Diminutive of DIEDERIK and other names beginning with the same element, originally from Germanic þeud meaning "people".

DIEDERICK   m   Dutch
Dutch variant of DIEDERIK

DIEDERIK   m   Dutch
Dutch form of THEODORIC

DIRK   m   Dutch, German, English
Short form of DIEDERIK... [more]

DOMINICUS   m   Dutch, Late Roman
Original form of DOMINIC, as well as the modern Dutch form.

DOROTHEA   f   German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, English, Late Greek
Feminine form of the Late Greek name Δωροθεος (Dorotheos), which meant "gift of God" from Greek δωρον (doron) "gift" and θεος (theos) "god"... [more]

DRIKA   f   Dutch
Short form of HENDRIKA

EDITH   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
From the Old English name Eadgyð, derived from the elements ead "rich, blessed" and gyð "war"... [more]

ELBERT   m   Dutch
Dutch variant of ADELBERT

ELEONORA   f   Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish
Cognate of ELEANOR

ELIA   m   Italian, Dutch
Italian and Dutch form of ELIJAH

ELISABETH   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Biblical (Variant), Biblical Latin
German and Dutch form of ELIZABETH... [more]

ELISE   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English
Short form of ELIZABETH

ELKE (1)   f   Dutch, German, Frisian
Frisian diminutive of ADELHEID

ELLEN (2)   f   Dutch
Short form of ELEONORA

ELLY   f   English, Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ELISABETH or an English variant of ELLIE.

ELMA   f   Dutch, German
Short form of WILHELMINE or names ending in elma, such as ANSELMA.

ELS   f   Dutch
Short form of ELISABETH

ELSJE   f   Dutch
Diminutive of ELISABETH

EMMA   f   English, French, Italian, Finnish, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element ermen meaning "whole" or "universal"... [more]

EMMY   f   English, Dutch
Diminutive of EMMA or EMILY

ERNST   m   German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of ERNEST

ERWIN   m   German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic name Hariwini, composed of the elements hari "army" and win "friend"... [more]

ESMÉ   m & f   English, Dutch
Means "esteemed" or "loved" in Old French... [more]

ESMÉE   f   English, Dutch
Feminine form of ESMÉ

ESTHER   f   English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Hebrew (Anglicized), Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Possibly means "star" in Persian... [more]

EVA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Russian, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin
Latinate form of EVE... [more]

EVELIEN   f   Dutch
Dutch form of EVELINA

EWOUD   m   Dutch
Dutch form of EWALD

EWOUT   m   Dutch
Dutch form of EWALD

FAAS   m   Dutch
Dutch short form of BONIFAAS or SERVAAS.

FABIAN   m   German, Dutch, Polish, History
From the Roman cognomen Fabianus, which was derived from FABIUS... [more]

FELICIA   f   English, Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Late Roman
Feminine form of the Latin name Felicius, a derivative of FELIX... [more]

FELIX   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin... [more]

FEMKE   f   Dutch, Frisian
Diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element frid "peace"... [more]

FERDINAND   m   German, French, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, English, Ancient Germanic
From Ferdinando, the old Spanish form of a Germanic name composed of the elements farði "journey" and nanð "daring, brave"... [more]

FILIBERT   m   German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Means "much brightness" from the Germanic elements filu "much" and beraht "bright".

FILIP   m   Scandinavian, Dutch, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Hungarian, Romanian, Finnish
Cognate of PHILIP

FILIPPUS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of PHILIP

FILOMENA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch form of PHILOMENA

FLEUR   f   French, Dutch, English (Rare)
Means "flower" in French... [more]

FLEURETTE   f   French (Rare), Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Diminutive of FLEUR

FLIP   m   Dutch
Diminutive of FILIPPUS

FLOOR   m & f   Dutch
Dutch form of Florentius (see FLORENCE) or FLORA.

FLOORTJE   f   Dutch
Dutch form of FLORA

FLORIS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of Florentius (see FLORENCE).

FONS   m   Dutch
Short form of ALFONS

FRANCISCUS   m   Late Roman, Dutch
Original form of FRANCIS

FRANK (1)   m   English, German, Dutch, French
From a Germanic name which referred to a member of the Germanic tribe, the Franks... [more]

FRANS   m   Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish
Dutch, Scandinavian and Finnish form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).

FRED   m   English, Dutch
Short form of FREDERICK... [more]

FREDERIK   m   Danish, Dutch
Danish and Dutch form of FREDERICK... [more]

FREEK   m   Dutch
Dutch short form of FREDERICK

FRITS   m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of FREDERIK

FUNS   m   Dutch, Limburgish
Short form of ALFONS

FUNSKE   m   Dutch, Limburgish
Diminutive of ALFONS

GABRIËL   m   Dutch
Dutch form of GABRIEL

GABRIËLLE   f   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of GABRIEL

GEERT   m   German, Dutch
Low German and Dutch contracted form of GERHARD

GEERTJE   f   Dutch
Diminutive of GEERTRUIDA

GEERTRUIDA   f   Dutch
Dutch form of GERTRUDE

GEORGINA   f   English, Dutch, German, Spanish
Feminine form of GEORGE

GERARD   m   English, Dutch
Derived from the Germanic element ger "spear" combined with hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

GERBEN   m   Dutch
Derived from the Germanic elements ger "spear" and bern "bear".

GERD (1)   m   German, Dutch
Short form of GERHARD

GERDA (1)   f   German, Dutch
Feminine form of GERD (1)

GERHARD   m   German, Dutch, Swedish, Ancient Germanic
German, Dutch and Swedish form of GERARD

GERLACH   m   Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic element ger "spear" combined with laic "play"... [more]

GERLOF   m   Dutch
Dutch form of GERULF

GEROLF   m   Dutch
Dutch form of GERULF

GEROLT   m   Dutch
Dutch form of GERALD

GERRIT   m   Dutch, Frisian
Dutch and Frisian form of GERARD

GERT   m   German, Dutch
German and Dutch short form of GERHARD

GERTRUDE   f   English, German, Dutch
Means "spear of strength", derived from the Germanic elements ger "spear" and þruþ "strength"... [more]

GERTRUIDA   f   Dutch
Dutch form of GERTRUDE

GIJS   m   Dutch
Short form of GIJSBERT

GIJSBERT   m   Dutch
Dutch variant of GISBERT

GILBERT   m   English, French, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
Means "bright pledge", derived from the Germanic elements gisil "pledge, hostage" and beraht "bright"... [more]

GILBERTA   f   Dutch
Feminine form of GILBERT

GILLIS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of GILES

GISELA   f   German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese
German, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese form of GISELLE