Behind the Name: Dutch Names

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

AD m Dutch
Short form of ADRIAAN or ADRIANUS

ADELBERT m German, Dutch
German and Dutch variant of ADALBERT

ADELHEID f German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of ADELAIDE

ADRIAAN m Dutch
Dutch form of ADRIAN

ADRIANUS m Dutch
Dutch form of ADRIAN

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

ALBERT m English, French, Slovene, Polish, Russian, Dutch
From the Germanic name Adalbrecht which meant "bright nobility", composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ALEID f Dutch
Dutch short form of ADELAIDE

ALEIDA f Dutch
Dutch short form of ADELAIDE

ALEXANDER m English, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovak
From 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, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Ancient Greek
Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more]

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

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

AMALIA f German, Dutch, English, Finnish, Spanish
Latinized form of the Germanic name Amal, a short form of names beginning with the element amal meaning "work".

ANDRIES m Dutch
Dutch form of ANDREW

ANGELIEN f Dutch
Dutch pet form of ANGELA

ANIKA f German, Dutch, Danish
German, Dutch and Danish pet form of ANNA

ANKE f German, Dutch
Low German pet form of ANNE (1)

ANNA f English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Breton, Biblical
Latinate form of HANNAH... [more]

ANNEKE f Dutch
Dutch pet form of ANNE (1)

ANNELIEN f Dutch
Combination of ANNE (1) and lien (from names such as CAROLIEN).

ANNELIES f German, Dutch
Variant of ANNELIESE

ANNELIESE f German, Dutch
Combination of ANNE (1) and LIESE

ANNEMARIE f Dutch, German
Combination of ANNE (1) and MARIE

ANNIKA f Dutch, Swedish, Finnish
Dutch, Swedish and Finnish pet form of ANNA

ANOUK f Dutch, French
Dutch and French pet form of ANNA

ANS f Dutch
Dutch pet form of ANNA

ANSELMA f German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ANSELM

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

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

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

ARIE m Dutch
Pet form of ADRIAAN

ARJAN m Dutch
Dutch form of ADRIAN

AUGUSTA f English, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch
Feminine form of AUGUSTUS

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

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 form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTHOLOMEUS m Dutch
Dutch form of BARTHOLOMEW

BAS m Dutch
Short form of SEBASTIAAN

BASTIAAN m Dutch
Short form of SEBASTIAAN

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

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

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

BRECHT m Dutch
Short form of names containing the Germanic element brecht meaning "bright".

BRECHTJE f Dutch
Feminine form of BRECHT

CAROLIEN f Dutch
Dutch feminine form of CAROLUS

CASPAR m Dutch
Dutch form of JASPER

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

CATHARINA f Dutch, Swedish
Dutch and Swedish form of KATHARINE

CATO (2) f Dutch
Pet form of CATHARINA

CEES m Dutch
Variant of KEES

CHRISTIAAN m Dutch
Dutch form of CHRISTIAN

CILLA f Swedish, Dutch
Pet form of CECILIA

COBUS m Dutch
Pet form of JACOBUS

COBY m & f English, Dutch
Masculine or feminine pet form of JACOB

COKKIE f Dutch
Dutch pet form of CORNELIA

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

COOS m Dutch
Pet form of JACOB

CORNÉ m Dutch
Pet form of CORNELIS

CORNELIA f English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CORNELIUS

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

DICK (2) m Dutch
Pet form 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 English, German, Dutch, Danish
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Dorotheus, from the Greek 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
Derived from the Old English element ead "rich, blessed" combined with gyæ "war"... [more]

ELBERT m Dutch
Dutch form of ADALBERT

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

ELKE (1) f Dutch, Frisian
Dutch pet form of ADELHEID

ELLEN f English, Dutch
Medieval English form of HELEN... [more]

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

ELS f Dutch
Short form of ELISABETH

EMMA f English, French, Italian, Finnish, Dutch
Derived from Germanic ermen meaning "whole" or "universal"... [more]

EMMY f English, Dutch
Pet form of EMMA or EMILY

ERNST m German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of ERNEST

ERWIN m German, Dutch
Derived from the Germanic elements eber "wild boar" and win "friend"... [more]

EVA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Russian
Latinate form of EVE, and a variant Russian transcription of YEVA.

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
From the Roman family name Fabianus, which was derived from FABIUS.

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

FILIBERT m German, Dutch
Means "much brightness" from Germanic fila "much" and beraht "bright".

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

FILIPPUS m Dutch
Dutch form of PHILIP

FLIP m Dutch
Pet form 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

FRANK (1) m English, German, Dutch
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).

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

FREEK m Dutch
Dutch short form of FREDERICK

FRITS m Dutch
Dutch pet form of FREDERIK

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

GEERTJE f Dutch
Pet form of GEERTRUIDA

GEERTRUIDA f Dutch
Dutch form of GERTRUDE

GEORGINA f English, Dutch, German, Spanish
Latinate 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
German, Dutch and Swedish form of GERARD

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

GERLOF m Dutch
Dutch form of GERWULF

GEROLF m Dutch
Dutch form of GERWULF

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 GILBERT

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

GILBERTA f English, 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

GODELIEVE f French, Dutch
French form of a Germanic name meaning "god's love" from god "god" and liob "love".

GODFRIED m Dutch
Dutch cognate of GODFREY

GREET f Dutch
Dutch short form of MARGARET

GREETJE f Dutch
Dutch pet form of MARGARET

GRIET f Dutch
Short form of MARGRIET

GUSTA f Dutch
Short form of AUGUSTA

HADEWYCH f Dutch
Dutch cognate of HEDWIG

HANNA (1) f Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian, German, Dutch, Icelandic
Cognate of HANNAH

HANNA (2) f German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch
Short form of JOHANNA

HANNES m Dutch, German, Finnish
Short form of JOHANNES

HANNIE f Dutch
Pet form of JOHANNA

HANS m German, Dutch, Scandinavian
German, Dutch and Scandinavian short form of JOHANNES... [more]

HARM m Dutch
Dutch short form of HERMAN

HEDY f German, Dutch
Pet form of HEDWIG

HEIDI f German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, English
German pet form of ADELHEID... [more]

HEIKE f & m German, Frisian, Dutch
Frisian pet form of HEINRIKE or HEINRICH

HEIKO m German, Frisian, Dutch
Frisian pet form of HENRIK

HEIN m Dutch
Pet form of HENDRIK

HEINTJE f Dutch
Feminine pet form of HENDRIK

HELEEN f Dutch
Dutch variant of HELEN

HELEENTJE f Dutch
Dutch pet form of HELEN

HELENA f German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Slovene, English
Latinate form of HELEN

HENDRIK m Dutch, German, Estonian
Dutch and German cognate of HENRY

HENDRIKA f Dutch
Feminine form of HENDRIK

HENDRIKJE f Dutch
Feminine form of HENDRIK

HENK m Dutch
Dutch short form of HENDRIK

HENNIE (2) m & f Dutch
Dutch pet form and feminine form of HENDRIK

HENNY m & f Dutch
Dutch pet form and feminine form of HENDRIK

HENRIETTE f French, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
French feminine pet form of HENRY

HERMAN m English, Dutch, Slovene
Means "army man", derived from the Germanic element heri "army" combined with man "man"... [more]

HERMANUS m Dutch
Latinized form of HERMAN

HILDA f English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian
Originally a short form of names containing the Germanic element hild "battle".

HILDE f German, Dutch
German and Dutch variant of HILDA

HUBERT m English, German, Dutch, French, Polish
Means "bright heart", derived from the Germanic elements hug "heart, mind" and beraht "bright"... [more]

HUBRECHT m Dutch
Dutch form of HUBERT

HUGO m Spanish, Portuguese, English, Dutch, German
Latinized form of HUGH... [more]

IGNAAS m Dutch
Dutch form of IGNATIUS

ILSE f German, Dutch
German and Dutch pet form of ELISABETH

IMA f Dutch
Possibly a Dutch variant of IRMA

INGE m & f Scandinavian, German, Dutch
Short form of Scandinavian and German names beginning with the element ing, which refers to the Norse god ING... [more]

IRENA f Polish, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Dutch, Lithuanian
Latinate form of IRENE

IRIS f Greek Mythology, English, German, Dutch
Means "rainbow" in Greek... [more]

ISABELLA f English, Italian, Spanish, Dutch
Latinate form of ISABEL

IVO m German, Dutch
German form of YVES or YVON

JAAP m Dutch
Pet form of JACOB

JACINTHA f Dutch
Latinate form of JACINTHE

JACOB m English, Dutch, Scandinavian, Biblical
From the Latin Jacobus, which was from the Greek Ιακωβος (Iakobos), which was from the Hebrew name יַעֲקֹב (Ya'aqov)... [more]