Behind the Name: Dutch Names

HERMAN m English, Dutch, Scandinavian, Slovene, Ancient Germanic
Means "army man", derived from the Germanic elements hari "army" and man "man"... [more]

HERMANUS m Dutch, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of HERMAN

HILDA f English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Anglo-Saxon (Latinized), Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of names containing the Germanic element hild "battle"... [more]

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, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of HUGH... [more]

IDA f English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene
Derived from the Germanic element id meaning "work, labour"... [more]

IGNAAS m Dutch
Dutch form of IGNATIUS

ILSE f German, Dutch
German and Dutch diminutive of ELISABETH

IMA f Dutch
Possibly a Dutch variant of IRMA

INA f English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
Short form of names ending with ina.

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

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

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

ISA (2) f German, Dutch, Italian
Short form of ISABELLA

ISABELLA f Italian, Spanish, German, English, Scandinavian, Dutch, Romanian
Latinate form of ISABEL... [more]

IVO (1) m German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Germanic name, originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element iv meaning "yew"... [more]

JAAP m Dutch
Diminutive of JACOB

JACINTHA f Dutch
Latinate form of JACINTHE

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

JACOBA f Dutch
Feminine form of JACOB

JACOBINA f Dutch
Feminine form of JACOB

JACOBINE f Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Norwegian, Danish and Dutch feminine form of JACOB (or JAMES).

JACOBUS m Dutch, Late Roman
Latin form of JACOB, still used in Dutch.

JACOMINA f Dutch
Dutch feminine form of Iacomus (see JAMES).

JAKOB m German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Slovene, Estonian
Cognate of JACOB (or JAMES).

JAN (1) m Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, German
Form of JOHANNES... [more]

JANA f Dutch, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Feminine form of JAN (1)

JANNA f Dutch, Swedish, English
Feminine form of JAN (1)... [more]

JANNEKE f Dutch
Dutch feminine form of JAN (1)

JANTINE f Dutch
Feminine diminutive of JAN (1)

JANTJE f Dutch
Feminine diminutive of JAN (1)

JASMIJN f Dutch
Dutch form of JASMINE

JEF m Dutch
Dutch short form of JOZEF

JELLE m Frisian, Dutch
Diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element geld "value, payment"... [more]

JELTJE f Frisian, Dutch
Feminine form of JELLE

JELTSJE f Frisian, Dutch
Feminine form of JELLE

JEROEN m Dutch
Dutch form of JEROME

JESSE m English, Dutch, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יִשַׁי (Yishay) which possibly meant "gift"... [more]

JETTA f Dutch
Dutch diminutive of HENRIETTE

JOB m Biblical, Dutch
From the Hebrew name אִיּוֹב ('Iyyov) which means "persecuted, hated"... [more]

JOCHEM m German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of JOACHIM

JODOCUS m Dutch (Archaic), Late Roman
Latinized form of Jodoc (see JOYCE).

JOEP m Dutch
Dutch diminutive of JOZEF

JOERI m Dutch
Dutch form of YURIY

JOHAN m Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Czech
Scandinavian, Low German and Czech form of Iohannes (see JOHN).

JOHANNA f German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Latinate form of Ioanna (see JOANNA).

JOHANNEKE f Dutch
Dutch diminutive of JOHANNA

JOHANNES m German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Latin form of Ioannes (see JOHN)... [more]

JOLANDA f Slovene, Dutch
Slovene and Dutch form of YOLANDA

JONATHAN m English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוֹנָתָן (Yehonatan) (contracted to יוֹנָתָן (Yonatan)) meaning "YAHWEH has given"... [more]

JOOP m Dutch
Dutch diminutive of JOHANNES or JOZEF

JOORD m Dutch
Dutch diminutive of JORDAN

JOOS m Dutch
Dutch diminutive of JUSTUS, JODOCUS or JOZEF

JOOST m Dutch
Dutch diminutive of JUSTUS, JODOCUS or JOZEF

JORDAAN m Dutch
Dutch form of JORDAN

JORIS m Dutch, Frisian
Dutch and Frisian form of GEORGE

JOS m Dutch
Dutch diminutive of JOZEF

JOZEF m Slovak, Dutch
Slovak and Dutch form of JOSEPH

JOZEFIEN f Dutch
Dutch form of JOSÉPHINE

JOZUA m Dutch
Dutch form of JOSHUA

JULIA f English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Biblical
Feminine form of JULIUS... [more]

JULIANA f Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Iulianus (see JULIAN)... [more]

JURGEN m Dutch
Dutch form of GEORGE

JURRIAAN m Dutch
Dutch form of GEORGE

JUSTUS m German, Dutch, Late Roman
Latin name which meant "just". This name was borne by at least eight saints.

KAI (1) m Frisian, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch
Meaning uncertain, possibly a Frisian diminutive of GERHARD, NICOLAAS, CORNELIS or GAIUS.

KAREL m Dutch, Czech, Slovene
Dutch, Czech and Slovene form of CHARLES

KARIN f Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Finnish, English
Swedish short form of KATHERINE

KASPER m Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian
Polish, Dutch and Scandinavian cognate of JASPER

KATELIJN f Dutch
Dutch form of KATHERINE, used especially in Flanders.

KATELIJNE f Dutch
Dutch form of KATHERINE, used especially in Flanders.

KATRIEN f Dutch
Dutch form of KATHERINE

KATRIJN f Dutch
Dutch form of KATHERINE

KATRINA f English, German, Swedish, Dutch
Variant of CATRIONA... [more]

KATRINE f Scandinavian, Dutch
Scandinavian and Dutch contracted form of KATHERINE

KEES m Dutch
Dutch diminutive of CORNELIUS... [more]

KERNEELS m Dutch
Dutch (South African) variant of CORNELIUS

KEVIN m English, Irish, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian
Anglicized form of the Irish name Caoimhín, derived from the older Irish Cóemgein, composed of the Old Irish elements cóem "kind, gentle, handsome" and gein "birth"... [more]

KLAAS m German, Dutch
Low German and Dutch short form of NICHOLAS

KLASINA f Dutch
Feminine diminutive of NIKOLAAS

KLAZINA f Dutch
Feminine diminutive of NIKOLAAS

KOBUS m Dutch
Diminutive of JACOBUS

KOEN m Dutch
Short form of KOENRAAD

KOENRAAD m Dutch
Dutch form of CONRAD

KOERT m Dutch
Short form of KOENRAAD

KOOS m Dutch
Diminutive of JACOB

KUNIGONDE f Dutch
Dutch form of KUNIGUNDE

LAMBERT m German, Dutch, French, English, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements land "land" and beraht "bright"... [more]

LAMMERT m Dutch, German
Dutch and Low German form of LAMBERT

LARS m Scandinavian, Dutch
Scandinavian form of LAURENCE (1)

LAURA f English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Late Roman
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel"... [more]

LAURENS m Dutch
Dutch form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LEA f German, Dutch, Slovene
German, Dutch and Slovene form of LEAH

LEO m German, Dutch, English, Late Roman
Derived from Latin leo "lion", a cognate of LEON... [more]

LEOPOLD m German, Dutch, English, Slovene, Polish
Derived from the Germanic elements liut "people" and bald "bold"... [more]

LIEKE f Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ANGELIQUE

LIEN (1) f Dutch
Short form of names ending in lina.

LIES f German, Dutch
German and Dutch diminutive of ELISABETH

LIESBETH f Dutch
Dutch variant of ELISABETH

LIESE f German, Dutch
German and Dutch diminutive of ELISABETH

LIESJE f Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ELISABETH

LIEVE f Dutch
Short form of GODELIEVE

LIEVEN m Dutch
Dutch form of LEOFWINE

LIEVIN m Dutch
From the Germanic name Liafwin, a cognate of LEOFWINE.

LIJSBETH f Dutch
Dutch form of ELIZABETH

LINDA f English, Dutch, German, Scandinavian, Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian
Originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element linde meaning "soft, tender"... [more]

LISA f English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Italian
Short form of ELIZABETH, ELISABETH, ELISABET or ELISABETTA... [more]

LISANNE f Dutch
Combination of LISA and ANNE (1)

LISELOT f Dutch
Dutch form of LISELOTTE

LODEWIJK m Dutch
Dutch form of LUDWIG

LOES f Dutch
Feminine diminutive of LODEWIJK

LOTTE f German, Dutch, Danish
Short form of LISELOTTE or CHARLOTTE

LOUIS m French, English, Dutch
French form of Ludovicus, the Latinized form of LUDWIG... [more]

LOUISE f French, English, Dutch
French feminine form of LOUIS

LOURENS m Frisian, Dutch
Frisian form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LOWIE m Dutch
Diminutive of LODEWIJK

LUCAS m English, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Biblical Latin
Latin form of Loukas (see LUKE).

LUDGER m German, Dutch
Low German and Dutch form of LUITGER... [more]

LUDO m Dutch, Frisian
Short form of LUDOVIC or LUDOLF

LUUK m Dutch
Dutch form of LUKE

MAAIKE f Dutch
Dutch diminutive of MARIA

MAARTEN m Dutch
Dutch form of MARTIN

MAARTJE f Dutch
Dutch feminine form of MARTIN

MAAS m Dutch
Dutch short form of THOMAS

MACHTELD f Dutch
Dutch form of MATILDA

MAGDA f German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Portuguese
Short form of MAGDALENA

MAGDALENA f German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Spanish, Slovene, Czech, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian, English
Latinate form of MAGDALENE

MAIKEL m Dutch
Dutch variant form of MICHAEL

MANFRED m German, Dutch, Polish
Derived from the Germanic elements magin "strength" and frid "peace"... [more]

MANNES m Dutch
Dutch diminutive of HERMAN

MANON f French, Dutch
French diminutive of MARIE

MARGARETA f German, Scandinavian, Romanian, Slovene, Dutch, Finnish
Cognate of MARGARET

MARGARETHA f Dutch, German
Dutch and German form of MARGARET

MARGRIET f Dutch
Dutch form of MARGARET

MARIA f & m Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Frisian, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY)... [more]

MARIANNE f French, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish
Originally a French diminutive of MARIE... [more]

MARIEKE f Dutch
Dutch diminutive of MARIA

MARIJKE f Dutch
Dutch diminutive of MARY

MARIJN m & f Dutch
Dutch masculine and feminine form of MARINUS

MARIJSE f Dutch
Dutch form of MARISE

MARIKE f Dutch
Dutch diminutive of MARY

MARILOU f French, English, Dutch
Combination of MARIA and LOUISE

MARINUS m Ancient Roman, Dutch
From the Roman family name Marinus, which derives either from the name MARIUS or from the Latin word marinus "of the sea".

MARITA (1) f German, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish
Diminutive of MARIA

MARIUS m Ancient Roman, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, French, Romanian
Roman family name which was derived either from MARS, the name of the Roman god of War, or else from the Latin root mas, maris meaning "male"... [more]

MARJA f Dutch, Finnish
Dutch and Finnish form of MARIA... [more]

MARJAN (1) f Dutch
Dutch form of MARIANNE

MARJOLEIN f Dutch
Dutch form of MARJOLAINE

MARJOLIJN f Dutch
Dutch form of MARJOLAINE

MARLEEN f Dutch, English
Dutch form and English variant of MARLENE

MARLOES f Dutch
Combination of MARIA and LOES

MARTEN m Dutch
Dutch form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTIJN m Dutch
Dutch form of MARTIN

MARTINA f German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Czech, Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Martinus (see MARTIN)... [more]

MATHILDE f French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish
Cognate of MATILDA

MATTHIJS m Dutch
Dutch form of MATTHIAS

MAUD f English, Dutch
Usual medieval form of MATILDA... [more]

MAURITS m Dutch
Dutch form of MAURICE

MAX m German, English, Scandinavian, Dutch
Short form of MAXIMILIAN (or sometimes of MAXWELL in English).

MAXIMILIAAN m Dutch
Dutch form of Maximilianus (see MAXIMILIAN).

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