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

MECHTELD   f   Dutch
Dutch form of MATILDA

MEES   m   Dutch
Diminutive of BARTHOLOMEUS

MEIKE   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch diminutive of MARIA

MEINDERT   m   Dutch
Dutch form of MAYNARD

MEINE   m   Frisian, Dutch, German
Short form of German, Frisian and Dutch names beginning with Mein, which is derived from the Germanic element magin "strength".

MEINO   m   German, Dutch
Diminutive of MEINE

MEINT   m   Dutch
Variant of MEINE

MEINTJE   f   Dutch
Feminine form of MEINE

MELANIE   f   English, German, Dutch
From the French form of the Latin name Melania, derived from Greek μελαινα (melaina) meaning "black, dark"... [more]

MENNO   m   Dutch, German
Diminutive of MEINE

MIA   f   Scandinavian, Dutch, German, English
Scandinavian, Dutch and German diminutive of MARIA

MICHAËL   m   Dutch
Dutch form of MICHAEL

MICHIEL   m   Dutch
Dutch form of MICHAEL

MIEKE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of MARIA

MIEP   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of MARIA

MIES   f & m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of MARIA or BARTHOLOMEUS

MILAN   m   Czech, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Dutch
From the Slavic element mil meaning "gracious", originally a short form of names that began with that element... [more]

MINKE   m & f   Frisian, Dutch
Diminutive and feminine form of MEINE

MIRJAM   f   Dutch, German, Finnish
Dutch, German and Finnish form of MIRIAM

MIRTHE   f   Dutch
Variant of MYRTHE

MOZES   m   Dutch
Dutch form of MOSES

MYRTHE   f   Dutch
Means "myrtle" in Dutch.

NICK   m   English, Dutch
Short form of NICHOLAS

NICO   m   Italian, Dutch
Italian and Dutch short form of NICHOLAS or NICODEMUS

NICOLAAS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of NICHOLAS

NICOLE   f   French, English, Dutch
French feminine form of NICHOLAS, commonly used in the English-speaking world since the middle of the 20th century.

NICOLET   f   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of NICHOLAS

NICOLINE   f   French, Dutch
Diminutive of NICOLE

NIEK   m   Dutch
Diminutive of NICOLAAS

NIELS (2)   m   Dutch
Dutch short form of CORNELIUS

NIKOLAAS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of NICHOLAS

NORBERT   m   German, English, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish
Derived from the Germanic elements nord "north" and beraht "bright"... [more]

OLAF   m   Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Polish
From the Old Norse name Áleifr meaning "ancestor's descendent", derived from the elements anu "ancestor" and leifr "descendent"... [more]

OLIVIER   m   French, Dutch
French and Dutch form of OLIVER

OTTO   m   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English, Finnish
Later German form of ODO... [more]

PAUL   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Romanian, Biblical
From the Roman family name Paulus, which meant "small" or "humble" in Latin... [more]

PAULA   f   German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulus (see PAUL)... [more]

PAULIEN   f   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

PAUWEL   m   Dutch (Archaic)
Dutch (Flemish) form of PAUL

PEPIJN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of PÉPIN

PETER   m   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Slovene, Slovak, Biblical
Derived from the Greek Πετρος (Petros) meaning "stone"... [more]

PETRA   f   Greek, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, Hungarian, English
Feminine form of PETER... [more]

PETRONELLA   f   Dutch, German, Swedish
Dutch, German and Swedish form of PETRONILLA

PETRUS   m   Dutch, German
Latin form of PETER used in Dutch and German.

PHILIP   m   English, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical
From the Greek name Φιλιππος (Philippos) which means "friend of horses", composed of the elements φιλος (philos) "friend" and ‘ιππος (hippos) "horse"... [more]

PIER   m   Dutch
Dutch form of PETER, used especially in Flanders.

PIET   m   Dutch
Short form of PIETER

PIETER   m   Dutch
Dutch form of PETER

PIETRONELLA   f   Dutch
Variant of PETRONELLA

PIM   m   Dutch
Diminutive of WILLEM

QUIRIJN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of QUIRINUS

RADBOUD   m   Dutch
Derived from the Germanic elements rad "counsel" and either bodo "leader" or bald "bold".

RAF   m   Dutch
Short form of RAFAËL

RAFAËL   m   Dutch
Dutch form of RAPHAEL

REBEKKA   f   German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
German, Dutch, Danish and Norwegian form of REBECCA

REINIER   m   Dutch
Dutch form of RAYNER

REINOUT   m   Dutch
Dutch cognate of REYNOLD

REMBRANDT   m   Dutch
From a Germanic name which was composed of the elements regin "advice" and brand "sword"... [more]

RENATE   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch feminine form of RENATUS

RENÉE   f   French, Dutch
French feminine form of RENÉ

RIA   f   German, Dutch
Short form of MARIA

RICHARD   m   English, French, German, Czech, Dutch
Means "brave power", derived from the Germanic elements ric "power, rule" and hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

RIEN   m   Dutch
Dutch cognate of REIN or a diminutive of MARINUS

RIK   m   Dutch
Short form of HENDRIK, FREDERIK, and other names containing rik.

RIKA   f   Swedish, Dutch
Short form of FREDRIKA, HENRIKA, and other names ending in rika.

ROB   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ROBERT

ROBBE   m   Dutch
Diminutive of ROBRECHT

ROBRECHT   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ROBERT

ROCHUS   m   German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of ROCCO

RODOLF   m   German, Dutch
German form of RUDOLF

ROEL   m   Dutch
Short form of ROELAND

ROELAND   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ROLAND

ROGIER   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ROGER

ROOS   f   Dutch
Means "rose" in Dutch.

ROOSJE   f   Dutch
Diminutive of ROSA (1)

ROSA (1)   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Dutch, English
Latinate form of ROSE... [more]

RUBEN   m   Scandinavian, Dutch
Scandinavian and Dutch form of REUBEN

RUDOLF   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Slovene
From the Germanic name Hrodwulf, which was derived from the elements hrod "fame" and wulf "wolf"... [more]

RUPERT   m   German, Dutch, English, Polish
Low German form of ROBERT... [more]

RUTGER   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ROGER

RUUD   m   Dutch
Dutch short form of RUDOLF

SABIEN   f   Dutch
Dutch form of SABINA

SANDER   m   Dutch, Scandinavian
Dutch and Scandinavian short form of ALEXANDER

SANDRA   f   Italian, English, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene
Short form of ALESSANDRA... [more]

SANNE   f   Dutch
Dutch short form of SUSANNE

SARA   f   Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Slovene, Polish, English, Arabic
Cognate of SARAH

SASKIA   f   Dutch, German
Possibly from the Germanic element sachs "Saxon"... [more]

SEBASTIAAN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of Sebastianus (see SEBASTIAN).

SEM   m   Dutch
Dutch form of SHEM

SERVAAS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of the Late Latin name Servatius, derived from servatus "saved, redeemed".

SIEMEN   m   Dutch, Frisian
Dutch and Frisian form of SIMON

SIEUWERD   m   Dutch
Dutch form of SIGURD

SJAAK   m   Dutch
Diminutive of JACOB

SJAKIE   m   Dutch
Diminutive of SJAAK

SJEF   m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of JOZEF

SJOERD   m   Frisian, Dutch
Frisian form of SIGURD

SJORS   m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of GEORGE

SOFIE   f   German, Danish, Dutch
Variant of SOPHIE

SOPHIE   f   French, English, German, Dutch
French form of SOPHIA

STAAS   m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ANASTASIUS or EUSTACHIUS

STEF   m   Dutch
Short form of STEFANUS

STEFAN   m   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian
Cognate of STEPHEN, and a Romanian variant of ȘTEFAN.

STEFANA   f   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of STEPHEN

STEFANIE   f   German, Dutch, Danish
Variant of STEPHANIE

STEFANUS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of STEPHEN

STEFFEN   m   German, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch
Low German form of STEPHEN

STERRE   f   Dutch
Derived from Dutch ster meaning "star".

STIJN   m   Dutch
Short form of CONSTANTIJN or AUGUSTIJN

SUSANNA   f   Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, English, Biblical
From Σουσαννα (Sousanna), the Greek form of the Hebrew name שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshannah)... [more]

SVEN   m   Swedish, German, Dutch
From the Old Norse name Sveinn which meant "boy".

TEUN   m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ANTONIUS

TEUNIS   m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ANTONIUS

THEO   m   English, Dutch
Short form of THEODORE, THEOBALD, and other names that begin with Theo.

THEODOOR   m   Dutch
Dutch form of THEODORE

THEODORUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized), Dutch
Latinized form of the Greek name Θεοδωρος (Theodoros) (see THEODORE).

THEOFILUS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of THEOPHILUS

THERA   f   Dutch
Diminutive of THERESIA

THERESIA   f   German, Dutch, Swedish
German, Dutch and Swedish form of THERESA

THEUNIS   m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ANTONIUS

THIJS   m   Dutch
Short form of MATTHIJS

THIRZA   f   Dutch
Dutch form of TIRZAH

THOMAS   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Greek, Biblical
Greek form of the Aramaic name Te'oma which meant "twin"... [more]

THYRZA   f   Dutch
Variant of THIRZA

TIEDE   m   Frisian, Dutch
Frisian form of DIEDE

TIES   m   Dutch
Diminutive of MATTHIJS as well as Dutch names beginning with the Germanic element þeud meaning "people".

TIJN   m   Dutch
Short form of MARTIJN or AUGUSTIJN

TIM   m   English, German, Dutch, Slovene
Short form of TIMOTHY

TINA   f   English, Italian, Slovene, Dutch
Short form of CHRISTINA, MARTINA, and other names ending in tina... [more]

TINEKE   f   Dutch
Diminutive of TINA

TJAARD   m   Frisian, Dutch
Frisian form of a Germanic name which was composed of the elements þeud "people" and ward "watcher".

TJEERD   m   Frisian, Dutch
Variant of TJAARD

TOM   m   English, Dutch
Short form of THOMAS... [more]

TON   m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ANTONIUS

TREES   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of THERESIA

TRIJNTJE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of KATRIJN

TRUDIE   f   English, Dutch
Diminutive of GERTRUDE

TRUDY   f   English, Dutch
Diminutive of GERTRUDE

TRUUS   f   Dutch
Diminutive of GEERTRUIDA

URSULA   f   English, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Finnish
Means "little bear", derived from a diminutive form of the Latin word ursa "she-bear"... [more]

VALENTIJN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)).

VERA (1)   f   Russian, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Slovene, Portuguese
Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true"... [more]

VINCENT   m   English, French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Slovak
From the Roman name Vincentius, which was from Latin vincere "to conquer"... [more]

VIONA   f   Dutch
Dutch form of FIONA

WENDEL   m   German, Dutch
Old short form of Germanic names beginning with the element wendel meaning "a Vandal"... [more]

WENDELIN   m   German, Dutch
Old diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element wendel (see WENDEL)... [more]

WERNER   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian
From a Germanic name derived from war "guard" combined with heri "army".

WIBO   m   Dutch, Frisian
Diminutive of WIEBE

WIEBE   m   Dutch, Frisian, German
Medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element wig meaning "war".

WILBERT   m   Dutch
Means "bright will", derived from the Germanic elements wil "will, desire" and beraht "bright".

WILHELMINA   f   Dutch, German, English
Dutch and German feminine form of WILHELM

WILLEM   m   Dutch
Dutch form of WILLIAM

WILLEMIJN   f   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of WILLIAM

WILLEMINA   f   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of WILLIAM

WILLY   m & f   English, German, Dutch
Diminutive of WILLIAM, WILHELM or WILLEM... [more]

WILMA   f   German, Dutch, English
Short form of WILHELMINA... [more]

WIM   m   Dutch, German
Dutch and German short form of WILHELM

WOB   m   Dutch, Frisian
Diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element wald meaning "rule".

WOUTER   m   Dutch
Dutch form of WALTER

WUBBE   m   Dutch, Frisian
Variant of WOB

XANDER   m   Dutch, English (Modern)
Short form of ALEXANDER... [more]

XANDRA   f   Dutch
Short form of ALEXANDRA

ZEF   m   Dutch
Dutch short form of JOZEF

ZOË   f   Dutch, English
Dutch form and English variant of ZOE