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Dutch Feminine Names

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

ADELHEID   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of ADELAIDE

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

ALEID   f   Dutch
Dutch short form of ADELAIDE

ALEIDA   f   Dutch
Dutch short form of ADELAIDE

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

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

ALIDA   f   Dutch, German, Hungarian
Diminutive of ADELAIDE

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

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]

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

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

ANGELIEN   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ANGELA

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

ANKE   f   German, Dutch
Low German diminutive of ANNA

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]

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

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

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

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

ANTONIE   f & m   Czech, Dutch
Czech feminine form of ANTHONY... [more]

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

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

BRECHTJE   f   Dutch
Feminine form of BRECHT

BRIGITTA   f   German, Dutch, Hungarian
German, Dutch and Hungarian form of BRIDGET

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

CAROLIEN   f   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of CAROLUS

CATHARINA   f   Dutch, Swedish
Dutch and Swedish form of KATHARINE

CATO (2)   f   Dutch
Diminutive of CATHARINA

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]

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, used as a variant in other languages.

CILLA   f   Swedish, Dutch
Diminutive of CECILIA

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

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

COKKIE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of CORNELIA

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

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

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

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]

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

ELEONORA   f   Italian, German, Dutch, Polish
Italian, German, Dutch and Polish form of ELEANOR

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

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

ELKE (1)   f   Dutch, Frisian
Dutch 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

EMMA   f   English, French, Italian, Finnish, Dutch
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

ESTHER   f   English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Jewish, Biblical
Possibly means "star" in Persian... [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... [more]

EVELIEN   f   Dutch
Dutch form of EVELINA

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

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

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

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

FLOORTJE   f   Dutch
Dutch form of FLORA.

GABRIËLLE   f   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of GABRIEL

GEERTJE   f   Dutch
Diminutive of GEERTRUIDA

GEERTRUIDA   f   Dutch
Dutch form of GERTRUDE

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

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

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

GILBERTA   f   Dutch
Feminine form of GILBERT

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".

GREET   f   Dutch
Dutch short form of MARGARET

GREETJE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive 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

HANNIE   f   Dutch
Diminutive of JOHANNA

HEDY   f   German, Dutch
Diminutive of HEDWIG

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

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

HEINTJE   f   Dutch
Feminine diminutive of HENDRIK

HELEEN   f   Dutch
Dutch variant of HELEN

HELEENTJE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of HELEN

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

HENDRIKA   f   Dutch
Feminine form of HENDRIK

HENDRIKJE   f   Dutch
Feminine form of HENDRIK

HENNIE   m & f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive and feminine form of HENDRIK

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

HENRIËTTE   f   Dutch
Dutch variant of HENRIETTE

HENRIETTE   f   French, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
French feminine diminutive of HENRY

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

HILDE   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch variant of HILDA

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

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 Norse 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]

JACINTHA   f   Dutch
Latinate form of JACINTHE

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).

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

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
Dutch feminine form of JAN (1)

JANTJE   f   Dutch
Feminine diminutive of JAN (1)

JASMIJN   f   Dutch
Dutch form of JASMINE

JELTJE   f   Frisian, Dutch
Feminine form of JELLE

JELTSJE   f   Frisian, Dutch
Feminine form of JELLE

JETTA   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of HENRIETTE

JOHANNA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian
Latinate feminine form of Iohannes (see JOHN).

JOHANNEKE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of JOHANNA

JOLANDA   f   Slovene, Dutch, Italian
Slovene and Dutch form of YOLANDA

JOZEFIEN   f   Dutch
Dutch form of JOSÉPHINE

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

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

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

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

KLASINA   f   Dutch
Feminine diminutive of NIKOLAAS

KLAZINA   f   Dutch
Feminine diminutive of NIKOLAAS

KUNIGONDE   f   Dutch
Dutch form of KUNIGUNDE

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

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

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 ELIZABETH

LIESJE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ELIZABETH

LIEVE   f   Dutch
Short form of GODELIEVE

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
Short form of ELIZABETH, ELISABETH or ELISABET... [more]

LISANNE   f   Dutch
Combination of LISA and ANNE (1)

LISELOT   f   Dutch
Dutch form of LISELOTTE

LOES   f   Dutch
Dutch form of LOUISE

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

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

MAAIKE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of MARIA

MAARTJE   f   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of MARTIN

MACHTELD   f   Dutch
Dutch form of MATILDA

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

MAGDALENA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Spanish, Czech, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian
Latinate form of MAGDALENE

MANON   f   French, Dutch
French diminutive of MARIE

MARGARETA   f   German, Scandinavian, Romanian, Slovene, Dutch
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, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY)... [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

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

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

MARJAN (1)   f   Dutch
Dutch form of MARIANNA

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

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

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

MECHTELD   f   Dutch
Dutch form of MATILDA

MEIKE   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch diminutive of MARIA

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]

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

MIEKE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of MARIA

MIEP   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of MARIA

MIES   f & m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of MARIA or BARTHOLOMEUS

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

MYRTHE   f   Dutch
Means "myrtle" in Dutch.

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

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).

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

PIETRONELLA   f   Dutch
Variant of PETRONELLA

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

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

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

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]

SABIEN   f   Dutch
Dutch form of SABINA

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]

SOFIE   f   German, Danish, Dutch
Variant of SOPHIE

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

STEFANA   f   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of STEPHEN

STEFANIE   f   German, Dutch, Danish
Variant of STEPHANIE

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

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

THERA   f   Dutch
Diminutive of THERESIA

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

THIRZA   f   Dutch
Dutch form of TIRZAH

THYRZA   f   Dutch
Variant of THIRZA

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

TINEKE   f   Dutch
Diminutive of TINA

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]

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]

VIONA   f   Dutch
Dutch form of FIONA

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

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]

XANDRA   f   Dutch
Short form of ALEXANDRA

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

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