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
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

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

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

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]

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]

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.

ANDRIES   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ANDREW

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

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

ARIE   m   Dutch
Diminutive of ADRIAAN

ARJAN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ADRIAN

ARNOUD   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ARNOLD

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

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".

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 brecht, often derived from the Germanic element beraht meaning "bright".

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

CEES   m   Dutch
Variant of KEES

CHRISTIAAN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of CHRISTIAN

COBUS   m   Dutch
Short form of JACOBUS

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

COOS   m   Dutch
Diminutive of JACOB

CORNÉ   m   Dutch
Diminutive of CORNELIS

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

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

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

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.

ELBERT   m   Dutch
Dutch variant of ADELBERT

ELIA   m   Italian, Dutch
Italian and Dutch form of ELIJAH

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]

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]

FELIX   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin... [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, Bulgarian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Hungarian, Romanian
Cognate of PHILIP

FILIPPUS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of PHILIP

FLIP   m   Dutch
Diminutive of FILIPPUS

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

GABRIËL   m   Dutch
Dutch form of GABRIEL

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

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

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

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]

GILLIS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of GILES

GODFRIED   m   Dutch
Dutch cognate of GODFREY

HANNES   m   Dutch, German, Finnish
Short form of JOHANNES

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

HARM   m   Dutch
Dutch short form of HERMAN

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

HEIKO   m   German, Frisian, Dutch
Frisian diminutive of HENRIK

HEIN   m   Dutch
Diminutive of HENDRIK

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

HENK   m   Dutch
Dutch short 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

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

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]

IGNAAS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of IGNATIUS

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]

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

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]

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

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]

JEF   m   Dutch
Dutch short form of JOZEF

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

JEROEN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of JEROME

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

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).

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

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

JOZUA   m   Dutch
Dutch form of JOSHUA

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

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