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

ABRAHAM   m   English, Jewish, Dutch, Biblical
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, Jewish, Arabic, Biblical
This is the Hebrew word for "man"... [more]

ADELBERT   m   German, Dutch
German and Dutch variant of ADALBERT

ADRIAAN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ADRIAN

ADRIANUS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ADRIAN

ALBERT   m   English, French, Slovene, Polish, Russian, Dutch
From the Germanic name Adalbrecht, 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, Hungarian, Slovak, 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
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
Latinized form of Aloys, a Provençal form of LOUIS... [more]

ALWIN   m   German, Dutch
From either of the two Germanic names Albwin (a cognate of ÆLFWINE) or Adelwin (composed of the elements adal "noble" and win "friend").

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 form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTHOLOMEUS   m   Dutch
Dutch 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 Germanic names beginning with the element bern meaning "bear".

BENJAMIN   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Biblical
From the Hebrew name בִנְיָמִין (Binyamin) which means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand"... [more]

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 the Germanic element brecht meaning "bright".

CASPAR   m   Dutch
Dutch form of JASPER

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

CEES   m   Dutch
Variant of KEES

CHRISTIAAN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of CHRISTIAN

COBUS   m   Dutch
Diminutive of JACOBUS

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

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, Jewish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical
Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (dvd) 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 form of ADALBERT

ELIA   m   Italian, Dutch
Italian and Dutch form of ELIJAH

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]

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... [more]

FELIX   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin... [more]

FERDINAND   m   German, French, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, English
From Ferdinando, the old Spanish form of a Germanic name composed of the elements frið "peace" and nanð "daring, brave"... [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
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

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).

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
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

GIJS   m   Dutch
Short form of GIJSBERT

GIJSBERT   m   Dutch
Dutch variant of GISBERT

GILBERT   m   English, French, Dutch, German
Means "bright pledge", derived from the Germanic elements gisel "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 German 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
Means "army man", derived from the Germanic elements heri "army" and man "man"... [more]

HERMANUS   m   Dutch
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
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 Norse god ING... [more]

IVO   m   German, Dutch
German form of YVES or YVON

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
Latin form of JACOB, still used in Dutch.

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

JOEP   m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of JOZEF

JOERI   m   Dutch
Dutch form of YURI (1)

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 or JOZEF

JOOST   m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of JUSTUS or Iodocus (see JOYCE).

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

KAI (1)   m   Scandinavian, Finnish, Frisian, Dutch, German
Possibly a diminutive of either GAIUS or GERHARD.

KALEB   m   English (Modern), German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
English variant of CALEB... [more]

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

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