63%RatingSave Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Frisian, Dutch Meaning & History Originally a Frisian short form of names beginning with the Old German element geba meaning "gift". This is the name of a boy in the Dutch children's book series Jip and Janneke, first published 1952. PopularityDetails Last ranked #78 in 2022 (m) #179 in 2022 (f) Netherlands Categories diminutives, gift, isograms, short forms