ACHIELmDutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare) Dutch form of ACHILLES via its French form ACHILLE. Known bearers of this name include Belgian politician and prime minister Achiel Van Acker (1898-1975), Belgian painter Achiel Van Sassenbrouck (1886-1979) and Belgian cyclist Achiel Buysse (1918-1984).
ADINDAfIndonesian, Dutch, Literature Means "sister" or "eldest daughter" (a formal, poetic term) in Indonesian. The name was used by Dutch writer Eduard Douwes Dekker (1820-1887), better known by his pen name Multatuli, for one of the eponymous characters in his story "Saïdjah and Adinda" in his 1860 novel Max Havelaar... [more]
ALBIJNmDutch Generally the Dutch form of ALBINUS, but in some instances it can be derived from ALBUIN as well. A bearer of this name was the Flemish painter Albijn Van den Abeele (1835-1918).
ALDEm & fDutch (Rare) Dutch short form of Germanic given names that begin with the element ald meaning "old" as well as (via metathesis) the element adal meaning "noble". Also compare ALDO and Alda.
ALDEMARmAncient Germanic, Dutch, German Derived from Gothic alds (alt in Old High German) "old" combined with Old High German mâri "famous". The name might also be a metathesis of ADALMAR.
ALIDOORmDutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare) Dutch and Flemish form of ALIDOR. A known bearer of this name was the Belgian politician Alidoor De Keyser (1920-2012).
ALIËTTEfDutch (Rare) Dutch form of ALIETTE. However, it should be noted that in the Netherlands, there may also be cases where this name is a combination of the Dutch feminine given name ALIE with the French diminutive suffix -ette... [more]
ALTOmSpanish, Portuguese, English, Italian, German, Dutch Means "loud, tall, high" in Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian. Means "old, older" in German. From Latin altus 'high, deep, profound'. Possibly influenced by the Portuguese surname that originated as a nickname for a 'big man', or from the English word referring to 'the musical part or section', or the German saint Alto of Altomünster, or as a diminutive or variant of ALTON.
AMALABERGAfDutch, German Form of AMALBERGA. Amalaberga was a daughter of Theodemir, king of the Ostrogoths in the 5th century AD.
AMALASWINTHAfAncient Germanic, Dutch, History Derived from the Germanic elements amal "work" and Gothic svinths (swind in Old High German) "strength." This name was borne by a daughter of Theodoric the Great, who became queen of the Ostrogoths after his death in 526 AD.
AMASJAm & fDutch (Rare) Dutch form of AMAZIAH. This name has always been extremely rare in the Netherlands and was also an exclusively masculine name until around the '60s of the 20th century... [more]
AMPLONIAfMedieval Dutch, Dutch (Rare) Medieval Dutch variant form of APOLLONIA. This name has survived to modern times, but barely so, as it is quite rare in the Netherlands these days: in 2014, there were less than 10 living bearers (of all ages) in the entire country... [more]
ANDRIKmSwedish (Rare), Dutch Swedish combination of -ander borrowed from Greek, meaning "man" (compare ALEXANDER) and ríkr "mighty, distinguished, rich".
ANNELINEfAfrikaans, Dutch, French (Archaic), Danish, Norwegian Dutch and Afrikaans variant of ANNELIEN as well as a Danish and Norwegian combination of Anne and LINE (and thus a cognate of ANNELIEN) as well as a Danish, Norwegian and archaic French diminutive of Anne found up to the 1700s in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
ANNELOESfDutch Combination of the names Anne and LOES. Known Dutch bearers of this name include the former field hockey player Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen (b... [more]
ANNEPHINEfDutch (Rare) Combination of Anne with a given name ending in -phine, such as JOSEPHINE. Also compare ANNEFIEN, which is a different spelling of this name but the more prevalent of the two (even though they are both rare in the Netherlands).
ANNERmDutch Masculine form, using the Dutch grammatical suffix to verb stems -er (as in English, for a male actor, e.g. in werk-er 'work-er') of Anne (usually female, but sometimes male; equivalent to English Anna, from Biblical Hannah), notably adopted as adult by the famous Dutch cellist Anner (born Anne) Bijlsma (+2019)
ANTIENfMedieval Dutch, Dutch (Rare) This given name originated in medieval times as a variant spelling (or even a misspelling) of ANTJEN, as the letter 'j' was regularly written as an 'i' in medieval records... [more]
ANTJENfMedieval Dutch, Dutch (Rare) This name is a variant of ANNA, where the diminutive suffix -tjen has been added to the name. Since -tjen is a diminutive suffix that was primarily used in the Middle Ages and has since been replaced by the more modern -tje, we can actually say that Antjen is the medieval Dutch form of ANTJE.... [more]
ARDmDutch This name is often a short form of ARNOUD (and other names containing the Germanic element aran or arn meaning "eagle", such as AREND) and EDUARD... [more]
ARDAfDutch (Rare) Short form of given names containing the Germanic element aran or arn meaning "eagle", such as ARNOLDA and ARENDA... [more]
ARDINmDutch (Rare) Short form of ARDINUS. In some cases, the name can also be an elaboration of ARD, which itself is a short form of ARNOUD (and other names containing the Germanic element aran or arn meaning "eagle") as well as of EDUARD and ADRIAAN.... [more]
ARDINEfDutch (Rare) Variant form of ARDINA, of which the spelling and pronunciation was inspired or influenced by French feminine names. However, there are also (rare) cases where it is a Dutch short form of actual French given names, such as BERNARDINE and GÉRARDINE.
ARENDAfDutch (Rare) Feminine form of AREND. Also compare ARENDJE, which is another feminine form of the same name, but is much more common in the Netherlands.... [more]
ARENDINAfDutch This given name is a more elaborate form of ARENDA, which is the feminine form of AREND. Also compare the late medieval given name ARENTIJN.... [more]
ARENDINEfDutch (Rare) Variant form of ARENDINA, of which the spelling and pronunciation was inspired or influenced by French feminine names.
ARENDJEm & fDutch When borne by a female person, this name is a good example of how one can turn a very masculine name (AREND) into a feminine name by simply adding the diminutive suffix -je to the original name... [more]
ARIAANmDutch (Rare) Short form of ADRIAAN. In other words, this name is a more modern form of the medieval Dutch name ARIAEN.
ARIANmDutch Variant form of ARIAAN. This form ultimately led to the form ARJAN, which since steadily outgrew Arian in popularity and is nowadays by far the most common of the two.
ARIËNmDutch Variant form of ARIAN, which may possibly have been inspired by the French name ADRIEN in its spelling. This form ultimately led to the form ARJEN, which since steadily outgrew Ariën in popularity and is nowadays by far the most common of the two... [more]
ARJENmDutch Variant form of ARIËN. The latter was the most popular of the two for many decades, until ARJEN began to rise in popularity in the late 1950s... [more]
ARJOmDutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare) At least one source lists this name as being a combination of the names ADRIANUS and JOHANNES, but it could also easily be a combination of a name starting with Ar- (such as AREND) with a name starting with Jo- (such as JOZEF)... [more]
ARMGARDfDutch, German Dutch and German variant form of IRMGARD. This is one of the middle names of Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands (b. 1938), who was given this name in honour of her paternal grandmother.
ASCHWINmDutch, German Dutch and German form of ANSWIN. A known bearer of this name is Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (b. 1969), who carries the name Aschwin as a middle name, in honour of his maternal grandfather's only brother, Aschwin zur Lippe-Biesterfeld (1914-1988).
ASSUEERmDutch (Rare) Dutch form of AHASUERUS. One bearer was Willem Anne Assueer Jacob Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1834-1889), a Dutch baron and politician who was president of the senate of the Netherlands from 1888 to his death.
AUREELmDutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare) Dutch and Flemish form of AURELIUS. A known bearer of this name is the Flemish marathon runner Aurèle "Aureel" Vandendriessche (b. 1932).
AUXILIATRIXfDutch (Rare) Derived from Latin auxiliatrix, which refers to a helper, aide or assistant of the female sex (the masculine equivalent is auxiliator). The word is ultimately derived from the Latin noun auxilium meaning "help, aid, assistance"... [more]
AVEmDutch, West Frisian The origin of this Frisian name is uncertain; it is such a shortened and transformed form of certain names that it is very difficult to tell what the original name(s) must have been. Ave is usually said to be a short form of names that contained the Old Norse element âlfr (alb in Old High German) "elf" - but this cannot be said with certainty... [more]