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The Germanic names are the names with the longest history in the Dutch-speaking area; they form the oldest layer of the given names known in Dutch. The Germanic names were characterised by a rich diversity, as there were many possible combinations. A Germanic name is composed of two parts, the latter of which also indicates the gender of the ...
"Indian Islands" in Greek (Ινδονησία), apparently invented in the mid-19th century to mean "Indies Islands", from the islands' previous name "East Indies". Dutch East Indies, a former name: a translation of the Dutch Nederlands Oost-Indië Hindia-Belanda, a former name: the Indonesian form of the Dutch name above.
Pages in category "Dutch masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 368 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Dutch given names" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The spelling Skyler was the 271st most common name for boys born in the United States in 2007, and the 374th most popular name for girls. [5] The spelling Schuyler last ranked among the top 1,000 names for boys in the United States in 1994, when it was at 974th place on the charts. [6] In the Netherlands, Schuyler is not used as a given name.
This is a list of place names in the United States that either are Dutch, were translated from Dutch, or were heavily inspired by a Dutch name or term. Many originate from the Dutch colony of New Netherland .
In some names, usually those of the Flemish/Belgian ones, and also some of the names of people from outside the Low Countries (with Dutch-speaking immigrant ancestors), the prefixes are concatenated to each other or to the name proper and form a single-worded or two-worded surnames, [2] as in Vandervelde or Vande Velde.
Willem (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ) is a Dutch and West Frisian [2] masculine given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, Guillaume in French, Guilherme in Portuguese, Guillermo in Spanish and Wilhelm in German. Nicknames that are derived from Willem are Jelle, Pim, Willie, Willy and Wim.