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Since Belgium has three national languages — Dutch, French and German — Belgian names are similar to those in the neighbouring countries: the Netherlands, France and Germany. Place names (regions, towns, villages, hamlets) with a particle meaning "from" (de in French, del in Walloon, or van in Dutch) are the most numerous. An uncapitalised ...
Male given names. Given names. Given names by culture. ... Pages in category "Masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of ...
Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms are also used for various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words. (Sometimes, the use of one or more additional words is optional.) Notable examples are cuisines, cheeses, cat breeds, dog breeds, and horse breeds. (See List of words derived from toponyms.)
Dutch family names were not required until 1811 when emperor Napoleon annexed the Netherlands; [1] prior to 1811, the use of patronymics was much more common. In Dutch linguistics , many names use certain qualifying words (prepositions) which are positioned between a person's given name and their surname .
Pages in category "Dutch masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 369 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Wouter is a Dutch masculine given name popular in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the Dutch equivalent of the English name Walter and French name Gauthier, both of Germanic origin, meaning "ruler of the army", "ruler of the forest" or "bright army". [1]
Male (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ) is a former hamlet and today a quarter in the east of Sint-Kruis, a sub-municipality of Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium. The hamlet, which retains its small historic center, clusters around Male Castle , best known as the birthplace of Louis, count of Flanders in 1329.