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  2. Dutch Names - Behind the Name

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    From a French surname that was derived from a place name meaning "stony". It was originally given in honour of Saint Jeanne-Françoise de Chantal, the founder of the Visitation Order in the 17th century.

  3. Dutch Surnames - Behind the Name

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    Denoted a person from Assel, Asselt or Hasselt, the name of communities in the Netherlands and Belgium. They derive from Old Dutch ask "ash tree" and loh "woods on sandy soil", or hasal "hazel tree". Assenberg Dutch. From Dutch es meaning "ash tree" (plural essen) and berg meaning "mountain".

  4. Dutch Origin Names - Behind the Name

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    This is a list of names in which the origin is Dutch. Dutch is the West Germanic language spoken in the Netherlands and Flanders. From the English word amber that denotes either the gemstone, which is formed from fossil resin, or the orange-yellow colour.

  5. Dutch Submitted Names - Behind the Name

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    Dutch phonetical spelling of the French name Aline. The name also occurs as a short form of the related name Alina, in which case it is used strictly informally (i.e. not as an official name on birth certificates)....

  6. Dutch Names - Behind the Name

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    See European names for a list of the usual sources of Dutch given names. Among some Dutch it was customary to name the first son after the father's father and the first daughter after the mother's mother. The word name in Dutch is naam (plural namen), while given name is voornaam.

  7. Browse Names - Behind the Name

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    This is a list of names in which the usage is Dutch; and the origin is Dutch. From the English word amber that denotes either the gemstone, which is formed from fossil resin, or the orange-yellow colour. The word ultimately derives from Arabic عنبر (ʿanbar) meaning "ambergris".

  8. Dutch Submitted Surnames - Behind the Name

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    Shortened form of the Dutch surname van den Borne, derived from Middle Dutch borne "well, spring, source". A habitational name for someone from Born in the province of Limburg (Netherlands) or from a place associated with the watercourse of the Borre river in French Flanders.

  9. Name Translation - Behind the Name

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  10. Old Dutch Origin Surnames - Behind the Name

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    This is a list of surnames in which the origin is Old Dutch. Old Dutch was a West Germanic language spoken in the Low Countries.

  11. Medieval Dutch Submitted Names - Behind the Name

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    Medieval Dutch and medieval (Low) German diminutive of Arnold. It is a diminutive because it contains the medieval diminutive suffix -ken, of which the modern equivalent is -ke in Dutch (though -je is even more modern and commonplace) and -chen in German.