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Aert. Albert (given name) Albertus (given name) Alexander. Alfred (name) Alvin (given name) Alwin. Andreas. Andries.
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 ...
Jan (name) Jan is a form of John that is used in various languages. (See the “Other names” section in this page's infobox for more variants.) The name is used in Afrikaans, Belarusian, Circassian, Catalan, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, English (especially in Devon dialect), Dutch, German, Kazakh, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian, Scandinavian and ...
Baas – The Boss. Bakker – Baker. Beek, van – From the brook. Beekhof – garden brook. Beenhouwer – Butcher. Berg, van der – From the cliff, mountain. Berkenbosch – birch wood, a grove of birch trees. Bijl, van der – "from the axe" – i.e. descended from woodcutters (lumberjacks) Boer, de – the Farmer.
Tonnie. Tonny (name) Categories: Given names by culture. Dutch language. Germanic given names. European given names.
Pieter is a male given name, the Dutch form of Peter. [1] The name has been one of the most common names in the Netherlands for centuries, but since the mid-twentieth century its popularity has dropped steadily, from almost 3000 per year in 1947 to about 100 a year in 2016. [2] Some of the better known people with this name are below.
Dirk. Dirk is a male given name of Dutch origin. It is a traditional diminutive of the Dutch name Diederik. The meaning of the name is "the people's ruler", composed of þeud ("people") and ric ("power"). Dirk may also be a surname. It is cognate to French Thierry, German Dietrich and Gothic Theoderic.
Martijn, occasionally written as Martyn [a] [./Martijn_ (given_name)#cite_note-1 [lower-alpha 1] ], Martain or Martein ( Dutch pronunciation: [mɑrˈtɛin]) is a Dutch given name. [1] It is a cognate of Martin, and ultimately derived from the Roman Martinus. In Iceland the name is written as Marteinn.