[A Dutch flag on the edge of a puddle of water]
colors 		[plate of food]
Meals 		[a house]
the house 		[a path]
the outdoors 		[books]
media 		[jacket]
clothing 		[a mirror]
beauty 		[glasses, watch, etc.]
necessities

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[The Face of Dutch]

Common, Famous and Historical First Names in Holland

naam click to hear ('name') - voornaam click to hear ('first, given name') - achternaam click to hear ('last, family name')
[family tree]
family tree

>> Frisian

Traditionally, there were many names from other European languages in Holland, especially from French. Also, many people gave their children names from the Bible and Latin names of saints. Frisian names are very common in Holland; I gave some in Italic. The many immigrants of recent years from more distant cultures have brought new names that I have not added here.
Some names are in 'old' spelling, and foreign names may be spelled as in the original language: don't take the names on this page as examples of Dutch spelling.
K and C are somewhat interchangeable, look under K if you can't find a name under C and vice versa.
Some names can be written with either an -ie or an -y ending.
Old names often have Y or IJ instead of the modern Dutch I in diphthongs EI or UI.
The French ending -ine can be Dutchified to -ien with sometimes a slight pronunciation change, which you can for instance hear in Ine click to hear and Ien click to hear.
hi, hello hallo click to hear
My name is ... Ik heet ... click to hear
My name is ... Mijn naam is ... click to hear
Hi - I am Marco Hallo, ik ben Marco click to hear
Hi - my name is Marco Hallo, ik heet Marco click to hear
My name is Daniel Mijn naam is Daniël click to hear
What's your name?
polite: Wat is Uw naam? click to hear 2
informal: Hoe heet je? click to hear
Boys' Names
Girls' Names
Aad click to hear - Aart click to hear - Ab click to hear - Abel click to hear - Abraham click to hear
Ad click to hear - Adelbert click to hear - Adriaan click to hear 2 3 - Age click to hear - Albert click to hear
Ale click to hear - Alex click to hear Alexander click to hear - Alfons click to hear - André click to hear
Andries click to hear - Anne click to hear - Anton click to hear - Anthonie click to hear - Appie click to hear
Ard click to hear - Arie click to hear - Arjen click to hear - Arnold click to hear - Arnoud click to hear
Aafke click to hear - Aagje click to hear - Ada click to hear - Adèle click to hear - Adriènne click to hear - Agaath click to hear 2
Ageeth click to hear 2 - Agnes click to hear - Aimée click to hear - Aleida click to hear - Aletta click to hear - Alida click to hear 2
Alie click to hear - Amalia click to hear - An click to hear - Andrea click to hear - Angela click to hear - Anja click to hear
Ank click to hear - Anke click to hear - Anna click to hear - Anne click to hear - Annechien click to hear 2 - Anneke click to hear
Annelies click to hear - Annemarie click to hear 2 - Annemieke click to hear - Annet click to hear - Annie click to hear
Ans click to hear
Balthasar click to hear 2 - Barend click to hear - Bart click to hear - Bas click to hear - Bastiaan click to hear
Batavus click to hear - Ben click to hear - Benjamin click to hear - Benny click to hear - Berend click to hear
Bernard click to hear - Bert click to hear - Bertus click to hear - Bonifatius click to hear
Boudewijn click to hear - Bram click to hear
Bea click to hear - Beatrix click to hear - Belinda click to hear - Bella click to hear - Bep click to hear - Berendien click to hear
Bernie click to hear - Berta click to hear - Betje click to hear - Betsy click to hear - Bianca click to hear
Bloem click to hear - Boukje click to hear
Caspar click to hear - Chris click to hear - Christiaan click to hear - Christoffel click to hear
Clovis click to hear - Co click to hear - Constantijn click to hear - Cor click to hear - Cornelis click to hear
Crispijn click to hear
Carice click to hear - Carien click to hear - Carla click to hear - Carola click to hear - Carolien click to hear
Catootje click to hear - Ceciel click to hear - Cecilia click to hear - Charlotte click to hear 2
Christien click to hear - Christina click to hear - Claar click to hear - Co click to hear - Coba click to hear - Cor click to hear
Cora click to hear 2 - Corrie click to hear
Daan click to hear 2 - Daniël click to hear - Derk click to hear - Dick (Dik) click to hear
Diederik click to hear - Dirk click to hear - Doeke click to hear - Does click to hear - Dorus click to hear
Douwe click to hear - Dries click to hear - Durk click to hear
Desirée click to hear - Diane click to hear 2 - Dien click to hear - Dientje click to hear 2 - Digna click to hear - Dina click to hear
Dieuwertje click to hear - Doortje click to hear - Dorothea click to hear - Dorothée click to hear - Dymfna click to hear
Eb click to hear - Ed click to hear - Edsger click to hear - Eduard click to hear - Eelco click to hear
Eelke click to hear - Egbert click to hear - Elegast click to hear - Elias click to hear - Emiel click to hear 2
Engel click to hear - Engelbrecht click to hear - Erik click to hear - Ernst click to hear 2 - Evert click to hear 2
Eef click to hear - Eefje click to hear - Eline click to hear - Elizabeth click to hear - Ella click to hear - Ellen click to hear - Elly click to hear
Els click to hear - Elsbeth click to hear - Elsje click to hear - Elske click to hear 2 - Emma click to hear - Emmy click to hear
Erica click to hear - Erna click to hear - Esse click to hear - Esther click to hear - Eva click to hear 2 Evelien click to hear
Felix click to hear - Ferdinand click to hear - Ferry click to hear - Flip click to hear - Floor click to hear
Floris click to hear - Folkert click to hear - Frank click to hear - Frans click to hear 2
Fred click to hear 2 - Frederik click to hear - Freek click to hear - Friso click to hear - Frits click to hear
Femke click to hear - Fien click to hear - Fientje click to hear - Floor click to hear - Floortje click to hear - Fokje click to hear
Francien click to hear - Francisca click to hear 2 - Fransje click to hear - Froukje click to hear
Gabriël click to hear 2 - Gé click to hear - Geert click to hear - Ger click to hear - Gerben click to hear
Gerard click to hear - Gerrit click to hear - Gert click to hear - Gertjan click to hear - Geurt click to hear - Gijs click to hear
Gijsbrecht click to hear - Godfried click to hear - Govert click to hear - Guido click to hear 2 - Guus click to hear
Guustaaf click to hear 2
Gerda click to hear 2 - Geertrui click to hear - Geertruida click to hear - Geesje click to hear - Gerrie click to hear
Gertie click to hear - Gloria click to hear - Godelieve click to hear - Gonnie click to hear
Gouke click to hear - Greet click to hear - Greetje click to hear - Griet click to hear - Grietje click to hear
Halewijn click to hear - Han click to hear - Hannes click to hear - Hans click to hear - Harm click to hear - Harmen click to hear
Harpert click to hear 2 - Harry click to hear - Hein click to hear - Hendrik click to hear - Henk click to hear 2 -
Henri click to hear - Herman click to hear - Hielke click to hear - Hilbrand click to hear - Hildebrand click to hear
Hotze click to hear - Hubert click to hear - Hugo click to hear - Huib click to hear - Huub click to hear - Huygen click to hear
Hadewich click to hear - Hanke click to hear - Hanna click to hear - Hannie click to hear - Harriët click to hear
Heleen click to hear - Helène click to hear - Helga click to hear 2 - Hella click to hear - Hendrijn click to hear
Hendrika click to hear 2 - Henny click to hear - Henriëtte click to hear - Hermien click to hear
Hester click to hear - Hilda click to hear - Hilleke click to hear
IJsbrand click to hear - Isidoor click to hear - Ivo click to hear - Izaak click to hear
Ien click to hear - Ina click to hear - Ine click to hear 2 - Ineke click to hear - Inge click to hear 2
Ingrid click to hear - Irene click to hear 2 - Isabelle click to hear
Jaap click to hear 2 - Jacob click to hear 2 - Jacques click to hear - Jan click to hear - Jannes click to hear - Jantje click to hear 2
Japie click to hear - Jaring click to hear - Jelle click to hear - Jeroen click to hear - Jip click to hear - Jo click to hear - Joan click to hear
Joannes click to hear - Job click to hear 2 - Jodocus click to hear - Johan click to hear
Johannes click to hear 2 - Jolke click to hear - Joop click to hear - Joost click to hear - Joris click to hear - Jos click to hear
Jozef click to hear Julius click to hear - Jurgen click to hear 2 - Justus click to hear - Jut click to hear
Jacoba click to hear - Janine click to hear - Janneke click to hear 2 - Jannie click to hear - Jans click to hear - Jansje click to hear
Jante click to hear - Jantien click to hear - Jeanne click to hear - Jenny click to hear 2 - Jet click to hear - Johanna click to hear 2
Joke click to hear - Jolanda click to hear - Jonel click to hear - Jooske click to hear - Jopie click to hear 2
Jozefien click to hear - Julia click to hear - Juliana click to hear - Juul click to hear 2
Karel click to hear - Karst click to hear 2 - Kees click to hear - Keessie click to hear - Keesje click to hear - Klaas click to hear
Kobus click to hear - Koen click to hear - Koenraad click to hear - Koos click to hear - Krelis click to hear
Kaat click to hear - Kaatje click to hear - Karin click to hear - Karlijn click to hear - Katja click to hear - Katrien click to hear
Kenau click to hear - Kitty click to hear - Klaske click to hear - Klazien click to hear
Lambert click to hear - Lammert click to hear - Laurens click to hear - Leen click to hear - Leendert click to hear 2
Leo click to hear - Leonard click to hear - Leopold click to hear 2 - Lex click to hear - Lodewijk click to hear -
Lou (Loe) click to hear - Louw click to hear - Louis click to hear - Loek click to hear - Lucas click to hear
Luuk click to hear
Lammie click to hear - Laura click to hear - Leonie click to hear - Leonieke click to hear 2 - Lettie click to hear - Lida click to hear
Lidwien click to hear - Lieke click to hear - Lies click to hear - Liesbeth click to hear - Lilian click to hear - Linda click to hear
Liselore click to hear - Liselotte click to hear 2 - Lita click to hear - Lize click to hear - Loes click to hear - Lot click to hear - 2
Lotje click to hear - Lucie click to hear - Lydia click to hear
Maarten click to hear - Marcel click to hear - Marco click to hear - Marcus click to hear - Marinus click to hear
Marius click to hear - Mark click to hear 2 - Marten click to hear - Martijn click to hear - Martin click to hear
Matthijs click to hear - Maurits click to hear 2 - Max click to hear - Mees click to hear - Meeuwis click to hear
Meindert click to hear - Menno click to hear - Michiel click to hear - Moos click to hear
Maaike click to hear 2 - Maartje click to hear - Machteld click to hear - Madelief click to hear 2 - Magda click to hear 2
Maja click to hear - Marga click to hear - Margaretha click to hear - Margot click to hear - Margreet click to hear
Maria click to hear - Marianne click to hear - Marie click to hear 2 - Marieke click to hear - Mariët click to hear
Marijke click to hear - Marion click to hear - Marina click to hear - Mariska click to hear 2 - Marja click to hear
Marjan click to hear 2 - Marjolein click to hear - Marleen click to hear - Marlies click to hear 2 - Marry click to hear
Martha click to hear - Martine click to hear - Mathilda click to hear - Matsje click to hear - Mensje click to hear - Merel click to hear
Meta click to hear - Metje click to hear 2 - Mia click to hear - Miek click to hear - Mieke click to hear - Mien click to hear 2 3
Miep click to hear - Miepje click to hear - Mies click to hear - Mina click to hear - Monica click to hear - Monique click to hear
Nelis click to hear - Nestor click to hear - Nico click to hear - Nicolaas click to hear 2 - Niek click to hear
Noë click to hear - Nol click to hear - Norbert click to hear
Neelie click to hear - Neeltje click to hear - Nel click to hear - Nellie click to hear - Nijntje click to hear
Noor click to hear - Noortje click to hear - Norma click to hear - Nynke click to hear
Olivier click to hear - Ollie click to hear - Ot click to hear - Otto click to hear
Olga click to hear - Olivia click to hear
Paul click to hear - Paulus click to hear - Pepijn click to hear - Peter click to hear - Petertje click to hear
Petrus click to hear - Philip click to hear - Pier click to hear - Piet click to hear 2 - Pieter click to hear
Pietje click to hear - Pim click to hear - Pimmetje click to hear - Pippijn click to hear - Prosper click to hear
Paula click to hear - Paulette click to hear - Paulien click to hear - Petra click to hear
Petronella click to hear - Pia click to hear 2 3
Quintus click to hear - Quirinus click to hear
Queenie click to hear
Radboud click to hear - Rein click to hear - Reinaart click to hear - Reinard click to hear 2 - Reinier click to hear
Rembrand click to hear - Remco click to hear - Remmelt click to hear - René click to hear - Rex click to hear
Rhijnvis click to hear - Richard click to hear - Rick (Rik) click to hear - Rien click to hear - Rienk click to hear
Rijklof click to hear - Rob click to hear - Robert click to hear 2 3 - Roel click to hear - Roelof click to hear 2
Rogier click to hear 2 - Roland click to hear - Rolf click to hear - Rombout click to hear - Romke click to hear -
Ron click to hear Ronald click to hear - Rudolf click to hear - Rudy click to hear - Rutger click to hear - Ruud click to hear 2
Regina click to hear (2) - Renée click to hear - Rens click to hear - Ria click to hear - Rie click to hear
Riek click to hear - Riet click to hear - Rika click to hear - Rita click to hear - Roos click to hear 2 - Rozemarie click to hear
Salomon click to hear 2 - Sam click to hear - Samuel click to hear - Sander click to hear - Sicco click to hear
Siebren click to hear - Siem click to hear 2 - Sietse click to hear - Sijmen click to hear - Simon click to hear 2
Sjaak (~Jacques) click to hear - Sjakie click to hear - Sjoerd click to hear - Sjors (~George) click to hear 2
Stef click to hear - Steven click to hear - Stijn click to hear - Stoffel click to hear
Schuyler click to hear 2 is only a Dutch-American first name
Saar click to hear - Saartje click to hear - Sandra click to hear - Sara click to hear - Saskia click to hear - Sien click to hear
Sientje click to hear - Sietske click to hear - Sjaan (~Jeanne) click to hear - Sofie click to hear - Sofietje click to hear
Stella click to hear 2 - Stien click to hear - Syl click to hear - Sylvia click to hear
Teun click to hear 2 - Teunis click to hear - Theo click to hear - Theodoor click to hear - Thijs click to hear - Tijl click to hear
Tim click to hear - Tinus click to hear - Thomas click to hear - Tibaert click to hear - Tjeerd click to hear 2
Tjerk click to hear - Tobias click to hear - Tom click to hear - Ton click to hear - Toon click to hear - Tsjerk click to hear
Tanja click to hear 2 - Tessa click to hear - Thea click to hear - Til click to hear - Tillie click to hear - Tine click to hear - Tineke click to hear
Titia click to hear - Tjeerdske click to hear - Tjitske click to hear - Toos click to hear - Trees click to hear - Treesje click to hear
Trientje click to hear - Trijn click to hear - Trijntje click to hear - Trix click to hear - Trudy click to hear - Trui click to hear - Truus click to hear
Ubbo click to hear
Ursula click to hear
Victor click to hear - Vincent click to hear - Volkert click to hear
Vera click to hear - Veronica click to hear - Victorien click to hear - Violet click to hear
Walter click to hear - Warner click to hear - Wessel click to hear - Wiebe click to hear - Wiepke click to hear
Wigbold click to hear - Wigbout click to hear - Wijnand click to hear 2 - Wilhelmus click to hear
Willem click to hear - Willibrord click to hear - Willy click to hear - Wim click to hear - Witte click to hear
Wout click to hear - Wouter click to hear - Wubbo click to hear
Wendelmoet click to hear - Wilhelmina click to hear - Willeke click to hear - Willemien click to hear
Willemijn click to hear - Willy click to hear - Wilma click to hear

Xantippe click to hear
IJ see I
Yvonne click to hear
Zef click to hear

The common reference book is Dr. J. van der Schaar: Woordenboek van Voornamen, where many Dutch parents that are expecting a baby look for names.
spelling/telephone alphabet

[rainbow]
weather 		[grapes]
food 		[rose]
flowers 		[cows]
animals 		[cards, dice]
cards and dice 		[a 50s radio]
days of old 		[brooch]
jewelry

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