[name_m]Hi[/name_m] [name_f]Pam[/name_f], [name_f]Linda[/name_f] & other team members,
I’m Dutch and was curious as to what names were in the “Dutch” section. I checked it out and I found a lot of names that I had never seen or heard before - and when I checked them against the Dutch Name Bank many turned out to be typo’s or so rare that they might as well be.
The Dutch Name [name_m]Bank[/name_m] has kept birth registers since 1880 and this is how many children with that name were born here during that time -
[name_f]Amalya[/name_f] (<5)
[name_m]Arje[/name_m] (5)
[name_m] Bendix[/name_m] (7)
[name_m]Benedick[/name_m] (<5)
[name_m]Carolu[/name_m] — should be Carolus
[name_m]Dael[/name_m] (<5)
[name_f]Daffodil[/name_f] -
[name_m]Gye[/name_m] (<5, female)
[name_m]Holland[/name_m] (5)*
[name_m]Horats [/name_m]-
[name_m]Horatz [/name_m] -
[name_m]Joshuah[/name_m] (<5)
[name_m]Joord[/name_m] (<5)
[name_f]Karste[/name_f] (22, all male - I would say this is a variation of Karsten)
[name_m]Krelis[/name_m] (8)
[name_f]Letja[/name_f] (5)
[name_f]Liesja[/name_f] — should be Liesje
[name_m] Maurids[/name_m] — more common spelling is Maurits
[name_m]Mauridsje[/name_m] — more common spelling is Mauritsje, and this would probably be female
[name_f]Michielle[/name_f] (5)
[name_m]Narve[/name_m] -
[name_m] Roosevelt[/name_m] (<5)*
Schuyler (<5)*
[name_m]Valentijan[/name_m] — should be Valentijn
[name_m]Vandyke[/name_m] -*
[name_m]Veit[/name_m] (<5)
(* = these names have Dutch roots, but are not actually used as names here. They are (old) Dutch words or surnames turned first names in America.)
Then there are these names, that you could include as Dutch names if you want to - they are used here - but they are not names Dutch people would call “Dutch”. They are clearly foreign.
Heinrich, Hinrich - these are German names
Kyler, Leesa, Rhett, Scyler, Skyla, Skylar, Skyler - these are American names.
If you are looking to add more Dutch names, you could add these (popular right now) -
Lotte
Mats
Mees
Noud
Teun
Thijs
These are some traditional Dutch names that you missed in the Dutch list. I will also post the ones that are not on Nameberry yet in the “Names we missed” thread!
For boys -
Douwe
Feije
Michiel
Willem
Peer
Jort
Chiel
Bink
Kik
Krijn
Rens
Ward
Floris
Fedde
Hidde
Joris
Jip
Jelle
Maarten
Merijn
For girls -
Aafke
Aagje
Annemijn
Benthe / Bente
Froukje
Brechtje
Diede
Dieuwertje
Femke
Falken
Lente
Lieve
Machteld
Neeltje
Pieternel
Pleun
Silke
Veerle
Vlinder
Puck
Maike / Mayke / Maaike
Imke
Inge