Tl;dr In search for suggestions: relatively short (say two or two and a half syllables max) but sweet and/or spunky names for girls and boys for my friend’s sister who is expecting.
[name_m]Hi[/name_m] berries!
[name_f]My[/name_f] lifelong friend’s sister is expecting her first baby. That’s a first for me in my circle and generation (apart from my cousins) actually so it’s all pretty new and exciting for most of us. She’s a primary school teacher which means she’s ‘seen it all’ in terms of names, my friend and I were full on expecting her to prefer traditional [name_m]Dutch[/name_m] names but because she’s seen so many of those on the children she’s taught, she wants something more unique.
This is of course why I am turning to Nameberry for suggestions, because unique in a [name_m]Dutch[/name_m] context means something different to unique in a Nameberry or generally Anglophone context. Some relatively basic choices, like [name_f]Willa[/name_f] for instance, are already unique in a [name_m]Dutch[/name_m] context. It’s relatively early days so she’s put forward only one tentative suggestion for a girl so far, the name Jula (no typo) which got vetoed by the father-to-be already.
To me that name suggests she would prefer what most [name_m]Dutch[/name_m] parents seem to prefer: relatively short and sweet with a vague hint of Scandinavian whether legit or not. If you want some context on the names she’s in all likelihood seen around (a lot). These are the popularity stats for the Netherlands in 2019: boys and girls I would say that any name that requires some knowledge of [name_f]English[/name_f] could potentially also be fine, just steer clear of [name_u]Phoenix[/name_u] and the likes because even though the origins of that particular name are in Greece, the [name_m]Dutch[/name_m] pronunciation of that name makes that name rather uncool.
If you’re firing up the search engine right about now to search for actual [name_m]Dutch[/name_m] names, that’s very kind and thoughtful of you but you risk finding names on which the dust has settled for years already or names she’s seen a thousand times.
Thanks in advance dear Berries!
Jula is cool! I’d assume it would be pronounced with the Y sound?
It made me think of [name_f]Juna[/name_f]/Yuna so I would suggest it.
Some more ideas:
[name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
[name_f]Minea[/name_f]
[name_u]Asta[/name_u]
[name_f]Tuva[/name_f]
[name_f]Ines[/name_f]
[name_f]Suvi[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilja[/name_f]
[name_f]Cleo[/name_f]
[name_f]Sanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Alba[/name_f]
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_f]Lumi[/name_f]
[name_f]Helmi[/name_f]
[name_m]Espen[/name_m]
[name_m]Arvid[/name_m]
[name_u]Axel[/name_u]
[name_u]Milo[/name_u]
I looked at Scandinavian names for inspiration. I don’t speak [name_m]Dutch[/name_m] so apologies if these don’t work. BTW, I am surprised by how popular [name_f]Yara[/name_f] is the Netherlands! I was going to suggest it.
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I have no idea if these work in a [name_m]Dutch[/name_m] context:
[name_f]Juna[/name_f]
[name_f]Maja[/name_f] / [name_f]Maya[/name_f]
[name_f]Pia[/name_f]
[name_f]Finnja[/name_f] / [name_f]Finja[/name_f] / Finya / [name_f]Fenja[/name_f]
[name_u]Romy[/name_u]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Enna[/name_f]
[name_f]Edda[/name_f]
[name_f]Jonna[/name_f] / Yonna
[name_f]Kaja[/name_f]
[name_f]Smilla[/name_f]
[name_u]Alva[/name_u]
Enie
[name_f]Jella[/name_f]
[name_f]Ylva[/name_f] / Ylvie
[name_f]Iva[/name_f]
[name_f]Liva[/name_f]
[name_f]Annika[/name_f]
[name_f]Anja[/name_f]
[name_f]Minna[/name_f]
[name_f]Tarja[/name_f]
[name_f]Freda[/name_f]
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I am thinking of
Jildou
Fardau
[name_f]Nienke[/name_f]
Sanneke (one of my favourite name)
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Casper
[name_m]Duuk[/name_m]
Eise
[name_m]Jonas[/name_m]
[name_m]Jort[/name_m]
Jur
[name_m]Lasse[/name_m]
[name_m]Laurens[/name_m]
[name_m]Mees[/name_m]
[name_m]Nils[/name_m]
[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Pepijn[/name_m]
[name_m]Rens[/name_m]
[name_m]Sverre[/name_m]
[name_m]Vigo[/name_m]
[name_m]Wouter[/name_m]
Aniek
[name_f]Bente[/name_f]
[name_u]Cato[/name_u]
[name_f]Elsa[/name_f]
[name_f]Femke[/name_f]
[name_f]Fien[/name_f]
[name_f]Hanne[/name_f]
[name_f]Ilse[/name_f]
Jolijn
[name_f]Lara[/name_f]
[name_f]Lena[/name_f]
[name_f]Linde[/name_f]
[name_f]Liv[/name_f]
[name_f]Lize[/name_f]
[name_f]Marit[/name_f]
[name_f]Mette[/name_f]
[name_f]Mia[/name_f]
[name_f]Pippa[/name_f]
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Danica
[name_f]Mila[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Kaia[/name_f]
[name_f]Maud[/name_f]
[name_f]Jolie[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Demi[/name_f]
[name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_u]Nova[/name_u]
[name_f]Pippa[/name_f]
[name_u]Vesper[/name_u]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Daneen[/name_f]
[name_f]Maelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Noemi[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f]
[name_f]Ayla[/name_f]
[name_f]Jolien[/name_f]
[name_f]Ziva[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Marnie[/name_f]
[name_f]Maren[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilou[/name_f]
[name_f]Amalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Inara[/name_f]
[name_f]Marit[/name_f]
Anaïs
Croia
[name_u]Ezri[/name_u]
[name_f]Salome[/name_f]
[name_f]Selah[/name_f]
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Will [name_u]French[/name_u] names be OK?
[name_f]Gisele[/name_f]
[name_f]Freja[/name_f]/Freya
[name_f]Elise[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f]Ylva[/name_f]
Gytha
[name_u]Louise[/name_u]
[name_f]Sunniva[/name_f]
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Milan
[name_m]Boaz[/name_m]
[name_m]Lev[/name_m]
[name_m]Lars[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Soren[/name_m]
[name_u]Jensen[/name_u]
[name_m]Ruben[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspar[/name_m]
[name_u]Roan[/name_u]
[name_m]Omri[/name_m]
[name_m]Oren[/name_m]
[name_m]Garek[/name_m]
[name_m]Viggo[/name_m]
[name_m]Odin[/name_m]
[name_m]Aramis[/name_m]
[name_m]Darius[/name_m]
[name_m]Edsel[/name_m]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m]
[name_m]Bodi[/name_m]
[name_m]Baz[/name_m]
[name_m]Dax[/name_m]
[name_u]Idris[/name_u]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Zayn[/name_m]
[name_m]Bastiaan[/name_m]
[name_m]Stefan[/name_m]
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Here some girl names, sorry for any doubles!
[name_f]Ziva[/name_f]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_u]Nova[/name_u]
[name_f]Nola[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Liz[/name_f]
Fébe
[name_f]Aletta[/name_f]
[name_f]Cleo[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Kate[/name_f]
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Mia[/name_f]
[name_f]Maya[/name_f]
[name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
[name_f]Gaia[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Tove[/name_f]
[name_f]Juno[/name_f]
Minte/Minthe
Yfke
Ymke
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All I got is [name_m]Tovi[/name_m]
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