The names listed here are used in the Netherlands and Flanders. See also about Dutch names.

ABRAHAM   m   English, Jewish, Dutch, Biblical
This name may be viewed either as meaning "father of many" in Hebrew or else as a contraction of ABRAM (1) and הָמוֹן (hamon) "many, multitude"... [more]

AD   m   Dutch
Short form of ADRIAAN or ADRIANUS

ADAM   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Jewish, Arabic, Biblical
This is the Hebrew word for "man"... [more]

ADELBERT   m   German, Dutch
German and Dutch variant of ADALBERT

ADELHEID   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of ADELAIDE

ADRIAAN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ADRIAN

ADRIANUS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ADRIAN

AGNES   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian
Latinized form of the Greek name ‘Αγνη (Hagne), derived from Greek ‘αγνος (hagnos) meaning "chaste"... [more]

ALBERT   m   English, French, Slovene, Polish, Russian, Dutch
From the Germanic name Adalbrecht, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ALEID   f   Dutch
Dutch short form of ADELAIDE

ALEIDA   f   Dutch
Dutch short form of ADELAIDE

ALEX   m & f   English, Dutch
Short form of ALEXANDER, ALEXANDRA, and other names beginning with Alex.

ALEXANDER   m   English, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovak, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, help" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος)... [more]

ALEXANDRA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more]

ALFONS   m   German, Dutch, Polish
German, Dutch and Polish form of ALFONSO

ALFRED   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Polish, Dutch
Derived from the Old English name Ælfræd, composed of the elements ælf "elf" and ræd "counsel"... [more]

ALIDA   f   Dutch, German, Hungarian
Diminutive of ADELAIDE

ALOYSIUS   m   English, German, Dutch
Latinized form of Aloys, a Provençal form of LOUIS... [more]

ALWIN   m   German, Dutch
From either of the two Germanic names Albwin (a cognate of ÆLFWINE) or Adelwin (composed of the elements adal "noble" and win "friend").

AMALIA   f   Dutch, German, Finnish, Spanish, Italian
Latinized form of the Germanic name Amal, a short form of names beginning with the element amal meaning "work".

AMBER   f   English, Dutch
From the English word amber that denotes either the gemstone, which is formed from fossil resin, or the orange-yellow colour... [more]

AMELIA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German
Variant of AMALIA, though it is sometimes confused with EMILIA, which has a different origin... [more]

ANDRIES   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ANDREW

ANGELA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Russian
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL)... [more]

ANGELIEN   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ANGELA

ANIKA   f   German, Dutch, Danish
German, Dutch and Danish diminutive of ANNA

ANKE   f   German, Dutch
Low German diminutive of ANNA

ANNA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Breton, Biblical
Latinate form of HANNAH... [more]

ANNABEL   f   English, Dutch
Variant of AMABEL influenced by the name ANNA... [more]

ANNE (1)   f   French, English, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Dutch, Basque
French form of ANNA... [more]

ANNEKE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ANNA

ANNELIEN   f   Dutch
Combination of ANNA and lien (from names such as CAROLIEN).

ANNELIES   f   German, Dutch
Variant of ANNELIESE

ANNELIESE   f   German, Dutch
Combination of ANNA and LIESE

ANNEMARIE   f   Dutch, German
Combination of ANNA and MARIE

ANNIKA   f   Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, German, English (Modern)
Swedish diminutive of ANNA

ANOUK   f   Dutch, French
Dutch and French diminutive of ANNA

ANS   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ANNA

ANSELMA   f   German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ANSELM

ANTJE   f   German, Dutch
Low German and Dutch form of ANNA

ANTONIA   f   Italian, Spanish, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONIE   f & m   Czech, Dutch
Czech feminine form of ANTHONY... [more]

ANTONIUS   m   Ancient Roman, Dutch
Ancient Roman form of ANTHONY... [more]

ARIE   m   Dutch
Diminutive of ADRIAAN

ARJAN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ADRIAN

ARNOUD   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ARNOLD

AUGUSTA   f   German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, English
Feminine form of AUGUSTUS... [more]

AUGUSTIJN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).

AUGUSTUS   m   Ancient Roman, Dutch
Means "great" or "venerable", derived from Latin augere "to increase"... [more]

BART   m   English, Dutch
Short form of BARTHOLOMEW... [more]

BARTEL   m   Dutch
Dutch form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTHOLOMEUS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of BARTHOLOMEW

BAS   m   Dutch
Short form of SEBASTIAAN

BASTIAAN   m   Dutch
Short form of SEBASTIAAN

BEATRIX   f   English, German, Dutch
From Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller"... [more]

BEN (1)   m   English, Dutch
Short form of BENJAMIN or BENEDICT... [more]

BEN (2)   m   Dutch
Short form of Germanic names beginning with the element bern meaning "bear".

BENJAMIN   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Biblical
From the Hebrew name בִנְיָמִין (Binyamin) which means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand"... [more]

BERT   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ALBERT and other names containing the element bert, often derived from the Germanic element beraht meaning "bright".

BOB   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ROBERT... [more]

BONIFAAS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of Bonifatius (see BONIFACE).

BOUDEWIJN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of BALDWIN

BRAM   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ABRAHAM... [more]

BRECHT   m   Dutch
Short form of names containing the Germanic element brecht meaning "bright".

BRECHTJE   f   Dutch
Feminine form of BRECHT

BRIGITTA   f   German, Dutch, Hungarian
German, Dutch and Hungarian form of BRIDGET

CARLA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, English, German, Dutch
Feminine form of CARLO, CARLOS or CARL

CAROLIEN   f   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of CAROLUS

CASPAR   m   Dutch
Dutch form of JASPER

CASPER   m   Dutch
Dutch form of JASPER... [more]

CATHARINA   f   Dutch, Swedish
Dutch and Swedish form of KATHARINE

CATO (2)   f   Dutch
Diminutive of CATHARINA

CEES   m   Dutch
Variant of KEES

CHANTAL   f   French, English, Dutch
From a French surname which was derived from a place name meaning "stony"... [more]

CHARLOTTE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French feminine diminutive of CHARLES... [more]

CHRISTIAAN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of CHRISTIAN

CHRISTINA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
From Christiana, the Latin feminine form of CHRISTIAN... [more]

CHRISTINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French form of CHRISTINA, used as a variant in other languages.

CILLA   f   Swedish, Dutch
Diminutive of CECILIA

CLAUDIA   f   English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Biblical, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CLAUDIUS... [more]

COBUS   m   Dutch
Diminutive of JACOBUS

COBY   m & f   English, Dutch
Masculine or feminine diminutive of JACOB

COKKIE   f   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of CORNELIA

CONSTANTIJN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of Constantinus (see CONSTANTINE).

COOS   m   Dutch
Diminutive of JACOB

CORNÉ   m   Dutch
Diminutive of CORNELIS

CORNELIA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CORNELIUS... [more]

CORNELIS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of CORNELIUS

CORNELIUS   m   Ancient Roman, English, Dutch, German, Biblical
Roman family name which possibly derives from the Latin element cornu "horn"... [more]

DAAN   m   Dutch
Short form of DANIËL

DANIËL   m   Dutch
Dutch form of DANIEL

DAPHNE   f   Greek Mythology, English, Dutch
Means "laurel" in Greek... [more]

DAVID   m   English, Jewish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical
Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (dvd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

DEBORA   f   Italian, German, Dutch
Italian, German and Dutch form of DEBORAH

DENNIS   m   English, German, Dutch
Usual English, German and Dutch form of DENIS

DIANA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Dutch, Romanian, Russian, Lithuanian, Roman Mythology
Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS)... [more]

DICK (2)   m   Dutch
Diminutive of DIEDERIK

DIEDE   m   Dutch
Diminutive of DIEDERIK and other names beginning with the same element, originally from Germanic þeud meaning "people".

DIEDERICK   m   Dutch
Dutch variant of DIEDERIK

DIEDERIK   m   Dutch
Dutch form of THEODORIC

DIRK   m   Dutch, German, English
Short form of DIEDERIK... [more]

DOMINICUS   m   Dutch, Late Roman
Original form of DOMINIC, as well as the modern Dutch form.

DOROTHEA   f   German, Dutch, Danish, English
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Dorotheus, from the Greek Δωροθεος (Dorotheos), which meant "gift of God" from Greek δωρον (doron) "gift" and θεος (theos) "god"... [more]

DRIKA   f   Dutch
Short form of HENDRIKA

EDITH   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
From the Old English name Eadgyð, derived from the elements ead "rich, blessed" and gyð "war"... [more]

ELBERT   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ADALBERT

ELEONORA   f   Italian, German, Dutch, Polish
Italian, German, Dutch and Polish form of ELEANOR

ELIA   m   Italian, Dutch
Italian and Dutch form of ELIJAH

ELISABETH   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Biblical (Variant)
German and Dutch form of ELIZABETH... [more]

ELISE   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English
Short form of ELIZABETH

ELKE (1)   f   Dutch, Frisian
Dutch diminutive of ADELHEID

ELLEN (2)   f   Dutch
Short form of ELEONORA

ELLY   f   English, Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ELISABETH or an English variant of ELLIE.

ELMA   f   Dutch, German
Short form of WILHELMINE or names ending in elma, such as ANSELMA.

ELS   f   Dutch
Short form of ELISABETH

EMMA   f   English, French, Italian, Finnish, Dutch
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element ermen meaning "whole" or "universal"... [more]

EMMY   f   English, Dutch
Diminutive of EMMA or EMILY

ERNST   m   German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of ERNEST

ERWIN   m   German, Dutch
Derived from the Germanic elements eber "wild boar" and win "friend"... [more]

ESTHER   f   English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Jewish, Biblical
Possibly means "star" in Persian... [more]

EVA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Russian
Latinate form of EVE, and a variant Russian transcription of YEVA... [more]

EVELIEN   f   Dutch
Dutch form of EVELINA

EWOUD   m   Dutch
Dutch form of EWALD

EWOUT   m   Dutch
Dutch form of EWALD

FAAS   m   Dutch
Dutch short form of BONIFAAS or SERVAAS.

FABIAN   m   German, Dutch, Polish
From the Roman family name Fabianus, which was derived from FABIUS... [more]

FELICIA   f   Ancient Roman, English, Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish
Feminine form of the Roman name Felicius, a derivative of FELIX... [more]

FELIX   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin... [more]

FEMKE   f   Dutch, Frisian
Diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element frid "peace"... [more]

FERDINAND   m   German, French, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, English
From Ferdinando, the old Spanish form of a Germanic name composed of the elements frið "peace" and nanð "daring, brave"... [more]

FILIBERT   m   German, Dutch
Means "much brightness" from Germanic fila "much" and beraht "bright".

FILIP   m   Scandinavian, Dutch, Czech, Bulgarian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Hungarian, Romanian
Cognate of PHILIP

FILIPPUS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of PHILIP

FILOMENA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch form of PHILOMENA

FLEUR   f   French, Dutch, English (Rare)
Means "flower" in French... [more]

FLEURETTE   f   French (Rare), Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Diminutive of FLEUR

FLIP   m   Dutch
Diminutive of FILIPPUS

FLOOR   m & f   Dutch
Dutch form of Florentius (see FLORENCE) or FLORA.

FLOORTJE   f   Dutch
Dutch form of FLORA.

FLORIS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of Florentius (see FLORENCE).

FONS   m   Dutch
Short form of ALFONS

FRANK (1)   m   English, German, Dutch
From a Germanic name which referred to a member of the Germanic tribe, the Franks... [more]

FRANS   m   Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish
Dutch, Scandinavian and Finnish form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).

FRED   m   English, Dutch
Short form of FREDERICK... [more]

FREDERIK   m   Danish, Dutch
Danish and Dutch form of FREDERICK... [more]

FREEK   m   Dutch
Dutch short form of FREDERICK

FRITS   m   Dutch
Dutch diminutive of FREDERIK

GABRIËL   m   Dutch
Dutch form of GABRIEL

GABRIËLLE   f   Dutch
Dutch feminine form of GABRIEL

GEERT   m   German, Dutch
Low German and Dutch form of GERHARD

GEERTJE   f   Dutch
Diminutive of GEERTRUIDA

GEERTRUIDA   f   Dutch
Dutch form of GERTRUDE

GEORGINA   f   English, Dutch, German, Spanish
Feminine form of GEORGE

GERARD   m   English, Dutch
Derived from the Germanic element ger "spear" combined with hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

GERBEN   m   Dutch
Derived from the Germanic elements ger "spear" and bern "bear".

GERD (1)   m   German, Dutch
Short form of GERHARD

GERDA (1)   f   German, Dutch
Feminine form of GERD (1)

GERHARD   m   German, Dutch, Swedish
German, Dutch and Swedish form of GERARD

GERLACH   m   Dutch
Derived from the Germanic element ger "spear" combined with laic "play"... [more]

GERLOF   m   Dutch
Dutch form of GERWULF

GEROLF   m   Dutch
Dutch form of GERWULF

GEROLT   m   Dutch
Dutch form of GERALD

GERRIT   m   Dutch, Frisian
Dutch and Frisian form of GERARD

GERT   m   German, Dutch
German and Dutch short form of GERHARD

GERTRUDE   f   English, German, Dutch
Means "spear of strength", derived from the Germanic elements ger "spear" and þruþ "strength"... [more]

GERTRUIDA   f   Dutch
Dutch form of GERTRUDE

GIJS   m   Dutch
Short form of GIJSBERT

GIJSBERT   m   Dutch
Dutch variant of GISBERT

GILBERT   m   English, French, Dutch, German
Means "bright pledge", derived from the Germanic elements gisel "pledge, hostage" and beraht "bright"... [more]

GILBERTA   f   Dutch
Feminine form of GILBERT

GILLIS   m   Dutch
Dutch form of GILES

GISELA   f   German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese
German, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese form of GISELLE

GODELIEVE   f   French, Dutch
French form of a Germanic name meaning "god's love" from god "god" and liob "love".

GODFRIED   m   Dutch
Dutch cognate of GODFREY