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Ok so, how useable would you say Dutch is, as a given name? Is it better as a nickname? If so, any ideas for a formal version?
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Usable as a nickname in the US.
I think it'd be artificial to base it on a first name. It's more the kind of nickname that comes from circumstances.
I think it'd be artificial to base it on a first name. It's more the kind of nickname that comes from circumstances.
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"Going Dutch"
Firstly, its a group of people. Secondly, its a phrase about being cheap. I would stray away from it for those reasons. Lets say its an honoring name, perhaps a surname. Okay, then use it in the middle name slot.
Firstly, its a group of people. Secondly, its a phrase about being cheap. I would stray away from it for those reasons. Lets say its an honoring name, perhaps a surname. Okay, then use it in the middle name slot.
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No. Just no. I'm Dutch and it sounds ridiculous to me.
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All I keep thinking of is that movie with Ed O'Neil from the early 90's. Does anyone else remember it, or am I the only one?
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No, sorry. You might as well call your child Italian or Malaysian.
There's also the 'double dutch' association. 'Dutch courage'? There's probably loads more I can't bring to mind.
And the sound isn't great, nor is the look. You might as well go with, say... Butch!
There's also the 'double dutch' association. 'Dutch courage'? There's probably loads more I can't bring to mind.
And the sound isn't great, nor is the look. You might as well go with, say... Butch!
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Hey, Malaysia is on the top 1000 of 2012, and Mariah Carey called one of her kids Moroccan! But I see what you mean.
I don't know what "Dutch courage" means, I've never heard of that one, I'll have to look it up. Double Dutch, yeah... and "going Dutch"... hmmm, I think perhaps it is better as a nickname than anything else, you're right.
I just thought it had a retro sort of appeal, like Shep or Chip, those sort of names.
I don't know what "Dutch courage" means, I've never heard of that one, I'll have to look it up. Double Dutch, yeah... and "going Dutch"... hmmm, I think perhaps it is better as a nickname than anything else, you're right.
I just thought it had a retro sort of appeal, like Shep or Chip, those sort of names.
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I'm Dutch (I'm from the Netherlands, I'm not called Dutch) and I think it's kinda silly as a name. It's okay as a nickname given by friends, but not something a parent would call their child.
For a possible full name I'd look for something with the original element þeud (same root as Dutch). So maybe any of these:
Dietrich, Diederich, Diederick (+ this is the Dutch form of the name), Derrick, Detlef, Theoderich, Theodoric, Tiedemann
Nicest possibilities: Thibault, Tybalt & Thierry (though Dutch works less well than with Dietrich)
I gave all male possibilities, because I think Dutch would even be worse for a female.
For a possible full name I'd look for something with the original element þeud (same root as Dutch). So maybe any of these:
Dietrich, Diederich, Diederick (+ this is the Dutch form of the name), Derrick, Detlef, Theoderich, Theodoric, Tiedemann
Nicest possibilities: Thibault, Tybalt & Thierry (though Dutch works less well than with Dietrich)
I gave all male possibilities, because I think Dutch would even be worse for a female.
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My father's parents were both born and raised in the Netherlands, so I'm half Dutch I guess. Does that makes it better or worse as an idea? I mean, if people are using Berlin and Holland..! But I'm not involved with or connected to that side of my heritage in any way, so I admit that I would use it exactly as a North American with indistinct connections to "the old country" would - as a lazy reference to a culture I've never experienced but still feel some entitlement to. Does that make sense? Plus I just think it's cute. But I can totally see how silly it probably looks. I love dog names on boys, I don't know what's wrong with me.
Diederick is really handsome and a great idea! And I do love Tybalt. So dashing. Thanks!
Diederick is really handsome and a great idea! And I do love Tybalt. So dashing. Thanks!
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Yeah, it makes it a little better :) And Dutch is SO MUCH BETTER than Holland! Holland is NOT the same thing as The Netherlands and I hate it when that word is treated as such (except at football matches). To clarify in case that's confusing: South Holland and North Holland are two provinces of The Netherlands. It's sort of like using England, UK and Britain interchangeably.
I often like 'dog names' as well.
I often like 'dog names' as well.
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ot: "Holland"
haha! Oh boy, yeah, my family uses Holland instead of The Netherlands. For years I told people my grandparents were "from Holland". We're classic ignorant new worlders. I kinda wish I knew more about where that side of the family comes from. I don't even know where in the Netherlands they were from, all I know is their last name.
Hey maybe I should use Tulip instead, because that's what the Dutch are all about, right?? ;) Tulip and her brother Vincent Rembrandt.
haha! Oh boy, yeah, my family uses Holland instead of The Netherlands. For years I told people my grandparents were "from Holland". We're classic ignorant new worlders. I kinda wish I knew more about where that side of the family comes from. I don't even know where in the Netherlands they were from, all I know is their last name.
Hey maybe I should use Tulip instead, because that's what the Dutch are all about, right?? ;) Tulip and her brother Vincent Rembrandt.
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And a cat called Plimplampletteren (skimming stones)! I love that word. In Swedish we call it "kasta smörgås" (throw sandwiches), don't ask me why!
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Plimpplamppletteren. My new favorite word.
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Vla for a yellow dog, right?
Do you know the children's poem by Ogden Nash about a little girl (Belinda) who has a pet dog, a pet cat, a pet mouse - all of them feisty and heroic - and a pet dragon named Custard because he's a coward? It's brilliant. And of course Custard the dragon eats a pirate in the end and becomes a hero himself.
Do you know the children's poem by Ogden Nash about a little girl (Belinda) who has a pet dog, a pet cat, a pet mouse - all of them feisty and heroic - and a pet dragon named Custard because he's a coward? It's brilliant. And of course Custard the dragon eats a pirate in the end and becomes a hero himself.
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whaat! Hagelslag is a chocolate sprinkle sandwich?? I've never been so excited to be Dutch in my life!
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No, it isn't usable as a given name. Not even very good as a nn, except for an actual Dutch person and what Dutch person would want to be called Dutch?
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I dunno, I thought it kinda had a sort of cowboyish charm, and I like the sound...
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My dad's nn when he was little was "Butch" which was used for many little boys at that time and had nothing to with their given names. I can see "Dutch" kind of in the same way, though, my first thought was Douglas with its common beginning sound.
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Yeah, it's the kind of name a cowboy would be given by his friends because he was Dutch, like the skinny one would get called Slim and the short one would be Shorty and the red-haired one would be Red.
Ronald Reagan was called Dutch because when he was a baby his father said "He looks like a fat little Dutchman."
Ronald Reagan was called Dutch because when he was a baby his father said "He looks like a fat little Dutchman."
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