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There's a girl in my class who's of Dutch background, and she has a really pretty name, IMO. I have no idea how to spell it (and thus can't find out anything about it!) and I wonder if anyone on here does. She pronounces it MAHTS-yah. TIA!
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Thank you both!
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That's a pretty good guess :)
In that name the R isn't always pronounced as a rolling R. That would lead to the pronouciation MAHTS-yah
Other possibilities:
Martje (form of Martin)
Matsje (from either: Martin, Matthew, Mathilde,
Maatje (form of Martin)
But these are less likely, because they're not commonly used, Maartje is used way more often.
In that name the R isn't always pronounced as a rolling R. That would lead to the pronouciation MAHTS-yah
Other possibilities:
Martje (form of Martin)
Matsje (from either: Martin, Matthew, Mathilde,
Maatje (form of Martin)
But these are less likely, because they're not commonly used, Maartje is used way more often.
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