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I met someone called Hattum. Does anyone know the meaning / origin of this name?
He is Dutch and lives in Friesland (Frisia). He is the seventh or eighth in his family called this way. You pronounce his name as HAH-tum.
It reminds me a lot of a city name in Holland: Hattem. In Holland it is not common to use a city as a first name, but could it be that Hattum is an alternative spelling of Hattem?
He is Dutch and lives in Friesland (Frisia). He is the seventh or eighth in his family called this way. You pronounce his name as HAH-tum.
It reminds me a lot of a city name in Holland: Hattem. In Holland it is not common to use a city as a first name, but could it be that Hattum is an alternative spelling of Hattem?
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There is a Dutch name Hade which has the alternate forms Hatte and Hatten, and goes back to a Germanic word meaning "battle, strife, quarrel." At the end of its entry on Hade, my Dutch name dictionary (Woordenboek van Voornamen by J. Van Der Schaar) adds the following sentence: Hierbij ook de aangetroffen vorm Hattum? I can't find a meaning for the word "aangetroffen", but as near as I can figure out Van Der Schaar is saying that maybe the odd form Hattum is another variation of Hade. This is obviously an obscure name even in the Netherlands, as Van Der Schaar isn't quite sure what to make of it. :)
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Thanks a lot! This really helped.
'Hierbij ook de aangetroffen vorm Hattum'
The reason why you couldn't find 'aangetroffen' is because it is a verb. In the present time (infinitive?) it is 'aantreffen'. My dictionary gives this explanation: encounter, meet, come across. So 'aangetroffen' means something like 'has been encountered' or 'has been seen'. :)
'Hierbij ook de aangetroffen vorm Hattum'
The reason why you couldn't find 'aangetroffen' is because it is a verb. In the present time (infinitive?) it is 'aantreffen'. My dictionary gives this explanation: encounter, meet, come across. So 'aangetroffen' means something like 'has been encountered' or 'has been seen'. :)
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i need dtail information about my name jemal(jamal), my middle name adem(adam) and my last name busse.
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is to start your own thread instead of hijacking someone else's.
Preferably, you need to check first in the database on the Home page. This board is for enquiries that you can't clear up easily by trying.
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