Dutch Names. . .

Dobermonster

Ok, so my grandmother was Dutch, I greatly resemble that part of the family, and I'd love to commemorate that part of my heritage through a name (also gives me an excuse to pick something unique, though not you-neek IYKWIM) Here are a few that appealed to me, and I would LOVE some more suggestions!

Girl: Aleida, Johanna (nn Jannie, or Hanna), Antje (pronounced Aunt-ya), Marlies (MAHR-lees), Leonora (nn Lenor or Nora)

Boy: Johann (nn Jan), Willem (my gran had a brother named this and he went by Wim), Jager (YAY-ger), Ryker (don't bash - it's the Dutch form of Richard. I was surprised too), Bram.

I'm not in love with any  of them (ok maybe Johann) so pick away at 'em.

kcl22

I like Aleida and Willem.

Please don't name your baby Jager.  As in Jagermeister.. Jager-bomb..

juniper19

I knew an Anke when I was younger and I always thought it was a pretty name.

CutieBean79

Love Leonora or Lenora.  I'm not a big fan of the boy names.

Dobermonster

kcl22:

I like Aleida and Willem.

Please don't name your baby Jager.  As in Jagermeister.. Jager-bomb..

 

Heh, totally didn't think of that. 

Dobie_Mama

I like Marlies & Leonora of the girl names.  I like Willem of the boy names.

lala_slp

I knew a girl from the Netherlands named Alette.  I always thought it was really pretty.

LMK613

my mom is from Holland...so we've been looking into Dutch names as well and I LOVE LOVE LOVE Aleida...that was on our girls list...i also really like the girl name Katen..which is also dutch...though my SIL has a son Caden, so it was too close for us

AndLyn

My husband's family is Dutch, so we considered some Dutch names too. I like Aleida and Leonora for girls, and WIllem and Bram for boys. We also looked at Koen for a boy.

kiyote72

Love Ryker.  And like Bram.

 

Don't particularly like the girl names. 

 

Other dutch names i like:

boy:  Lars, Tristan

girl: Astrid, Birgitte

PrincessJesci

Aleida - loves it! 

Johanna - I like it if its Yo-hahnah, not Joe-Hannah and be prepared for mispronumciations like that. 

Antje - Don't love this one

Marlies - its ok 

Leonora - loves it! 

Johann - good

Willem - good

 Jager - for the love of god, please no! This is the American equivalent of naming your child Molson or Everclear. Sorry, but we have ruined this name forever.

Ryker - I would think you were a little too in love with star trek.

Bram - not bad

ara4488

DH is Flemish, so am also a fan of many Dutch/Flemish names - of yours, I like Aleida, Antje, Marlies, Johann & Willem best.

Other Dutch names I love: (g) Anneke, Katelijn, Evelien, Margriet w/ nn of Griet/Grietje and (b) Pieter, Andries, Jeroen.

Dobermonster

Don't worry, Jager is definitely out . . . didn't think of the liquor, d'oh! I just thought it looked cool.

 ara, unfortunately the ones I like from your selection are already taken (in English form) in my family.

skyblonde

Johann/Johanna are awesome if pronounced YO-hahn/a.  Antje and Aleida are great too.  Anneke has been one of my favorites since I read "The Diary of Anne Frank".  I wish DH would let me use names like these from our German/Polish backgrounds. 

Dobermonster

Yes, it would definitely be YO-hann and YO-hanna. Love Anneke but my best friend's sister is named that and she's . . . not the kind of person I would name a kid after.

 

MontrealWing

DH and I looked at a lot of Dutch names as his family is Dutch. We have on our list Willem and if we choose it we will use the Dutch nickname for it which is Pim.

HudsonSunshine

A best friend in high school of mine was Pieter, younger brother Henk.  Dutch family, Dutch spellings, but names people were familiar with.