Brooklyn
From Dutch Breukelen, from broek (“wetland, marsh”).
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
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Claus
From Dutch and German Claus, a contraction of Nicolaus (“Nicholas”). The spelling Klaus is from more modern German Klaus and other Germanic languages.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends S
Coen
* (Jewish): Variant of Cohen. * (given name): As a modern given name, also a variant of Koen.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Dewitt
From Dutch de Witt. The verb sense alludes to the 17th-century assassination by lynching of Dutch politicians Cornelis de Witt and Johan de Witt.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Dirk
Borrowed from Dutch and North German Dirk.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends K
Everett
From Dutch Everaert or Everardt (late 16th C.), from Middle Dutch Everarde. Doublet of Everard.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Frans
From French François and Latin Franciscus. From Swedish Frans < Franciscus (“French”). From Dutch Frans.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends S
Godeliève
Borrowed from Dutch Godelieve.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Hélder
Unclear origin, possibly from Dutch helder.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Hendrik
From Middle Dutch Hendric, Henric, from Old Dutch *Hēmrīk, *Heimrīk, from Proto-West Germanic *Haimarīk, from Proto-Germanic *Haimarīks. Cognates include English Henry, French…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends K
Jaap
Borrowed from Dutch Jaap.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends P
Jef
Borrowed from Dutch Jef.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends F
Maarten
Borrowed from Dutch Maarten. Ultimately from Latin Mārtīnus, from Mārs + -īnus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Mathilde
From French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, and Danish Mathilde, equivalents of Matilda.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Mia
A German, Dutch and North Germanic diminutive of Maria.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Michaël
Borrowed from Dutch Michaël. From Vulgar Latin Michaēl, found in the Vulgate Bible, from Classical Latin Michahēl, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Petrus
From Middle Dutch Petrus, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “rock, stone”), as a name a loan translation of Aramaic כֵּיפָא (“stone,…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Ruud
Borrowed from Dutch Ruud.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends D
Saskia
Borrowed from Dutch Saskia in the 20th century.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Saskie
Borrowed from Dutch Saskia.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Schalk
From Dutch Schalk (patronymic surname; dated male given name), probably from Godschalk (“servant of God”), ultimately equivalent to Dutch schalk in the historical meaning…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends K
Schuyler
A Dutch surname (cf. scholier) from German Schüler (“scholar, student”); brought to America by seventeenth-century Dutch immigrants. Doublet of scholar and schooler.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Skylar
Pronunciation spelling of Schuyler used since the 1980s.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Skyler
Pronunciation spelling of Schuyler used since the 1980s.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Veronika
Inherited from Old Czech Veronika, from Late Latin Veronica. From Late Latin Veronīca. Derived from Late Latin Veronica. From Late Latin Veronica. From Dutch Veronika.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Yohanes
From Dutch Johannes, from Late Latin Iōhannēs, variant of Latin Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Zakharia
Borrowed from Dutch Zacharia, from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (zəḵaryā, “the Lord has remembered”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A