Dutch surnames: history, meaning and origin. Dutch (Dutch and Flemish) names Alexis - Alexis


Belgium is a very small but densely populated Western European country with an area of ​​30.5 thousand square kilometers. It neighbors Germany, France, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. This tiny state, called the "crossroads of Europe", got its name in honor of its first inhabitants - the Belgians. To date, 11.5 million people live in Belgium, of which 43% are believers. These are Catholics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Protestants and Anglicans.

Origin of male Belgian names

The centuries-old history of the Belgian people, which gained independence for the first time in history only at the beginning of the 19th century, is conventionally divided into 3 main periods:

  • pre-Roman;
  • Roman;
  • era of Frankish rule.

Gallic Belgians, who lived on the territory of modern Belgium in the pre-Roman iron age, are considered to be Hallstatt Celts. This proud warlike people was distinguished by a high level of original culture. As Druids, they worshiped trees and named their children after the abodes of spirits and deities. And even now there are often Belgian male names Celtic origin: Daur - "oak", Brian - "hill", Duff - "dark", Perth - "briar", Elban - "mountain".

After the accession of Belgica to the Holy Roman Empire and the forced imposition of the Latin language, the Belgian name began to replenish borrowed onyms. In most cases, full male names consisted of 3 components: a personal and generic name and an individual nickname. During that period, such names as Lucius, Mark, Quintus, Marius were most widely used.

When Rome weakened, the barbarian tribes of the Franks invaded Belgium. With the creation of the Western Roman Empire, the name-book of the Belgians was enriched with Germanic anthroponyms. Many Belgian names for boys were associated with military or religious themes: Vinzenz - "conqueror", Gunther - " military army”, Hayden - “pagan”, Karsten - “follower of Christ”.

During the Middle Ages small state repeatedly became the subject of political and land auctions. As a result, it was divided into 2 parts. In one, the population spoke Flemish (a Dutch dialect), and in the other, Walloon. As a consequence, traditional Belgian male names are of both Dutch and French origin. For example: Herman - "army man", Ruben - "contemplator", Pete - "stone", Andre - "courageous", Lucien - "bright", Auguste - "venerable".

Belgian tradition of naming men

Modern Belgium, called the heart of Europe, has become home to many newcomers. The interaction of various ethnic cultures and civilizations could not but be reflected in its anthroponymic system. Modern Belgian male names have Latin, Germanic, Jewish, English and Muslim roots. All anthroponyms in use can be divided into several groups:

  • reflective features of appearance: Alain - "handsome", Morits - "Moor";
  • related to the profession: Georg - "peasant", Eldrick - "old ruler", Becker - "baker";
  • taken from sacred history: Anselm - "protecting God", Denis - "follower of Dionysus", Elias - "my god Yahweh";
  • dedicated to nature and natural phenomena: Marin - "coming out of the sea", Rudy - "famous wolf", Dachs - "badger", Pyrrhus - "rock";
  • abstract: Charles - "man", Etienne - crown.

According to statistics, over the past few years, such popular male Belgian names as Vincent, Yves, Milan, Ruben and Ulrich have been in priority. Well, as for two- and multi-component naming, they are now out of fashion.

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Belgian female names

Belgium is a state in northwestern Europe. Population - 10.8 million people. The capital is Brussels. It borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France.

The name of the state comes from the name of the Celtic tribe - belgi, inhabiting this area at the beginning of our era.

Largest cities: Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Liege, Charleroi, Bruges.

Belgium is divided into three regions:

Flemish region

Walloon region

Brussels-Capital Region.

Belgium has three language communities– Flemish, French, German-speaking.

Belgian female names:

Alexia - Alexia

Alice - Alice

Alicia - Alicia

Amber - Amber

Amelie - Amelia

Anna - Anna

Anouk - Anouk

Axelle - Axel

Aya - Aya

Bo - Bo

Camille - Camalla

Charlotte – Charlotte

Chiara - Chera

Chloe - Chloe

Clara - Clara

FROMlemepse – Clemens

Elena - Elena

Eline - Elina

Elisa - Elisa

Elise - Alice

Ella

Emily - Emily

Emma - Emma

Eva - Eva(Eve)

Febe - Phoebe

Femke - Femke

Fleur - Fleur

Floor - Floor

Hanne – Hannah

Helena - Helena

Imane

Ines - Ines

Jade - Jade

Jana - Jean(Yana)

Janne - Jeanne

Jeanne – Jane

Julia - Julia

Julie - Julie

Juliette - Juliette

Kaat - Kat

Kato - Kato

Lana - Lana

Lara - Lara

Laura - Laura

Laure

Lea - Lea

Lien- Lin

Lilou - Lilu

Lily - Lily

Lina - Lina

Lisa - Fox

Lise - Fox

Lola - Lola

Lore - Laura

Lotte - Lotta

Lou

Louise - Louise

Lucie – Lucy

Luna - Moon

Mayelle - Mail

Manon - Manon

Margot - Margo

Marie - Marie

Maud - Mode

Maya - Maya

Mila - Mila

Nina - Nina

Noa - Noah

Noemie - Noemie

Nora - Nora

Nore - Nor

Olivia - Olivia

Pauline

Rania - Rania

Romane - Romani

Roos – Rose

Salma - Salma

Sara - Sarah

Sofia

Tess - Tess

Valentine - Valentine (Valentine)

Victoria - Victoria

Yana - Yana

Yasmine - Yasmin

Zoe - Zoe (Zoe)

Yo, Guido, Female.

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Belgian female names

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State in Northwestern Europe. Population - 11,242,781 (2015 estimate). The capital is Brussels. It borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. It is washed by the North Sea in the northwest.


Belgium is divided into three regions, two of which are divided into provinces: the Flemish Region, the Walloon Region, and the Brussels-Capital Region. In parallel with this, Belgium is divided into three linguistic communities: the Flemish Community (the Flemish District and the Brussels-Capital District), the Francophone Community (the Walloon District and the Brussels-Capital District), the German-speaking Community (part of the province of Liege).


Two main ethnic groups- Flemings (about 60%, speak Dutch and its numerous dialects) and Walloons (about 40%, speak French, Walloon and some other languages). Of the religions, Roman Catholic prevails, but there are many Muslims, Anglicans, Protestants, and Jews.


The main source for name statistics in Belgium is Statbel, the website of the Directorate-General for Statistics and Economic Information (Dutch abbreviation ADSEI, French DGSIE). His website has a section dedicated to names and surnames. This information is presented in full in Dutch and French. It is available for download to your computer in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format.


The Statbel website provides various statistics on personal names. There are frequency lists of names with a frequency of at least 5 of all residents for 2013 - in the context of Belgium and each of the three districts. This list contains 18562 male and 22294 female names. It also gives statistics of names among three age groups: under 18 years old, from 18 to 64 years old and over 65 years old. In the first age group most common Belgian male given name Thomas, in the second group - Marc, in the third - Jean. Among women under 18 in Belgium, the most common name is Laura among Belgian women aged 18–64 – maria, among women over 65 years of age Maria.


Another kind of name statistics is the names of newborns. Data is available on the Statbel website for years since 1995, for names whose frequency is at least 5. These statistics are given by country, three districts, for male and female names.


The data given on the statistics of the most popular names in Belgium clearly reflect the number of Muslims in this country and high level fertility in their environment. Muslims now make up a quarter of the population of Brussels and make this city the most Muslim in Europe. The majority of Muslims in Belgium are from Morocco (70%) and Turkey (20%).


The high percentage of Muslims in Belgium is also reflected in the naming statistics. In the top 20 male names of newborns in the Brussels-Capital District, we meet typical Muslim names in 2014 Mohamed, Ali, Amir, Ibrahim, Imran, Youssef, female Amina, Assia, Aya, Malak, Maryam, Nour, Salma and others. Top 20 Names Sarah and Sara can equally be traditional for both European Belgians and Muslim Belgians.


I will show you the 20 most common names of newborns in 2014 and the 20 most common names of all citizens of Belgium.


PlaceNameQuantity
carriers
1 Louis622
2 Lucas619
3 Arthur610
4 Adam575
5 noah562
6 Liam513
7 Mohammed468
8 Nathan455
9 Jules442
10 mathis428
11 Victor420
12 Gabriel393
13 Hugo387
14 Vince311
15 Finn305
16 Ethan301
17 Eden291
18 Thomas289
19 Theo278
20 Matteo270

PlaceNameQuantity
carriers
1 Emma653
2 Louise584
3 Elise480
4 Olivia459
5 Lina383
6 Marie376
7 Lucie359
8 Ella348
9 Alice347
10 Juliette347
11 Mila344
12 Chloé339
13 Elena336
14 Anna333
15 Camille333
16 Lea320
17 Nina320
18 Lena313
19 Charlotte306
20 Julie303

PlaceBrusselsFlanderswallonia
1 AdamLucasHugo
2 MohammedLiamLouis
3 RayyanVinceGabriel
4 GabrielArthurArthur
5 DavidnoahNathan
6 ImranFinnTheo
7 AmirmathisLucas
8 Lucas, YoussefLouisEthan
9 YanisSeppenoah
10 ArthurJules, StanTom
11 Noah, IbrahimLarsTimeo
12 imraneAlexanderJules
13 AnasKobeEden
14 VictorLeonSacha
15 NathanVictorAlexandre
16 Luca, AliAdam, WoutVictor
17 Mohammed, NassimMilanLiam
18 Ethan, AyoubMatteoRaphael
19 ZakariaVicMaxime
20 SamuelMatsMatheo

PlaceBrusselsFlanderswallonia
1 LinaEmmaLea
2 AyaEliseLucie
3 SarahLouiseChloé
4 SofiaEllaZoe
5 nourMarieEmma
6 YasminenoorLouise, Alice
7 MalakLenaCamille
8 EmmaJulieOlivia
9 SaraLotteJade
10 AnnaMilaEva
11 Olivia, MariaElenaManon
12 InesAnnaGiulia
13 AliceOliviaJuliette
14 MaryamloreJulia
15 InesfienLola
16 JuliaNinaMia
17 LeaAmelieVictoria
18 Amina, SalmaCharlotte, NoraElsa
19 Louise, VictoriaJulietteClara
20 LauraLaura, AmberElise, Sofia

In any team you can meet a person with an unusual, strange or very unusual. As a rule, its origin depends on the specific traditions of the country in which its owner was born. For example, Dutch surnames considered one of the funniest in the world. Why - learn from this article.

Surname: from birth and for life

The very word "surname", so familiar to us today, comes from ancient Roman. This word denoted a large and strong family with a man at the head. Then the ancient Romans included in the concept of the family, by the way, and slaves serving the owners. In Russia, the rules were practically the same: before the abolition of serfdom, the peasants had the same surname as the landowner.

Nowadays, without a surname, nowhere - it is given to us from birth and most often remains with us for life. Except in special cases, of course.

The history of funny Dutch surnames

Dutch surnames are considered the funniest in all of Europe, and there is a perfectly reasonable historical explanation for this. When the nation was conquered by Napoleon in 1811, he issued a decree according to which, forcibly, every inhabitant of the Netherlands was obliged to acquire a French surname.

The Dutch themselves, who had previously only had names, were not going to obey the law. And since they believed that the occupation of the country was only a temporary measure, they decided not to bother themselves and not puzzle over inventing surnames. And the freedom-loving people were not at all opposed to mocking the invaders.

This is how absolutely stupid surnames appeared, which it was simply impossible to pronounce without laughter. For example, Naaktgeboren, which literally means "born naked." Or Piest ("pissing"). There were also entire family branches under the surname Rotmensen - translated from Dutch, “rotten people”.

A few years later, the war with Napoleon ended, and the inhabitants of the country again became independent. However, contrary to expectations, the law was never repealed. So the heirs of these people have to bear dissonant surnames to this day. But they are rightfully considered the most original in the world.

What does "van" mean in Dutch surnames?

Recognition of generic names is given by their unique prefixes: “van”, “de”, “van der” and others. Thanks to this, Dutch surnames are so widely known abroad. For example, in the USA they are very popular.

For many Americans, Dutch surnames are automatically associated with prestige and high wealth. Basically, due to the fact that the rich industrialists were from the Netherlands. Take at least But his last name, despite the beautiful sound, the most that neither is, ordinary. There was such a town near Utrecht, it was called Bilt. And the surname Van-der-Bilt (Vanderbilt) means a native of this town, that is, one who comes "from Bilt."

The Germans also have a memorable prefix von, indicating the aristocratic status of the carrier. But the Dutch version of van is much more prosaic, and no social status is not behind him.

The prefix "van" is usually written by the inhabitants of the Netherlands with a small letter (the exception is in the initials or the beginning of a sentence), but abroad it can be found written with a capital letter.

Most Popular Dutch Names

In general, the Netherlands is a state, although small, but very socially saturated. Proximity to Belgium and Germany, a rich ethnic and religious composition, several indigenous groups of the population - all this cannot but influence Dutch names and surnames.

If you want to know everything about the names in this country, it is worth visiting the local Social Security Bank. In addition to its main task - to insure the population against all kinds of disasters, this structure also deals with statistics on the names of residents.

Once every three months, bank employees post lists of the most popular names - male and female - on the official website. You can also notice a trend of decrease or increase in the popularity of each name, compared to the previous period. For any name, you can find complete information, including its origin, etymology, correspondences in other languages, and known speakers.

It is curious that you will find information on names only in the Dutch version of the site. Although it itself is available in many languages, including English, German, French and Spanish. But nevertheless, you need to understand Dutch in order to learn the most popular Dutch names and surnames.

Male names, for example, Daan, Sem, Lucas, Milan, Thomas are found here at almost every step. And if we talk about popular women's, then these are Emma, ​​Julia, Sophie, Lotte, Lisa and Anna.

Origin of Dutch surnames

Today, almost any Dutch surname can be classified into one of four categories of origin: geographical, occupational, descriptive, or familial:

  1. Surnames that are derived from the region in which its carrier lives or his ancestor once lived are widespread. For example, de Vries. Sometimes it’s not even just a region, but a specific estate or place where a person worked - van Aller or van de Vliert (literally “originating from a farm”)
  2. Another example typical surname- by profession. For example, Haak means “peddler”, Kuiper means “cooper”, and with de Klerk everything is completely clear - the person worked as a clerk.
  3. The third group of surnames came from certain physical features a person or his character traits. For example, Dik means "fat" and de Groot means "big". Not everyone is lucky with a surname, what can I say.
  4. The last group of surnames is associated with the origin of its bearer and conveys family ties. Addicks means nothing more than "son of Addik" and Evers means "son of Ever". That is, a kind of patronymic - an analogue of what we wear in Russia.

Interesting facts about Dutch surnames

  • Male Dutch surnames, like ours, are given once and for life. When a girl gets married, she has a choice. She can either keep her surname, or combine it with her husband's surname, turning it into a double one. Many prefer the first way, if the name of the groom is completely dissonant.
  • There are over one hundred thousand original Dutch surnames. And many of them you will not find anywhere else.
  • The surname de Jong means "young" and is often given to the youngest family member of the same name. Whereas the analogue de Oude "senior" is much less common. It is understandable - to call a new name someone who already bears a specific surname, only because the family has appeared new member, not nice.
  • The most popular Dutch surnames are Vries, Jansen, van de Berg, Bakker, van Dijck and Visser.

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Belgian male names

Belgium is a state in northwestern Europe. Population - 10.8 million people. The capital is Brussels. It borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France.

The name of the state comes from the name of the Celtic tribe - belgi, inhabiting this area at the beginning of our era.

Belgium is divided into three regions:

Flemish region

Walloon region

Brussels-Capital Region.

Belgium has three language communities– Flemish, French, German-speaking.

Accordingly, the names are mainly of Cemetsky and French origin.

Belgian male names:

Aaron - Aaron

Adam - Adam

Adrien - Adrien

Alessio - Alessio

Alexander - Alexander

Alexandre - Alexander

Alexis - Alexis

Amber - Amber

Antoine – Anthony

Arne - Arnie

Arthur - Arthur

Axel - Axel

Baptiste - Baptist

Benjamin – Benjamin

Clement - Clement

Daan - Dan

David - David

Dylan - Dylan

Elias - Elias

Emile – Emil

Enzo - Enzo

Ethan - Ethan

Ferre - Ferry

Florian - Florian

Gabriel

Gilles - Gilles

Guillaume

Hugo - Hugo

Jarne - Jorn

Jasper - Jasper

Jelle - Gilles

Jonas - Jonas

Julien - Julien

Kobe

Lander

Lars - Lars

Liam - Lim

Louis - Louis

Lowie

Luka - Luca

Lucas - Lucas

Martin - Martin

Matheo - Mateo

Mathias - Matthias

Mathieu - Matthew

Mathis - Mathis

Mats - Mats

Matteo - Matteo

Matthias - Matthias

Mauro - Mauro

Maxim - Maxim

Maxime - Maxime

Milan - Milan

Nathan - Nathan

Nicolas – Nicholas

Niels - Niels

Noa - Noah

Nolan - Nolan

Oscar - Oscar

Olivier - Olivier

Quinten – Künten

Raphael - Raphael

Ryan – Ryan

Robbe – Robbie

Robin - Robin

Romain – Roman

Ruben - Ruben

Rune - Rune

Sam - Sam

Samuel – Samuel

Sander

Senne

Seppe

Siebe

Simon - Simon

Stan

Theo– Theo

Thomas - Thomas

Tibo

tom

Tristan - Tristan

Tuur – Tour

Victor - Victor

Warre - Verry

William – William

Wout

Xander - Xander

Yanis - Janis

Yo, Udo, Guido

Looking at this page:

Our new book "The Energy of Surnames"

The book "The Energy of the Name"

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Our email address: [email protected]

At the time of writing and publication of each of our articles, nothing of the kind is freely available on the Internet. Any of our information product is our intellectual property and is protected by the Law of the Russian Federation.

Any copying of our materials and their publication on the Internet or in other media without indicating our name is a violation of copyright and is punishable by the Law of the Russian Federation.

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Belgian male names

On our sites, we do not provide links to magical forums or sites of magical healers. We do not participate in any forums. We do not give consultations by phone, we do not have time for this.

Note! We are not engaged in healing and magic, we do not make or sell talismans and amulets. We do not engage in magical and healing practices at all, we have not offered and do not offer such services.

The only direction of our work is correspondence consultations in writing, training through an esoteric club and writing books.

Sometimes people write to us that on some sites they saw information that we allegedly deceived someone - they took money for healing sessions or making amulets. We officially declare that this is slander, not true. In all our lives, we have never deceived anyone. On the pages of our site, in the materials of the club, we always write that you need to be an honest decent person. For us, an honest name is not an empty phrase.

People who write slander about us are guided by the basest motives - envy, greed, they have black souls. The time has come when slander pays well. Now many are ready to sell their homeland for three kopecks, and it is even easier to engage in slandering decent people. People who write slander do not understand that they are seriously worsening their karma, worsening their fate and the fate of their loved ones. It is pointless to talk with such people about conscience, about faith in God. They do not believe in God, because a believer will never make a deal with his conscience, he will never engage in deceit, slander, and fraud.

There are a lot of scammers, pseudo-magicians, charlatans, envious people, people without conscience and honor, hungry for money. The police and other regulatory agencies are not yet able to cope with the increasing influx of "Cheat for profit" insanity.

So please be careful!

Sincerely, Oleg and Valentina Svetovid

Our official websites are:

Love spell and its consequences - www.privorotway.ru

Also our blogs:

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