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Dutch family names were not required until 1811 when emperor Napoleon annexed the Netherlands; [1] prior to 1811, the use of patronymics was much more common. In Dutch linguistics , many names use certain qualifying words (prepositions) which are positioned between a person's given name and their surname .
The Germanic names are the names with the longest history in the Dutch-speaking area; they form the oldest layer of the given names known in Dutch. The Germanic names were characterised by a rich diversity, as there were many possible combinations. A Germanic name is composed of two parts, the latter of which also indicates the gender of the ...
Jan (name) Jan is a form of John that is used in various languages. (See the “Other names” section in this page's infobox for more variants.) The name is used in Afrikaans, Belarusian, Circassian, Catalan, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, English (especially in Devon dialect), Dutch, German, Kazakh, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian, Scandinavian and ...
Tonnie. Tonny (name) Categories: Given names by culture. Dutch language. Germanic given names. European given names.
Johan (given name) Johan is a Scandinavian and Dutch form of Iohannes, the Latin form of the Greek name Iōánnēs ( Ἰωάννης ), from the Hebrew name Yochanan ( יוֹחָנָן ), itself derived from the extended form Yehochanan ( יְהוֹחָנָן ), meaning " Yahweh is Gracious". It is uncommon as a surname. Its English ...
Hans (name) Hans is a Germanic male given name in Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Faroese, German, Norwegian, Icelandic and Swedish -speaking populations. It was originally short for Johannes ( John ), [ 2] but is now also recognized as a name in its own right for official purposes.
Pages in category "Dutch-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,546 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .