Dutch ( de Nederlandse taal) belongs to the West Germanic subgroup of Germanic languages ​​and is widespread in the Netherlands and the Flemish part of Belgium (Flanders). The language is also sometimes called Dutch and Flemish (after the two main dialects).

There are a large number of dialects of Dutch, but both the Netherlands and Belgium have adopted "Universal Dutch" as the official standard ( Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands).

Full, short and diminutive forms

Many names may be used officially in several various forms: in Latinized church ( Jacobus), secular ( Jacob), short or diminutive ( Cobus, Coos, Jaap). The legislation allows children to be registered under any name, therefore full names Dutch and Flemings can be any combination: Maria Margaretha Antje Vis (Maria And Margaretha- full forms, Antje- diminutive of Anna), Joannes Diderik Dibbits (Joannes- Latinized form, Diderik- secular Dutch). Most often, women use diminutive names as passport names - as an echo of the traditional practice when female names were formed from masculine ones using diminutive suffixes: Albert - Albertje, Hendrik - Hendrikje(despite the fact that in parallel there also existed and exist forms Alberta, Hendrica).

In fact, most people use secular, short or diminutive forms in everyday life: for example, Dutch politicians Petrus Leonardus Bastiaan Antonius van Geel And Jacobus Cornelus Theresia van der Doef known as Pieter van Geel ( Pieter van Geel) and Jaap van der Duf ( Jaap van der Doef).

Most common names

The 10 most common names in Belgium (Flanders, 2008)

*Names borrowed from French or having the same spelling as their French counterparts.
**Names recently borrowed from other foreign languages.

The most popular names among newborns (Netherlands, 2010)

*Names recently borrowed from foreign languages.

Most common surnames

10 most common surnames (Netherlands)

10 most common surnames (Belgium)

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

Last name: 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 family, by the way, slaves who served their owners. In Russia, the rules were practically the same: before the abolition of serfdom, peasants bore the same surname as the landowner.

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

History of funny Dutch surnames

Dutch surnames are considered the funniest in all of Europe, and there is a completely reasonable historical explanation for this. When the nation was conquered by Napoleon in 1811, he issued a decree that forced everyone in the Netherlands 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 or rack their brains by coming up with names. And the freedom-loving people were not at all against mocking the invaders.

This is how absolutely stupid surnames appeared that were simply impossible to pronounce without laughing. 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 became independent again. 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?

Recognizability of family names is given by their unique prefixes: “van”, “de”, “van der” and others. This is why Dutch surnames are so widely known abroad. For example, in the USA they are very popular.

Many Americans automatically associate Dutch surnames with prestige and high income. Mainly due to the fact that the rich industrialists came from the Netherlands. Take, for example, But his last name, despite its beautiful sound, is the most ordinary one. There was 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 bearer. But the Dutch version of van is much more prosaic, and there is no social status doesn't stand behind him.

The residents of the Netherlands usually write the prefix “van” with a small letter (with the exception of initials or the beginning of a sentence), but abroad it can be found written with a capital letter.

The most popular Dutch names

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

If you want to know all about names in this country, it's worth visiting your local Social Security Bank. In addition to its main task - insuring the population from 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 decreasing or increasing popularity of each name compared to the previous period. For any name you can find complete information, including its origin, etymology, equivalents in other languages ​​and known speakers.

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

Male names, for example, Daan, Sem, Lucas, Milan, Thomas, are found here at almost every turn. And if we talk about popular women's ones, 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 based on origin: geographical, occupational, descriptive or familial:

1. Surnames that are derived from the region in which the bearer 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 “coming from a farm”)
2. Another example typical surname- by profession. For example, Haak means “peddler”, Kuiper means “cooper”, and with de Klerk everything is clear - the person worked as a clerk.
3. The third group of surnames comes from certain physical characteristics of a person or properties of his character. For example, Dik means "fat" and de Groot means "big". Not everyone is lucky with their last name, what can you 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 Addick”, and Evers means “son of Ever”. That is, a kind of patronymic is an analogue of what we wear in Russia.

Interesting facts about Dutch surnames

• Dutch male surnames, like ours, are given once and for life. When a girl gets married, she has a choice. She can either keep her last name or combine it with her husband’s last name, turning it into a double one. Many people prefer the first path if the groom’s surname 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 a younger family member with the same name. While the analogue de Oude “senior” is much less common. It’s understandable to call someone with a new name who already bears a specific surname, just because a new person has appeared in the family. new member, not accepted.
• The most popular Dutch surnames are Vries, Jansen, van de Berg, Bakker, van Dijck and Visser.

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Belgian female names

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

The name of the state comes from the name of the Celtic tribe - belgi, inhabited this territory 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 linguistic 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 – Kamalla

Charlotte – Charlotte

Chiara – Chera

Chloe – Chloe

Clara – Clara

WITHlemepse – Clemens

Elena – Elena

Eline – Elina

Elisa – Elisa

Elise – Alice

Ella – Ella

Emily – Emilia

Emma – Emma

Eva - Eva(Eve)

Febe – Phoebus

Femke - Femke

Fleur – Fleur

Floor – Floor

Hanne - Hannah

Helena – Helena

Imane - Imain

Ines – Ines

Jade – Jade

Jana – Zhana(Yana)

Janne – Zhanna

Jeanne – Jane

Julia – Julia

Julie – Julie

Juliette – Juliette

Kaat – Kat

Kato - Kato

Lana – Lana

Lara - Lara

Laura – Laura

Laure

Lea – Lea

Lien

Lilou – Lilu

Lily – Lily

Lina – Lina

Lisa – Fox

Lise – Fox

Lola - Lola

Lore - Laura

Lotte - Lotta

Lou – Lou

Louise – Louise

Lucie – Lucy

Luna - Moon

Mayolle – Mail

Manon – Manon

Margot – Margot

Marie – Marie

Maud

Maya – Maya

Mila – Mila

Nina – Nina

Noa - Noah

Noemie - Noemi

Nora – Nora

Nore - Nor

Olivia – Olivia

Pauline - Pauline

Rania - Rania

Romane

Roos – Rose

Salma - Salma

Sara – Sara

Sofia – Sofia

Tess – Tess

Valentine – Valentine (Valentina)

Victoria – Victoria

Yana - Yana

Yasmine - Yasmina

Zoe – Zoe (Zoe)

Yo, Guido, Zhen.

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1995

In 1995, 811 girls were born in Flanders with the name Laura, which is almost double the number more name, which is number two with us, is Julie.

2000

Five years later in Flanders, unexpectedly the most popular name for girls it became Amber. In 1995, this name was in 27th place. Meanwhile, Laura remains a Walloon favorite. Other best-loved Walloon names, such as Océane and Chloé, were never popular among the Flemings. In Brussels, the TOP-3 included such girl names as Rania and Imane.

2005

Emma rose to first place. This name has been in the top five since 2000. But the surge in popularity of the name Luna has almost caught up with her. The four most popular names in Wallonia, in Flemish list TOP 25 missing: Léa, Lucie, Clara and Manon. Sarah becomes the most popular name in Brussels

2010

The names Emma and Marie are still among the TOP most popular names. At the same time, new favorites appeared on the horizon: Ella, Noor, Elise, Fien and especially Louise. Over the past five years, everyone has become tired of “Moon” and this name has fallen from second to 26th place. In Wallonia, the most popular girls' name is Léa, while Brussels chooses Lina and Aya.

2015

Over the past 12 years, Emma has only been knocked out of the TOP of popular names twice. It was surpassed for the first time by the name Lotte in 2007, and the second time by Marie in 2013.

Holland/Netherlands, 2009–2011

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State in Western Europe. Borders with Germany and Belgium. The capital is Amsterdam. Population – 16,357,373 (2007). official languages– Dutch and Frisian (in Friesland). Two indigenous groups, the Dutch and the Frisians, also big number immigrants. Ethnic composition: 80.8% Dutch, 2.4% German, 2.4% Indonesian, 2.2% Turkish, 2.0% Surinamese, 1.9% Moroccan, 1.5% Indian, 0.8% Antilian and Aruban, and 6.0% other ethnic groups. Religion breakdown: 26.6% Catholic, 16.8% Protestant, 5.8% Muslim, 0.6% Hindu, 1.6% other religions and 42.7% atheist.

The main source for statistics on names in the Netherlands is data from the Social Insurance Bank - De Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB). This structure is the provider of insurance for the population in the country. This organization recently began to provide information on name statistics - data is available since 2007. Every quarter on its website, SVB publishes a list of the 20 most popular male and female names. Next to the name, an arrow indicates the direction of development of popularity compared to the previous period - up or down. At the beginning of the year, data for the entire past year is summarized. For each name from the list of popular names, information is provided about the origin of the name, known media. However, sometimes, after the correct etymology, some random sound matches with words of other languages ​​are given. For 2009–2011 SVB website has pdf files with full list names of the year and the number of names. Moreover, the lists exist in two versions - in alphabetical order and in descending order of frequency.

Although the SVB site is available in several languages ​​(Dutch, English, German, French, Spanish and Turkish), there is only a section on names in the Dutch part of the site.

On my website I will provide data on the twenty most common names in Holland for the last three years.

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