Comments on: Dutch Names

By: Anneke de Rooij

Anneke de Rooij — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:38:48 +0000

Ken Moesker, this may be a long shot but maybe your name refers back to the Moesel river which runs through Germany? I have heard of family names which refer to the person as being originally from a certain area.

By: Ken Moesker

Ken Moesker — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:55:44 +0000

I’ve been searching far and wide for some insight into the origins of the name Moesker. If anyone has any ideas, I would greatly appreciate it.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:37:34 +0000

My last name is Strootman. Any insight into that name? It’s popular in the town of Gronigan in northern Netherlands.

By: C Bakker

C Bakker — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:50:32 +0000

Probably coming from “de Rooie” or “de Rode” which means the red one, most likely refering to read hair

By: Anneke de Rooij

Anneke de Rooij — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:16:18 +0000

Hello!
My name is Anneke de Rooij. When my mum (Australian) married my Dad, she tried to do some family-tree research but apparently the de Rooij clan wasn’t too good at keeping records. I’m not even sure what it means. Anyone?

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:32:07 +0000

“In addition, many Dutch children have both a doopnaam or a Christian name and a roepnaaam or the name that they are called at home. The Christian name would usually be named after saints.”

IMO, you ought to have said that many Dutch people have a ‘voornaam’ (first name), usually a middle name, sometimes several, as well as a ‘roepnaam’ (nickname).

I don’t think there are that many kids getting baptized anymore and any way their ‘doopnaam’ (Christian name) is the same as same as their first name(s) and those are not necessarily Saints’ names. You forget that many Dutch churchgoers are Protestants, and they wouldn’t be caught dead with the name of any Catholic saint. Even if they used such a name that would be because the kid was named for a familymember and not for any religious reason.

Oh, and to answer your question, my first (as well as Christian) names are Aaltje Jantiena. You can’t get it any Dutcher than that, now, can ye?

And my ‘roepnaam’ is Alja, a combination of two letters each from my first and middel names.

By: Sebastiaan Eldritch-Böersen

Sebastiaan Eldritch-Böersen — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:45:18 +0000

My Dutch name - doopnaam - is Sebastiaan, whereas my name at home - roepnaam - is either Basti, or Seb, and elsewhere I get called Beau, shortened from Beaumont, which is my middle name.

By: Hielkje Klok

Hielkje Klok — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:18:14 +0000

Nederlands Naam Hielkje Jeltje Klok