Nel is both a South African (Afrikaans) surname and a Dutch feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
The Dutch feminine name is a short form of Petronella or Cornelia. People with the name include:
Often a short form of Nelson
Botha is a common Afrikaans surname, derived from the East Frisian Low Saxon Both. It was brought to South Africa in 1678 by Frederich Botha.
Samantha is a feminine given name.
Ashleigh is the feminine form of the Old English name Ashley, which means "dweller near the ash tree forest". It is most common in the United States and United Kingdom.
Visser is a Dutch occupational surname, meaning "fisherman". In 2007, nearly 50,000 people in the Netherlands carried the name, making it the eighth most populous name in the country. Common variant forms of the name are De Visser, Visscher, and Vissers.
Louw is a surname that has pre-7th century Germanic origins. It is a Dutch/Flemish variant on the word Löwe, meaning Lion.
Vorster is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Smit is a Dutch occupational surname. It represents an archaic spelling of the Dutch word "smid" for "smith" and is the Dutch equivalent of the English and Scottish surname Smith.
PlessisPlessy, and de Plessis are related surnames of French origin, may refer to:
Georgia is a feminine given name originating from the Greek word Γεωργία, meaning "agriculture". It shares this origin with the masculine version of the name, George.
Van der Merwe is a common Afrikaans surname, derived from the Dutch van der Merwe - the name of the Merwede river in the middle ages. It was brought to South Africa in 1661 by Dutch people employed by the Dutch East India Company.
Gert is a mainly masculine given name with some female bearers.
Fabian is the English form of the late Roman name Fabianus. This was a name originally given to those adopted into or descended through the female line from a Roman family named Fabius, that derived from the Latin faba for the broad bean, an important food crop in antiquity. It entered the English language with the Normans, but has never achieved the popularity of Fabien in France, Fabio or Fabiano in Italy and Portugal, and Fabián in Spain.
Petronilla is a Late Latin feminine given name. The name is a diminutive form of Petronia, itself the feminine form of Petronius, a Roman family name. Saint Petronilla is an early Roman saint, later interpreted as the daughter of Saint Peter. She became the patron saint of the Frankish kings, and her chapel became the burial place for French kings.
The derived form Petronella, later changed to Pieternella, has been popular in the Netherlands since the Middle Ages, perhaps due to Gertrude, Countess of Holland, adopting this name around 1100. In daily life, many people with this given name use a short form, like Petra, Nel, Nelleke, Nelly, Ella, Ellen, and Elly.
The Dutch male given name Hendrik is a cognate of the English Henry. The spelling Hendrick or Henderick was interchangeable until the 19th century. Birth names of people with this name can be Latinized to Henderickus, Hendricus, Hendrikus, or Henricus, while common nicknames for Hendrik are Han, Hein, Henk, Hen, Hennie, Henny, Henrie, Henry, Hendrie, Hendry, Rijk, Ric, Rick, Ricky, Rickie, and Rik. People with Hendrik, Henderick, or Hendrick as their first name include:
Kok is either a Dutch occupational surname, "kok" meaning "cook", or an alternate spelling for the common Chinese surname Guo. Kok is a quite common surname in the Netherlands, ranking 27th in 2007. Notable people with the surname Kok include:
Burger is a West Germanic surname. It is the Dutch and Afrikaans word for 'freeman' or 'citizen' and the surname is equivalent to the English surname Burgess. In Dutch and German speaking countries it may be a toponymic surname, indicating origin from any of a number of towns ending in -burg. Notable people with the surname include:
Andries is a Dutch and Afrikaans masculine given name or surname equivalent to Andrew.
Nicolaas is the Dutch equivalent of the masculine given name Nicholas. Before the 19th century the name was also written Nicolaes, while Nikolaas is an uncommon variant spelling. Most people with the name use a short form in daily life, like Claas, Claes, Klaas, Nico, and Niek.
Corrie or Corry is a given name, often a diminutive, short form of Cornelia or Cornelius.