Robbert is a Dutch form of the masculine given name Robert. People with the name include:
Dykstra is a Frisian surname describes a person who lived by a dyke. The suffix "-stra" is derived from old Germanic -sater, meaning sitter or dweller.
Cees is a Dutch masculine given name, a short form of Cornelis. Since, as in English, the letter "c" before "e" is normally pronounced in Dutch, the alternative spelling Kees is more common.
Twan is a Dutch masculine given name that is a diminutive form of Antonius, Anton, Antoon, Anthonis, Anthoon, Antonie and Antonis used in Belgium, Netherlands, South Africa, Namibia, Indonesia and Suriname. It is a phonetic spelling of "Toine", short for "Antoine", the French form of Anthony/Antonius. People with the name include:
Smits is a Dutch surname that is considered a variant of the more common Smit surname. The name is an old plural of Smid (blacksmith), though the plural in modern Dutch would be Smeden.
Cornelis is a Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees, Neel and Nelis.
Valk is a surname. It means "falcon" in Dutch and can be of metonymic origin referring to a falconer. Alternatively, it can be patronymic, son of Falk/Falco, a West Frisian given name. There were 4380 people with the surname in the Netherlands in 2007. The name Valk in Estonia may be related to the town Valka.
Camerata Trajectina is a Dutch early music ensemble.
Kees is a masculine nickname, contracted (shortened) name, or given name common in the Netherlands, originally derived from the name Cornelis. An alternate spelling is Cees.
Maarten is a Dutch language male given name. It is a cognate to and the standardized Dutch form of Martin, as in for example Sint Maarten.
Gerhardus and its shortened form Hardus are masculine given names of Dutch-language origin. People with those names include:
Loza is a surname with multiple etymologies. Notable people with the surname include:
Boudewijn is a Dutch masculine given name, equivalent to Baldwin. People with the name include:
Pieter Jacobus (Piet) Meertens was a Dutch scholar of literature, dialects, and ethnology. He founded the institutes which later merged into the Meertens Instituut, of which he was the director until 1965.
Burchard are both Germanic given names and surnames, from Burg "castle" and hart "hard". Notable people with the name include:
Arnoldus is a given name. Notable persons with that name include:
Teunis is a Dutch masculine given name. Like Theunis, it is a derivative of Antonius (Anthony). It is also considered a diminutive form of Antonius, Anton, Antoon, Anthonis, Anthoon, Antonie, and Antonis used in Belgium, Netherlands, Suriname, South Africa, Namibia, and Indonesia. Its popularity as a birth name has dropped since the middle of the last century, taken over partially by its short form Teun. People with the name include:
Joep is a Dutch masculine given name, the Limburgian form of Joseph. It is occasionally used as a feminine name. People with this name include:
Reindert is a Frisian Dutch male given name, related to the German name Reinhard.
Rembrandt is a Dutch given name of Old Dutch and Old High German origin. Variants are Rembrand and Rembrant. An old form was Ragemprand with Ragem, Rem (advice) and prand, brand (sword). In 2014, there were 203 persons with Rembrandt as a given name in the Netherlands.
