The top ten most popular names for girls born in The Netherlands in 2005: Sanne, Emma, Anna, Iris, Anouk, Lisa, Eva, Julia, Lotte, and Isa (source: SVB). Just one of these names is in the list of Traditional Dutch names for girls that I posted earlier today: Anna.
This is the last article in a series of four about Dutch given names. The four articles are:
My Great Grandmother's given name on her birth register is "Piertke". When she immigrated from Holland to American her name was changed to Helen.
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Probably a female form of Pieter (the Dutch equivalent of Peter). I can't find Piertke in the database of Dutch names, but similar names like Pierkje are derived from Pieter.
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