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Foreigners often have trouble pronouncing Dutch names, because some of the sounds in Dutch are not found in other languages, letters may not represent the same sounds, and the stress may be in a different place than expected.
Dutch Sounds not Found in English
Dutch Sounds Represented by different Letters
(de) naam

('name') - (de) namen

2 ('names') - (de) voornaam

('first, given name') - (de) achternaam

('last, family name')

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Use the search function if you're looking for a specific name.

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The Search window is near top left on most of my pages.

The Pronunciation Page may offer some help when you can't find a name or word on my pages - and you can also ask me by email.

Common First and Last Names

Hear some 650 common Dutch first names, and more than 300 last names on my Names page.

The By Request Page is a mixed bag of names and words visitors to my pages asked for, some Dutch names that were in the news and a few words that I thought would be interesting.

Geography

Nederland

2 - Amsterdam

- Rotterdam

- Den Haag

2 - Utrecht

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Next to the names on the Maps pages you can hear some 600 names of Dutch cities, provinces, rivers etc. on the Dutch Place Names page.
My "Foreign Lands" page has about 125 Dutch names for foreign countries and cities etc.

History

Peter Stuyvesant

- Pieter Stuyvesant

2 - Michiel de Ruyter

Hear Dutch names of Old New York - the names of Dutchmen living in 'New Netherland,' Dutch geographical names of the area and names of ships visiting.
Names from the (17th Century) 'Golden Age' of Dutch shipping can be heard on my Sailors and Ships Page.
Hear names of more recent history on The Bridge too Far page about Holland in 1944.

Painters

Vermeer

- Rembrandt

- Pieter Bruegel

2 - Van Gogh

- Vincent van Gogh

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- 170 Dutch and Flemish Painters

Hear the names of Dutch painters and the people around them on my

Vermeer

Rembrandt

and

Early Flemish Painters

pages.

The Vermeer page also has a list of about 60 Dutch painters.

Dutch Names from Books

Anne Frank, Het Achterhuis

- Hans Brinker

The Diary of Anne Frank - Hans Brinker
Harry Mulisch: The Assault (De Aanslag)
or hear a few Dutch names from other books

Miscellaneous

Hear the names of Dutch Politicians

The Dutch in Sports

't Is weer bruin of gespikkeld 2 3
[It's brown or dotted again] Soccer time!

Musicians from Holland

viool met strijkstok 2

Tulip Names

Fairy Tales

kikker 2

Many people in Holland have names that are also common words, like names of geographical features or animals, but names are often in old or irregular spelling. See and hear a few examples. If you can't find the name you're looking for, you could try the substitutions below (warning: results may vary.)

Old Spelling	Modern Spelling
AE	A or AA
AIJ, AY	AI
C	K or S
CK	K or KK
DT	D or T
EI	IJ

Old Spelling	Modern Spelling)
EIJ, EY	EI or IJ
GH	G
IJ	EI
OIJ, OY	OI
OU	OE
PH	F

Old Spelling	Modern Spelling)
S	Z
-SCH	-S
-SZ	-S
UY, UIJ	UI
Y	IJ, EI, I, IE or J

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