How gorgeous is the name Abel!
The Dutch are renowned for their innovative thinking.
When it comes to their baby’s name, it seems, it’s no different.
Many of the most popular girl and boy names in The Netherlands such as Julia, Sophie, Luca, and Levi are familiar all around the world.
However, more traditional Dutch names are just as endearing and we should absolutely consider them during the baby naming process.
Here are our favourites, some inspiration taken from Nameberry, the world’s leading baby naming site.
Girl
- Bo
- Milou
- Amalia
- Anneliese
- Lois
- Puck
- Eline
- Tess
- Beatrix
- Fenna (a gorgeous substitute for a name like Emma)
- Angelien
- Julia
- Fleur (it’s French for “flower” – popular in The Netherlands)
- Arabella
- Lotte
Boy
- Lenn
- Bram
- Abel
- Bart
- Thijs (derived from Matthijs, the Dutch variation of Matthew)
- Dirk
- Aart
- Lars
- Bas
- Aldert
- Boaz (features on only world popularity lost worldwide: The Netherlands)
- Jan
- Arie
- Joah
- Cornelis
- Adrianus
- Floris
- Cas
- Xavi
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