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[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I found an interesting, Dutch site about popular Dutch names. One of the list on that site is a list of the most popular unisex names.
There are some really interesting choices there. Also, no, those names are not short for anything, we don't do the whole name-your-kid-something-long-and-then-give-it-a-nickname thing here. That is, most people don't do that.


Sam
Jaimy
Nicky
Bo/Beau
Sasha
Marijn
Jip
Quincy
Dominique
Frederique
Ezra
Rowan
Bobbie
Merlijn
Dante
Mickey
Charlie
Chris
Nur
Sammy
Isaya
Lesley

PS. Frederique on a boy? Dante on a girl? Those two are crazy, IMO.
PPS.It's difficult to explain what the 'ij' sounds like...I suppose the closest you can get in English to get the same pronunciation is the letter 'i'.

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[satwood.livejournal.com]

its also considered one character the dutch have a 27 character alphabet :)

we read jip and janneke every night

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I am Dutch ;)
Anyway...27 characters? I never heard that. Ah, it doesn't really matter.
Jip & Janneke is still very popular (it makes sense, they're awesome ;))

[satwood.livejournal.com]

My hubby is dutch :)(lived in Rotterdam went to the HR& O no more O I think it's just the HR now also in Papendrecht, and Moordrecht. He was born in Gouda though)
my girls are dual citizen's
One also sleeps with nijntje.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Aw, nijntje is so cute. And so Dutch! ;)
Oh it could be considered a 27th character, I just never heard that before ;)

[satwood.livejournal.com]

There are 26 letter in the alphabet.. My hubby told me that the IJ is considered another letter.. making it 27..

though he is a dork and likes to confuse me?

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I've been told 'ij' is similar to 'eye-ah', I knew this girl named Marije and she pronounced it just like Mariah Carey :P

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Marije sounds like Mariah indeed, but that's because of the 'ije'. If she would have been called Marij, then she'd have pronounced it like Mar-eye. =)

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

ahh I see :) thank you for the explanation!

[sailorneptune.livejournal.com]

My cousin had a boy recently and she named him Dominic!

And my sister is seriously considering Frédérique for a girl, if she ever has children. I think it's actually very nice.
Also, for the anime fans, Sailor Uranus's French name in the manga is Frédéric.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Dominic is an awesome name!
And Frédérique is definitely a girl's name, that's why I can't see it on boys.

[dead-kisses.livejournal.com]

I love the name Ezra.