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Baby names for a Dutch and English couple

30 replies

missoj · 04/10/2017 13:14

Hello! Can anyone offer advice for baby boys and girls names that work well in the Netherlands/Holland as well as England? Many Thanks!

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steppemum · 04/10/2017 13:46

Oh dh is dutch, I am English.

basic principles, avoid any names with g, th. be careful with J names as English will want to say it the English way (I loved Johanna - pronounced Yohanna, but we decided that everyone would say Joanna - English style which I don't like at all)

many names work in both, but pronuncuation vaires. Abigail is lovely in English, less so in Dutch (to be fair, it has a G, so was off the list anyway)

We got a Dutch baby names book, and I (English speaker) went through it and found ones I liked and could say, and then Dh looked at my list.

Jessica (with soft or hard J) Mattias, Miriam, Lisanne, Isak (pronounced either way) Joris (love that)

I loved Marijoliene, but knew that Brits would never say it.

Helenluvsrob · 04/10/2017 13:40

Pretty much any thing you like!

I know a little Marianne, of that heritage, and a Jan, the only dutch names I would avoid are G ones as we brits are hopeless at that sound. You might get raised eyebrows in the UK with luuk but you could anglicise it

Tinty · 04/10/2017 13:38

Astrid

Tempranillo · 04/10/2017 13:31

Wilhelm?

DuggeeHugs · 04/10/2017 13:21

DCs friend is Annemieke (Dutch/British) which sounds lovely