Emma
Sophie
Julia
Anna
Mila
Tess
Dutch-English names for girls
Abigail
Ada
Adriana
Agatha
Agnes
Albertina
Alene
Alex
Alexandra
Alida
Aline
Amalia
Amanda
Amber
Amelia
Angela
Angelina
Anna
Annabel
Anne
Annette
Annie
Annika
Antonia
Arabella
Astrid
Augusta
Babette
Barbara
Beatrix
Beau
Brandy
Carla
Carola
Caroline
Cecilia
Chantal
Charlotte
Chloë
Chris
Christina
Christine
Cilla
Claudia
Cornelia
Corrie
Corry
Dael
Daphne
Denise
Diana
Diantha
Dora
Dorothea
Edith
Elisabeth
Elise
Ellen
Elly
Elma
Emma
Emmy
Esmee
Esmée
Esther
Eva
Eveline
Felicia
Fleur
Fleurette
Flora
Frida
Gemma
Georgina
Gerry
Gertie
Gertrude
Hannah
Heidi
Helena
Henrietta
Hilda
Hilde
Ida
Ilse
Ina
Ingrid
Irene
Iris
Irma
Isabella
Isabelle
Jack
Jacqueline
Jan
Janine
Janna
Jaylin
Jeanette
Jeanine
Jeannette
Jennifer
Jenny
Jessica
Jo
Johanna
Josephina
Josephine
Judith
Julia
Juliana
Julie
Justine
Karen
Karin
Katrina
Kristi
Laura
Lea
Lillian
Lina
Linda
Lisa
Louisa
Louise
Lydia
Magdalena
Margo
Maria
Marianne
Marilou
Marina
Marjo
Marleen
Marta
Martha
Martina
Maud
Melanie
Melissa
Mia
Michelle
Mina
Miranda
Monique
Nadine
Natalia
Natalie
Nathalie
Nettie
Nicole
Paula
Petra
Rachel
Robin
Romy
Rosalie
Rosanne
Rosemarie
Samantha
Sandra
Sara
Sarina
Skye
Skyla
Skylar
Sophie
Storm
Susanna
Suzanne
Tamara
Tatiana
Tess
Tessa
Tina
Trudie
Trudy
Ursula
Valerie
Vanessa
Vicky
Viola
Wil
Wilhelmina
Willy
Wilma
Xandra
Yvette
Yvonne
Zoë
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Feminine Dutch names that may also be English words
The following names often appeared in English language web pages. That means that they are either English words, or names which are very familiar to English speakers.
Feminine English names that may also be Dutch words
These names often appeared in Dutch language web pages.
English word ending matches
Feminine English names often end with -na. Below are Dutch names ending with the same word ending.
Fuzzy matches
These are names that would have been the same between the languages, if it hadn't been for a single character difference. Each entry shows an approximate match with the Dutch name on the left, and the English name on the right.
Dutch-English names popular in both
Names from this page that appear in the official baby name statistics of both a Dutch-speaking and a English-speaking country.
| Name | Dutch | English |
|---|---|---|
| Emma | #5 girls Belgium (Flanders) 2024 | #5 girls Canada (Ontario) 2024 |
| Sophie | #6 girls Netherlands 2025 | #11 girls New Zealand 2025 |
| Mia | #17 girls Belgium (Flanders) 2024 | #4 girls Australia (Victoria) 2025 |
| Anna | #13 girls Belgium (Flanders) 2024 | #11 girls Northern Ireland 2025 |
| Zoë | #16 girls Netherlands 2025 | #17 girls Australia (Victoria) 2025 |
| Charlotte | #48 girls Belgium (Flanders) 2024 | #1 girls Australia (New South Wales) 2025 |
| Ada | #25 girls Belgium (Flanders) 2024 | #40 girls England and Wales 2025 |
| Amelia | #63 girls Belgium (Flanders) 2024 | #2 girls Australia (New South Wales) 2025 |
| Hannah | #46 girls Netherlands 2025 | #20 girls Canada (Ontario) 2024 |
| Eva | #23 girls Netherlands 2025 | #45 girls Canada (Ontario) 2024 |
| Isabella | #59 girls Netherlands 2025 | #10 girls England and Wales 2025 |
| Julia | #4 girls Netherlands 2025 | #78 girls Canada (Ontario) 2024 |
| Sara | #10 girls Netherlands 2025 | #84 girls Canada (Ontario) 2024 |
| Chloë | #105 girls Netherlands 2025 | #7 girls Australia (New South Wales) 2025 |
| Maria | #61 girls Netherlands 2025 | #61 girls Canada (Ontario) 2024 |
Featured in baby name books
Abigail
Abigail is a biblical Hebrew name meaning “father’s joy,” with nicknames such as Abby, Abbie, and Gail. In the Old Testament, Abigail was the clever, beautiful wife of Nabal who calmed David’s anger with a generous gift and later became his wife.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Agnes
Agnes is a Greek name meaning “pure,” “chaste,” or “holy,” and its closeness to the Latin word for lamb strengthens its religious associations. Once among America’s most popular names a century ago, Agnes is now seen as old-fashioned, though some think it is due for a comeback; Inez and Agnese are international forms.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Amelia
Amelia means “industrious” or “hardworking” and is related to Emily and Amalia, with Amélie as the French form. Amelia has an early-American sound, was very popular in the 1800s, faded in the mid-1900s, and is now back in style.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Angela
Angela comes from Greek and means “messenger of God” or “angel,” with forms such as Angelina, Angelique, and the Irish Aingeal, and Angie as a nickname. Famous bearers include actresses Angela Lansbury and Angela Bassett and German chancellor Angela Merkel.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Arabella
Arabella is often explained as “answered prayer” or “in prayer,” and may have started as a variant of Annabelle. Other sources read Arabella as Latin for “beautiful altar” or simply “beautiful.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names
Astrid
Astrid is an Old Norse name meaning “divine beauty” or “divine strength.” Astrid is suggested as a softer alternative to Ingrid or Stella, and singer Astrud Gilberto brought a related form to fame.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Augusta
Augusta is the feminine form of Augustus, a Latin name meaning “majestic,” “great,” or “worthy of respect.” Augusta recalls the emperor Augustus, is the capital of Maine, and is the first name of the formidable Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest; Gussy is a nickname.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Barbara
Barbara means “foreign” or “stranger,” traced to Greek or Latin and sharing roots with the word “barbarian.” Barbara once carried real glamour through Barbara Stanwyck and Barbra Streisand, but it peaked around the 1950s and now feels like a parents’ generation name.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Charlotte
Charlotte is the French feminine form of Charles, which means “free man.” Charlotte is also read as “little and feminine.”
Sources: 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, 10,000 Baby Names, Numerology for Baby Names
Christine
Christine is Greek-rooted and means “anointed,” a feminine form of Christian. Christine is also given the meaning “follower of Christ,” with Christina and Christiana as related spellings.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, Baby Names Book, Baby Names Made Easy
Claudia
Claudia is the feminine of Claudius and comes from Latin for “lame.” The name stayed popular despite its meaning, thanks largely to the Roman Emperor Claudius.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Daphne
Daphne is Greek for “laurel tree.” In myth, Daphne was a nymph changed into a laurel tree to escape Apollo's advances.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Classic Biblical Baby Names, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book
Diana
Diana comes from Latin and means “divine.” In Roman myth Diana was the goddess of the moon and the hunt, counterpart of the Greek Artemis.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Dora
Dora is a Greek name meaning “gift,” and it is also a short form of Theodora. The biblical city of Dor, or Dora, was a Canaanite coastal town whose king Joshua defeated.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names, Classic Biblical Baby Names
Edith
Edith is an Old English name meaning “prosperity in war” or “struggle for wealth.” Edith is also read as “spoils of war,” and the first Edith was a daughter of King Edgar the Peaceful.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Baby Names Book, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, The Best Baby Names for Girls
Ellen
Ellen began as a form of Helen, meaning “light” or “shining,” and has long been a name in its own right. Some find Ellen too plain, but it has the quiet appeal of a simple staple that subtle-minded parents appreciate.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Emma
Emma is an Old German name meaning “whole,” “all-embracing,” or “universal.” Emma came to England with the Normans and has been warmly revived as a romantic, Victorian-feeling name, helped by Jane Austen’s heroine.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Esther
Esther is usually traced to Persian and means “star,” possibly linked to the goddess Ishtar. Esther is also tied to the Hebrew Hadassah, meaning “myrtle,” the queen’s original name.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, The Best Baby Names for Girls
Gertrude
Gertrude is a Germanic name meaning “strength of a spear” or “strong spear,” with “ruler with a spear” and “wizard” also offered. Gertrude ranked in the top twenty-five in the late 1800s before sliding off the chart in 1965, and is now so unfashionable it could turn cool; Gertie and Trudy are nicknames.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson)
Hannah
Hannah is Hebrew for “grace” or “God has favored me,” and is also a palindrome. In the Bible Hannah prayed for a child at Shiloh and dedicated her son, the prophet Samuel, to God’s service.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Iris
Iris is Greek for “rainbow,” and is also a flower name. In Greek myth Iris was the rainbow goddess who carried messages between heaven and earth; the stylized iris is the fleur-de-lis of France.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Jack
Jack is an English form of John, carrying the meaning “God is gracious.” Jack is also treated as a version of Jacob, “the supplanter,” or of Jackson; notable Jacks include Jack Nicholson, Jack Nicklaus, and Jack LaLanne.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Boys, Baby Names Book, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Jacqueline
Jacqueline is a French feminine form of Jacques, and so of Jacob, meaning “supplanter” or “he who replaces.” Jacqueline is forever linked to first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, whose style gave the French name an American polish.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Josephine
Josephine is the feminine of Joseph, meaning “God will add.” Josephines tend to be strong, trend-bucking women: Empress Josephine, dancer Josephine Baker, and Jo March of Little Women.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Julia
Julia comes from the Roman clan name Julius and means “young” or “youthful.” Julia is also read as “soft-haired.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Baby Names Book, Baby Names Made Easy, Classic Biblical Baby Names
Lillian
Lillian comes from the Latin for “lily.” Lillian is often described as a blend of Lily and Ann.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Lydia
Lydia is Greek for “woman from Lydia,” an ancient region of Anatolia famed for its wealth. In Acts, Lydia is a businesswoman selling purple cloth who became Paul’s first convert in Macedonia; Protestants widely used the name in the 1600s.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Classic Biblical Baby Names
Martha
Martha is an Aramaic name meaning “lady” or “mistress of the house.” In the Gospels Martha is the busy sister of Mary and Lazarus who served Jesus while her sister sat and listened.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Rachel
Rachel is a Hebrew name meaning “ewe” or “lamb,” with forms like Rachael, Rachelle and Raquel. In Genesis Jacob served Laban fourteen years to marry his beloved Rachel, who became the mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Sci-Fi Baby Names
Valerie
Valerie is a Latin name meaning “strong” or “healthy,” the French form of Valeria, which comes from the Roman clan name Valerius. Sitcom actresses Valerie Harper and Valerie Bertinelli gave the name a girl-next-door feel, though some think it sounds a bit 1960s.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
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