dutch names

while holland has its share of emmas and hannahs, what this country does NOT need is another sophia. i have met more little girls under the age of 3 named sophia than i can count, although most of them have been from expat families. this morning i copied down the more interesting dutch names from the cubbies at david's school.

i think most of these are girls names: fije, sanna, elisa, suus, pilou, isa, lotus, benthe, meis, jacobine, maud, bien, feelin, hylke, sita, riva, nomi, philein.

i think most of these are boys names: lars, arlen, pascal, cosmo, luuk, bas, ramses, thymen, noortje, jep, milou, mels, teun.

not a lisa or heather in the bunch.