Dutch Baby Names for Boys

This list of Dutch baby names for boys is filled with handsome masculine options — Bram, Luca, Hubert ... the list goes on and on. Take a look and fine the perfect for your son.

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• Aart - Aart is a Dutch boy's name. It means "like an eagle." The name is pronounced like "art" but with extra stress on the first syllable.
• Aldert - Aldert is a rather heroic sounding Dutch name for boys. It means "noble strength."
• Andries - Andries is a truly masculine Dutch name and is likely derived from the name Andreas. It means "he who is manly" and is pronounced "aan-drees."
• Bastiaan - Bastiaan is a Dutch boy's name that is all about respect. The name is a Dutch variant of Sebastian, meaning "revere."
• Bram - Bram is the Dutch version of the boy's name Abraham. As such, the name means "father of multitudes."
• Christoffel - Christoffel is a beatific Dutch name for boys. It means "bearer of Christ."
• Cobus - Cobus, also spelled Kobus, is a fine Dutch name for a male successor. The name means "supplanter." A supplanter is someone who supersedes and replaces another.
• Daan - Daan is a pious and knowing Dutch boy's name. It means "God is my (only) judge."
• Diederik - Diederik is a popular name for boys in its homeland of the Dutch-speaking Netherlands. This name means "ruler (of the people)."
• Fillipus - Filippus is a rather equestrian Dutch name for boys. It is derived from the English name Philip and means "fond of horses." The Netherlands is home to over 3,000 equestrian organizations.
• Frans - Frans is the sort of Dutch name given to free-wheeling boys. It means "free."
• Gijs - Gijs is an honorable Dutch boy's name. It means "pledge" and is pronounced "chaish."
• Guus - Guus is a mighty Dutch boy's name related to history. This name means "staff of the Goths" and is derivative of the Roman name Augustus. The Goths were a group of people that lived throughout Western Europe that saw to the dissolution of the Roman Empire and eventually broke up into the Crimean Goths, Visigoths and Ostrogoths.
• Hubert - Hubert is a Dutch name for smart little boys. It means "bright mind." Hubert is the first name of Professor Farnsworth on the long-lived animated series "Futurama."
• Isaak - Isaak is a joyous Dutch boy's name and a variant of the name Isaac. Because the name means "he will laugh" it might answer the parental hope for a son that will enjoy all of his parents' jokes.
• Jacobus - This is a Dutch boy's name derived from the same source as Cobus and Kobus. As such, it also means "supplanter."
• Jansen - Jansen is one of those Dutch boy's names that can work with the right parentage. This name's meaning is simply "son of Jan."
• Lars - Lars is a victorious Dutch name for boys. It means "crowned with laurel." Laurel wreaths were commonly bestowed to the best competitors in various events during the time of Ancient Greece.
• Luca - Luca is a surprisingly common Dutch name for boys. It means "man from Lucania." Lucania was a region of ancient Italy that is now spread across Basilicata, southern Salerno and northern Cosenza.
• Luuk - Luuk is another variant spelling of Luca. As such, it also means "Lucanian male." As a derivative of Luca, most of the stress in pronunciation is on the double u, resulting in a name very similar to the English name Luke.
• Markus - Markus is an incredibly prolific Dutch boy's name and the Dutch version of a Roman name. The name means "dedicated to Mars." Mars was the Roman adaptation of Ares, a war god of Greece. Rather than focus on unchecked carnage, Mars oversaw all aspects of the military, including the intelligence of proper tactics.
• Rhett - Rhett is the sort of Dutch boy's name that brings to mind the phrase "from the mouth of babes." This name means "counsel" or "advisor" and might be chosen as a name because it can sometimes help to ask a kid what he thinks should be done in a given situation.
• Ruben - Ruben is an incredibly fitting Dutch name for any boy of any heritage. The name means "behold a son."
• Steffan - Steffan is a storied name among rosters of Dutch boys. It means "crown" or "wreath."
• Zaan - Zaan is a fluid-sounding Dutch boy's name. It means "from the river Zaan." The Zaan is a small river in North Holland and is also the source of a city district's name, due to how it flows through that district.

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