Nienke
Feminine given name
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Nienke (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈniŋkə] ⓘ), also spelled Nynke, is Dutch and West Frisian feminine given name of West Frisian origin. It is a diminutive of Nine which is probably derived from Catharina. It is the given name of over 14,000 women in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Etymology
Nienke was originally a West Frisian name.[1] It is a diminutive, indicated by the suffix -ke, of the West Frisian name Nine.[2][3] Nine is probably a flattery form or children's form for the name Catharina, which comes from the Greek word καθαρός (katharós) meaning clean or pure.[4][5]
Popularity
As of 2017, Nienke was the first name of 12,515 women (0.1677%) and a middle name of 1,192 women (0.0161%) in the Netherlands.[6]
As of 2022, Nienke was the given name of 781 women in Belgium (0.0132%).[7][8]
People with the name
Nienke
People with the given name spelled Nienke include:
- Nienke Brinkman (born 1993), Dutch long-distance runner[9]
- Nienke Hommes (born 1977), Dutch rower[10]
- Nienke Kingma (born 1982), Dutch rower[11]
- Nienke Kremers (born 1985), Dutch field hockey player[12]
- Nienke Timmer (born 1998), Dutch track and field para-athlete[13]
- Nienke Vinke (born 2004), Dutch cyclist[14]
- Nienke Wasmus (born 1999), Dutch cyclist[15]
Nynke
People with the given name spelled Nynke include:
- Nynke Dekker (born 1971), a Dutch biophysicist[16]
- Nynke van Hichtum, pen name of Sjoukje Troelstra-Bokma de Boer (1860–1939), Dutch children's book author[17]
- Nynke Klopstra (born 1973), a Dutch judoka[18]
- Nynke Laverman (born 1980), a Dutch writer and performer[19]
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