One of the many problems of understanding Dutch records is knowing the meaning of their names. In the following pages you will find a list of first names and their English equivalents. Names that were spelled the same in Dutch records as in English records have not been included.

Dutch Name English Name
AaghieAgatha
AaghtAgatha
AagjeAgatha
AaltjeAdeline
AbegailAbigail
AddaAdeline
AdriaantjeAdrianna
AefjeEve
AefjeeEva
AeltieAdelina
AertArthur
AengenietjeAgnes
AgnietjeAgnes
AlanaHelen
AlbertusAlbert
AlettaAdela/Letitia
AnateAnn, Anne
AndriesAndrew
AneckeAnn, Anne
AngenetyeAgnes
AngieAnna, Nancy
AnitaAnn, Anne
AnnaatjeAnna, Nancy
AnnatjieAnn, Anne
AnnekenAnn
Annetje/Antje/AnnaatjeAnna/Hannah
AntieAnna
AntonettaAntoinette
AnytieAnn, Anne
ArentArthur
AriaantjeHarriet
AriantyeAdriana
Arie/ArienAaron/Adrian
ArienAaron, Adrian
ArlondArnold
ArnoutArnold
AselAsael
AssepoesterCiderella
BaachieBertha
BaefjeBeverly
Balt/BaltusBalthaser
BarberBarbara
BarentBernard(or Barney)
BartelBartholomew
BartholomeusBartholomew
BartjeBertha
BastiaanSebastian
BoudewynBaldwin
Beletje/BellaIsabella
BellArabella
BellaArabella
BengemenBenjamin
BetjeBetty
BaltjeElizabeth
BetsyElizabeth
BrechjeBridget
BregezieBridget
CalvijnCalvin
CarelCharles
CarlyCaroline
CarolyCaroline
CasparisJasper
CatalinaCatherine
CatalyntieCatherine
CatarinaCatherine
Catharina/CatalyntieCatherine
CatlyntieCatherine
CatrinaCatherine
CetjeCatherine
ChristiaanChristian
ChristinjeChristina
ChristoffelChristopher
ChristiaanChristian
ChristyntjeChristiana
ClaasjeClaudia
CornelisCornelius
DaamAdam
DenysDionysius
Derrick/Dirck/DirkRichard
DiewertjeDeborah
DirkjeDorothy
DivertjeDeborah
DorisTheodore
DriesAndrew
EduwartEdward
ElsjeAlice
EmmetjeEmma
EngeltjeAngelica
EvaEve
EpkeEgbert
ErnstErnest
EvertEverard
FemmetjePhebe
FransFrancis
FranscyntjeFrances/Fanny
Filips/FilipPhilip
FlorisFlorence
FloortjeFlora
FranscyntjeFrances / Fanny
FytjeSophia
GeertGeoffrey
Geertje/Giertje/GeertruydGertrude
GeesjeCharity/Grace
GerritGerard/Garret
GielMichael
Grietje/MargrietjeMargaret
Gillis/GellisGiles
Goris/JorisGeorge
GovertGodfrey
Gysbert/GyslbertGilbert
HansJack
HansjeJohanna
Hendrick/HenrickHenry
HendrickjeHenrietta/Harriet
HeyltjeHail
Hillegonda/HillegontHulda
HuygenHugh
Jaap/JapicJacob
JaapjeJacoba
JacobusJames
Jacaomyntje/JacominaJemima
JannetjeJane
JeronymusJerome
JillisGiles
Johanna/JannekenJoan
Johannes/JanJohn
JochemJoachim
JoostJustus
Joris/JurianGeorge
Josyntje/JosinaJustina
KarelCharles
Kasper/CasparJasper
Katryne/Kaatje/KatryntjeCatharine
KristiaanChristian
KlaartjeClara
Klaas/ClaesNicholas
Klaasje/KlasyneNicola
Krelis/Kees/KorisCornelius
KobusJames
Laurens/LouresLawrence
LeendertLeonard
Lieven/LieveLeo
Leentje/LenaHelena/Magdalena
Leonora/LenoorEleanor
LetjeLetitia
LodewykLudovicus
LotjeCharlotte
LukasLuke
Lysbet/LysjeElisabeth
MatthysMatthias
MewisBartholomew
MachtelMatilda
MargritjeMargaret
MarietjeMaria
MartyntjeMartena
Maria/Mariken/Marritje/
Marytje/Maartje/Maaicke
Mary
MetjeMartha
NaatjeAnna
NeeltjeNellie/Cornelia
NiesjeAgnes
Paulus/PowlesPaul
PaulyntjePaulena
PhilipPhilip
RoelofRalph
RoosjeRose
RutgertRoger
RykaardRichard
SaalSolomon
SaartjeSarah
SanderAlexander
Sanneke/Santje/SoeckeSusanna
StaatsEustice
StoffelChristopher
StyntjeChristiana
SytjeCynthia
TanneckeAnn
TannekenAnn
TeunisAnthony
TeunitjeAntonia
TeuntjeEunice
TheodorusTheodore
ThryntieCatherine
ThysMatthias
TieboutTheobold
TietjeLetitia
TonesAnthony
ToontjeAntonia
TreintjeCatherine
TruytjeGertrude
TryntjeCatharine
TymenTimothy
ThysMatthias
TeuntjeEunice
UrselUrsula
VinnieLavinia
VrouweteSophronia
WeartWiert
WientieLavinia
WilhelmyntieWilhemina
WillemWilliam
WillemfyeWilhemina
WouterWalter
WyncaLavinia
WyntjeLavina
WouterWalter
WillemWilliam
WillempjeWilhelmina
YacobesJames
YaennjeJane
YanacaJane
YdjeIda
YellisGiles
ZacariahZachary
ZaraSarah
ZephroniaSophronia
ZilphaZilla

From Munsell's "Annals of Albany" with emendations and additions.

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