Given name & surname
Dutch
“from the Netherlands”
Dutch is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “from the Netherlands.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “from the Netherlands.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
From Middle English Duch (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Middle Low German dütsch, from Middle Dutch dutsch, from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of one’s people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1903. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dutch through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,446
- 1,446 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 55 babies
- 2025
- 55
- #2,458 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 55 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,458 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,104 as a first name in 2020; 794 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dutch’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Dutch has a diminutive in Evert.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Evertdiminutive · Dutch
- Van Loanvariant
- Van Blarcomvariant
- Van Devendervariant
- Koorsvariant
- Devossvariant
- Liversvariant
- Vanderlipvariant
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Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dutch
- Dutch SchultzAmerican mobster in the 1920s and 1930s1901–1935
- Dutch RuppersbergerAmerican politicianborn 1946
- Dutch BoydAmerican poker player (born 1980)
- Dutch SchaeferAmerican racing driver (1915-1978)
- Dutch DehnertAmerican basketball player-coach (1898-1979)
- Dutch HendrianAmerican football player (1896-1953)
- Dutch LeonardAmerican baseball player (1892-1952)
- Dutch LeonardAmerican baseball player (1909-1983)
- Dutch SavageAmerican professional wrestler (1935–2013)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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