Surname

Feenstra

Feenstra is a surname from West Frisian. It is used in English and West Frisian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Feenstra comes from West Frisian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From West Frisian Feenstra.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Feenstra’s family of names

In Greek usage, Feenstra as a surname is a transliteration of Φεένστρα.

Walk Feenstra’s family in the name graph

FeenstraΦεένστραVeenstra

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Feenstra has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its West Frisian roots to each of them.

West Frisian

2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Dutch

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Germanic

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“dike”

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83% boys · 17% girls

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