Given name
Femke
Femke is a feminine given name from West Frisian. It is used in Dutch.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In French usage, Femke is a diminutive of FEM.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Femke through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Femke’s family of names
In French usage, Femke is a diminutive of FEM. In French usage, Femke has a related form in FAMKE. In Dutch usage, Femke is a diminutive of FEMME.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Femke
- Femke Broeders-BolDutch athletics competitorborn 2000
- Femke HalsemaDutch mayor of Amsterdam and former political leader of GroenLinksborn 1966
- Femke HeemskerkDutch swimmerborn 1987
- Femke KokDutch speed skaterborn 2000
- Femke DekkerDutch rower from the Netherlandsborn 1979
- Femke StoltenborgDutch volleyball playerborn 1991
- Femke WiersmaDutch politicianborn 1984
- Femke Maesassociation football playerborn 1980
- Femke PluimDutch athleteborn 1994
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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