Given name & surname · also West Frisian
Nienke
“pure”
Nienke is a feminine given name, possibly from West Frisian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Dutch.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nienke possibly goes back to a word meaning “pure.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Nienke possibly comes from West Frisian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Dutch usage, Nienke is a diminutive of Catharina. In Dutch usage, Nienke developed from Αἰκατερίνη.
Nienke’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Nienke is a diminutive of Catharina. In Dutch usage, Nienke shares a linguistic root with the English form Catherine. In Dutch usage, Nienke has a related form in NYNKE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nienke
- Nienke KingmaDutch rowerborn 1982
- Nienke van HichtumFrisian Dutch children's author (1860–1939)
- Nienke HommesDutch rowerborn 1977
- Nienke BrinkmanDutch marathon runnerborn 1993
- Nienke VinkeDutch cyclistborn 2004
- Nienke VeenhovenDutch cyclistborn 2004
- Nienke BrinkhuisDutch actor and film actorborn 1971
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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