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History of Dutch Given Names

The history of Dutch given names can roughly be divided in four main periods:

  1. The domination of Germanic names. (Migration Period and before until the high middle ages)
  2. The high middle ages, when Germanic-based personal names were losing ground to non-native holy names. (High middle ages until the Early Modern era)
  3. A period of stability, when a very strong naming habit emerged. (Early Modern era–1945)
  4. The post-World War II period, characterised by previously unknown personal names. (1945–Present)

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