History of Dutch Given Names
The history of Dutch given names can roughly be divided in four main periods:
- The domination of Germanic names. (Migration Period and before until the high middle ages)
- 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)
- A period of stability, when a very strong naming habit emerged. (Early Modern era–1945)
- The post-World War II period, characterised by previously unknown personal names. (1945–Present)
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