Once you get back far enough, names don’t quite work the way they do today. For example, I don’t quite have the details, but somehow families followed the female name at some point. They didn’t use “first names” and “last names” like we do, so it gets confusing. For example, one male child was named “Bote”. His father’s name was Jacob Botes. But from what I can put together, this is a list of first names for the Dutch relatives I have.
Male names from the Dutch family tree:
Wopko
Gerret
Wobbe
Pieter Alberts
Lieuwe
Hijlke
Sweitse
Staas
Eelke
Douwe
Jacob Botes
Bote
Jan
Female Names from the Dutch family tree:
Cena
Trienje
Lieuwkje
Mathilda
Antje
Tilke
Janke
Lijsbeth
Tjietje
Grietje
Bootje
Rinske
Lysbet
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