Dutch
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and West Frisian feminine given name of West Frisian origin. It is a
diminutive
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of Nine which is probably derived from
Catharina Catharina is a feminine given name, the Dutch and Swedish spelling of the name Catherine. In the Netherlands, people use a great number of short forms in daily life, including ''Carine'', ''Catelijne'', ''Cato'', ''Ina'', '' Ineke'', ''Kaat'', ''K ...
. It is the given name of over 14,000 women in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Etymology
Nienke was originally a West Frisian name. It is a
diminutive
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, indicated by the
suffix
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, of the West Frisian name Nine. Nine is probably a flattery form or children's form for the name
Catharina Catharina is a feminine given name, the Dutch and Swedish spelling of the name Catherine. In the Netherlands, people use a great number of short forms in daily life, including ''Carine'', ''Catelijne'', ''Cato'', ''Ina'', '' Ineke'', ''Kaat'', ''K ...
, which comes from the Greek word () meaning clean or pure.
Popularity
As of 2017, Nienke was the first name of 12,515 women (0.1677%) and a
middle name
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of 1,192 women (0.0161%) in the Netherlands.
As of 2022, Nienke was the given name of 781 women in Belgium (0.0132%).
People with the name
Nienke
People with the given name spelled Nienke include:
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Nienke Brinkman
Nienke Brinkman (; born 28 October 1993) is a Dutch long-distance runner, both on the road as well as on trails. She won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 2022 European Athletics Championships, which was her first international medal, and ...
(born 1993), Dutch long-distance runner
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Nienke Hommes
Nienke Hommes (; born 20 February 1977 in Haarlem
Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English language, English) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the ...
(born 1977), Dutch rower
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Nienke Kingma
Nienke Kingma (; born 12 February 1982 in Driebergen) is a rower from the Netherlands.
Kingma took part in the World Championships of 2006 in the fours finishing fifth in Eton. A year later at the World Championships in Munich she was par ...
(born 1982), Dutch rower
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Nienke Kremers
Nienke Kremers (; born 21 February 1985 in Eindhoven, North Brabant) is a Dutch field hockey
Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hoc ...
(born 1985), Dutch field hockey player
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Nienke Timmer
Nienke Timmer (; born 10 February 1998) is a Dutch Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. She competes in 100 and 200 metres sprinting events for T35-classified athletes. She won the bronze medal in the women's 100 metres T35 event at the 20 ...
(born 1998), Dutch track and field para-athlete
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Nienke Vinke
Nienke Vinke (born 22 June 2004) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Major results Road
;2021
: 2nd Road race, National Junior Championships
: 5th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie
: 6th O ...
(born 2004), Dutch cyclist
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Nienke Wasmus
Nienke Wasmus (; born 23 October 1999) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mounta ...
(born 1999), Dutch cyclist
Nynke
People with the given name spelled Nynke include:
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Nynke Dekker
Nynke Hester Dekker (; born 2 April 1971) is a Dutch biophysicist who since 2024 has been Professor of Biophysics at the Department of Physics, University of Oxford. Before this she was Professor of Molecular Biophysics at the Kavli Institute of ...
(born 1971), a Dutch biophysicist
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Nynke van Hichtum
Sjoukje Maria Diderika Troelstra-Bokma de Boer (; 13 February 1860 – 9 January 1939), better known under her pseudonym Nienke van Hichtum (), was a well-known Frisian Dutch children's author and translator. Van Hichtum wrote books and storie ...
, pen name of Sjoukje Troelstra-Bokma de Boer (1860–1939), Dutch children's book author
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Nynke Klopstra
Nynke Klopstra (; born 5 April 1973) is a Dutch former judoka. She won a bronze medal at the 2004 European Judo Championships in Budapest in the 48 kg class. In this class she won six consecutive Dutch National Championships from 1998 unti ...
Het Parool
''Het Parool'' () is an Amsterdam-based daily newspaper. It was first published on 10 February 1941 as a resistance paper during the German occupation of the Netherlands (1940–1945). In English, its name means ''The Password'' or ''The Motto' ...