Renske () is a

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feminine

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Etymology

Renske was originally derived from the masculine name Emerentius or

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Popularity

In the Netherlands, the popularity of the name Renske peaked in 1984 with 170 newborns and again in 2008 with 228 newborns. In 2017, Renske was the first name of 7,466 women (0.1001%) and the middle name of 1,576 women (0.0213%) in the Netherlands; the municipality of

Ferwerderadiel Ferwerderadiel () is a former Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. Its official name is West Frisian language, West Frisian, the Dutch name is Ferwerderadeel (). In 2019 it merged with the munici ...

had the highest percentage of women named Renske (1.2474%).Verspreiding voornaam Renske
(in Dutch), ''Nederlandse Voornamenbank'',

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. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

People named Renske

People with the first name Renske include: *

Renske van Beek Renske van Beek (born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch para-snowboarder in the SB-LL2 category. Life and career Van Beek sustained a cerebral infarction when she was ten, which left her paralyzed on one side. She started snowboarding because skiin ...

(born 1989), Dutch para-snowboarder *

Renske Endel Renske Endel (born 13 July 1983, Noord-Scharwoude) is a Dutch former artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fé ...

(born 1983), Dutch artistic gymnast *

Renske Leijten Renske Maria Leijten (born 17 March 1979) is a Dutch politician of the Socialist Party (SP), who was a member of the House of Representatives between 2006 and 2023. Biography Leijten studied Dutch language and literature at the University of G ...

(born 1979), Dutch politician *

Renske Stoltz Renske Stoltz is a South African netball player. Early life Stoltz was born in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga before shifting with her family to Rustenburg, North West. She has played netball for the past seventeen years and attended Hoërskool Rustenb ...

(born 1994), South African netball player *

Renske Vellinga Renske Vellinga (26 October 1974, Heerenveen – 19 February 1994, Sneek) was a speed skater from the Netherlands, who won a bronze and a silver medal at the 1993 Dutch Single Distance Championships. Death A year later she died when she drove ...

(1974–1994), Dutch speed skater

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