
Talking about the Dutch's name would have never been interesting to me if an International Office staff didn't tell me that Dutch name has its own history. The way Dutch gives name has begun since early 18th century. They have voornaam for first name and achternaam for last name or family name.
Despite the history, I found Dutch name is quiet unique (to avoid the word funny) meaning. I don't mean to make a mock or payback because they consider I have strange name, but anyway it remains intriguing for me to know more about their names. Take for an example; Hans van Amsterdam which means Hans who is originally from Amsterdam. He probably got the name because his ancestors moved from Amsterdam to other cities and consider the name of his hometown would probably good and distinguishing for being a name. Well, such a name could still be accepted for me. But, there is a hilarious achternaam; naahtgeboren which means you were naked when you were born. Of course everybody is naked when they are born, aren't they? There are also some last names which force me to smile. There are also names Doosje which means box, or schoen which means shoes, or Potlood which means pencil. I can hardly think what my name would sound like if there is a pencil after it. "Yuhendra Pencil" that must be a great joke for my friends.
So, if Shakespeare onced asked "what's in a name?" Dutch must have perfect answers. They got some tools in their names. Anyhow, it is great to have meaning in their names, while I don't have any.
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