Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Times change and so do names!


What's in a name? Your Age!

Times change and so do names. The Social Insurance Banks know the names of all newborns, as their parent's family allowances depend on them.

For the just completed year the "hit parade" of popular girl names is:
Sophie, Sanne, Lisa, Anna, Julia, Emma, Lieke, Fleur, Lotte, Eva, Iris, Anouk, Anne, Isa, Femke, Noa, Roos, Britt, Amber, Maud.

Over six decades ago, 1940 to be precise, this list was:
Maria, Johanna, Anna, Cornelia, Wilhelmina, Elisabeth, Catharina, Hendrika,Adriana, Petronella, Geertruida, Helena, Jacoba, Margaretha, Antonia,Aaltje, Theodora, Christina, Alida. and Grietje.

On the boys side we see today:
Sem, Daan, Thomas, Lars, Milan, Tim, Thijs, Jesse, Lucas, Sven, Stijn, Reuben, Bram, Luuk, Lucas, Max, Finn, Niels, Jan, Nick and Tom.

In their Grandparents days, the list was:

Johannes, Jan, Cornelis, Hendrik, Willem, Pieter, Wilhelmus, Petrus, Gerrit, Antonius, Jacobus, Gerardus, Adrianus, Hendricus, Franciscus, Theodorus, Johan, Jacob, Dirk Marinus and Govert.

My name ?: Geertruida Bertha Decock-Brussee
My husband: Regnerus Theodorus Decock aand so is his Dad's
Brothers: Dirk Govert, Govert Cornelis, Cornelis Dirk, Willem Adriana and Nicolaas
Sisters: Jacoba, Bertha Geertruida and Lijdia.
My Mothers name: Adriana Aaltje (Actually I love that,name!)
My Fathers name:: Govert Cornelis.

I am sure you were waiting for this information, hahaha!

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