Nienke
Nienke, also spelled Nynke, is Dutch and West Frisian feminine given name of West Frisian origin. It is a diminutive of Nine which is probably derived from Catharina. 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, indicated by the suffix -ke, of the West Frisian name Nine. Nine is probably a flattery form or children's form for the name Catharina, which comes from the Greek word καθαρός meaning clean or pure.Popularity
As of 2017, Nienke was the first name of 12,515 women and a middle name of 1,192 women in the Netherlands.As of 2022, Nienke was the given name of 781 women in Belgium.
People with the name
Nienke
People with the given name spelled Nienke include:- Nienke Brinkman, Dutch long-distance runner
- Nienke Hommes, Dutch rower
- Nienke Kingma, Dutch rower
- Nienke Kremers, Dutch field hockey player
- Nienke Timmer, Dutch track and field para-athlete
- Nienke Vinke, Dutch cyclist
- Nienke Wasmus, Dutch cyclist
Nynke
- Nynke Dekker, a Dutch biophysicist
- Nynke van Hichtum, pen name of Sjoukje Troelstra-Bokma de Boer, Dutch children's book author
- Nynke Klopstra, a Dutch judoka
- Nynke Laverman, a Dutch writer and performer