Sjoerd
Sjoerd is a Dutch masculine given name of West Frisian origin. It is derived via Sieuwerd from the Germanic Sigiward. Sjoerd gained some popularity as a baby name between 1975 and 2005. The spelling Sjoert is far less common.
Notable people named Sjoerd
- Sjoerd Ars, Dutch footballer
- Sjoerd Bax, Dutch cyclist
- Sjoerd De Jong, Dutch/Belgian video game level designer
- Pieter Sjoerd Gerbrandy, Dutch politician of the Anti Revolutionary Party
- Sjoerd van Ginneken, Dutch racing cyclist
- Sjoerd Hamburger, Dutch rower who competes in the single scull
- Sjoerd Hoekstra, Dutch rower
- Sjoerd Hofstra, Dutch sociologist and anthropologist working in Africa
- Sjoerd Hoogendoorn, Dutch volleyball player
- Sjoerd Huisman, Dutch marathon speed skater
- Sjoerd Janssen, Dutch electronic dance musician, half of the Showtek duo
- Sjoerd Joustra, Dutch architect
- Sjoerd Koppert, Dutch-born recording engineer and producer now based in California
- Sjoerd Kuyper, Dutch poetry and prose writer
- Sjoerd Marijne, Dutch field hockey player and coach
- Sjoerd Bertus Mooi Wilten, Dutch swimmer
- Sjoerd Overgoor, Dutch footballer
- Sjoerd Potters, Dutch VVD politician
- Georges (Sjoerd) Romme, Dutch professor in organizational theory
- Sjoerd de Roos, Dutch type designer, book cover designer and artist
- Sjoerd Wiemer Sjoerdsma, Dutch diplomat and politician
- Sjoerd Soeters, Dutch postmodern architect
- Sjoerd Vollebregt, Dutch sports sailor
- Sjoerd Wartena, Dutch rower
- Sjoerd Wiarda, the fifteenth potestaat of Friesland, now a province of the Netherlands
- Sjoerd Winkens, Dutch footballer
- Sjoerd van Ginneken, Dutch racing cyclist
Notable people with variants of the name
- Sjoerdje Faber, Dutch long-distance speed skater
- Sjoert Brink, Dutch bridge player