# Dutch (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dutch/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | German |
| Meaning | “german”, “low german”, “dutch”, “of one’s people”, “people”, “native”, “endemic” |
| Pronunciation | /dʌt͡ʃ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,446 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,446 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

PIE word *tewtéh₂ From Middle English Duch (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Middle Low German dütsch, düdesch (“German, Low German, Dutch”) and Middle Dutch dūtsch, dūtsc (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of one’s people”), derived from *þeudō (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Doublet of Deutsch and Doitsu. Compare Middle English thedisch (“native, endemic”) from Old English þēodisċ (“of one’s people”), Old Saxon thiudisk (German Low German düütsch (“German”)), Old High German diutisc (modern German deutsch (“German”)), modern Dutch Duits (“German”) alongside elevated Diets (“Dutch”) (a secondary distinction, fully accepted only in the 19th century). See also Derrick, Teuton, Teutonic. The pejorative senses (Dutch courage, Dutch wife, Dutch uncle, etc.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 2,677 |
| 2012 | 55 | 2,337 |
| 2013 | 50 | 2,471 |
| 2014 | 38 | 3,001 |
| 2015 | 42 | 2,820 |
| 2016 | 43 | 2,798 |
| 2017 | 38 | 3,085 |
| 2018 | 51 | 2,519 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,066 |
| 2020 | 36 | 3,153 |
| 2021 | 30 | 3,671 |
| 2022 | 54 | 2,528 |
| 2023 | 43 | 2,911 |
| 2024 | 52 | 2,570 |
| 2025 | 55 | 2,458 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: هُولَنْدِيَّة
- Armenian: հոլանդերեն, նիդերլանդերեն
- Bulgarian: холандски
- Catalan: neerlandès, holandès, neerlandés, holandés
- Chinese: 荷蘭語 /荷兰语
- Czech: holandština, nizozemština
- Danish: hollandsk, nederlandsk
- Dutch: Nederlands
- Esperanto: nederlanda
- Estonian: hollandi
- Finnish: hollanti
- French: néerlandais, hollandais
- Georgian: ნიდერლანდური ენა, ჰოლანდიური ენა
- German: Niederländisch, Holländisch
- Greek: ολλανδικά
- Hebrew: הולנדית
- Hindi: डच
- Hungarian: holland
- Icelandic: hollenska
- Indonesian: bahasa Belanda

## People named Dutch

- Dutch Schultz, American mobster in the 1920s and 1930s
- Dutch Ruppersberger, American politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.