Aaltje

Girl · Germanic, through Dutch

Aaltje

Say it: AHL-tyuh

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Meaning

Dutch diminutive of Aleida (Adelheid), from Germanic adal 'noble'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Noble

A common name in Dutch parish registers of the 17th–19th centuries.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

Used by

Dutch

The family of the name

Other spellings: Aaltjen

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Where this comes from

Parish baptism registers

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