Girl · Frisian
Femke
Say it: FEM-kuh
Meaning
Frisian and Dutch; a diminutive whose underlying name is uncertain (often linked to the Frisian man's name Femme, itself of unclear origin).
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Spread from Friesland across the Netherlands from the 1970s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 5 babies given this name since 1999
- At its height in 1999, about 1 in 354,700 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Femke Halsema, mayor of Amsterdam
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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