Dutch Origin Place Names

This is a list of place names in which the origin is Dutch. Dutch is the West Germanic language spoken in the Netherlands and Flanders.

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Aalst (Settlement) Dutch
Possibly from Germanic *alhs meaning "temple, shelter". This is the name of various towns in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Aarle (Settlement) Dutch
Meaning unknown. This is the name of various towns in the Netherlands.

Achthoven (Settlement) Dutch
Means "eight farmsteads" in Dutch. This is the name of various towns in the Netherlands.

Adrichem (Settlement) Dutch
Means "Adrik's home". This was the name of an estate and castle (demolished in 1812) that was formerly in North Holland, the Netherlands.

Altena (Settlement) Dutch
Possibly means "close, near" in Dutch. This is the name of a town in the Netherlands.

Amersfoort (Settlement) Dutch
Means "ford of the Amer (Eem) River" in Dutch. This is the name of a city in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Amstel (River) Dutch
Means "water place" in Dutch. This is the name of a river in the Netherlands, which lent its name to Amsterdam.

Amsterdam (Settlement) Dutch, English, German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish
Means "dam on the Amstel" in Dutch. This is the name of the capital city of the Netherlands, first mentioned with this name in the 13th century.

Andel (Settlement) Dutch
Possibly means "upper forest" in Old Dutch. This is the name of a town in North Brabant in the Netherlands.

Antwerp (Settlement) English
From Dutch Antwerpen, meaning uncertain, perhaps from Dutch werf meaning "wharf". This is the name of a city in Belgium.

Antwerpen (Settlement) Dutch, German, Luxembourgish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Bosnian
Dutch form of Antwerp, as well as the form in several other languages.

Anvers (Settlement) French
French form of Antwerp.

Apeldoorn (Settlement) Dutch
Means "apple tree" in Dutch. This is the name of a city in the Netherlands.

Arendonk (Settlement) Dutch
Derived from Dutch arend "eagle" and donk "hill". This is the name of a city in northern Belgium.

Asch (Settlement) Dutch
From Old Dutch ask meaning "ash tree". This is the name of a town in the Netherlands.

Assendorp (Settlement) Dutch
From Dutch es meaning "ash tree" (plural essen) and dorp meaning "village". This is the name of a city in the Netherlands.

Beers (Settlement) Dutch
Possibly from Dutch baar meaning "bar". This is the name of a town in the Netherlands (plus a smaller one in Frisia).

Buren (Settlement) Dutch
From Old Dutch bur "house, dwelling". This is a small town on the island of Ameland in the north of the Netherlands, as well as a small city in Gelderland.

Duitsland (Country) Dutch
Dutch form of Deutschland.

Estland (Country) German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish form of Estonia.

Flanders (Region) English
From Middle Dutch Vlander, from a Germanic root meaning "waterlogged", referring to the marshy landscape of Flanders. This is the name of the northern portion of Belgium.

Flandre (Region) French
French form of Flanders.

Frankrijk (Country) Dutch
Dutch cognate of Frankreich. This is the Dutch name for France.

Frankryk (Country) Afrikaans
Afrikaans form of Frankrijk.

Friesland (Region) Dutch
Dutch form of Frisia (using the suffix land).

Griekenland (Country) Dutch
From Dutch Griek "Greek" and land. This is the Dutch name for Greece.

Haanrade (Settlement) Dutch
From Dutch haan "rooster" and raad "advice". This is the name of a small village in the south of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands.

Hofwegen (Settlement) Dutch
From Dutch hof meaning "yard, court" and weg meaning "way, path, road". This is the name of a town in the Netherlands.

Holandia (Country) Polish
Polish form of Holland 1, referring to the entire country of the Netherlands.

Holandija (Country) Serbian
Serbian form of Holland 1, referring to the entire country of the Netherlands.

Holandiya (Country) Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of Holland 1, referring to the provinces and sometimes the entire country.

Holland 1 (Political Subdivision & Country) Dutch, English, German, Danish, Icelandic
From Old Dutch holt "forest" and lant "land". This is the name of two provinces (North and South Holland) in the Netherlands. It is sometimes informally used to refer to the entire country of the Netherlands.

Hollanda (Country) Turkish
Turkish form of Holland 1, referring to the entire country of the Netherlands.

Hollande (Political Subdivision & Country) French
French form of Holland 1, referring to the provinces and sometimes the entire country.

Kanne (Settlement) Dutch
Meaning unknown. This is the name of a town in the province of Limburg in Belgium.

Nederland (Country) Dutch, Norwegian
Dutch and Norwegian cognate of Netherlands.

Niderlandiya (Country) Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of Netherlands.

Niderlandy (Country) Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of Netherlands.

Niftrik (Settlement) Dutch
Meaning unknown. This is the name of a town in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.

Oirschot (Settlement) Dutch
Possibly from Dutch oeros meaning "aurochs" and schoot meaning "projection (of land)". This is the name of a town in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands.

Olanda (Political Subdivision & Country) Italian
Italian form of Holland 1, referring to the provinces and sometimes the entire country.

Pey (Settlement) Dutch
Meaning unknown. This is the name of a town in Limburg in the Netherlands.

Polen (Country) German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian form of Poland.

Rossum (Settlement) Dutch
From the older Rotheheim, derived from Dutch rothe "cleared area in a forest" and heim "home". This is the name of a town in Gelderland in the Netherlands.

Rusland (Country) Dutch, Danish
Dutch and Danish cognate of Russland.

Saudi-Arabië (Country) Dutch
Dutch form of Saudi Arabia.

Schoorl (Settlement) Dutch
From older Scoronlo, meaning "forest by the shore" in Dutch. This is the name of a town in the province of Noord-Holland in the Netherlands.

Schotland (Country) Dutch
Dutch form of Scotland.

Seeland (Political Subdivision & Country) German
German form of Zealand.

Slovenië (Country) Dutch
Dutch form of Slovenia.

Slowakije (Country) Dutch
Dutch form of Slovakia.

Slowakye (Country) Afrikaans
Afrikaans form of Slovakia.

Slowenië (Country) Afrikaans
Afrikaans form of Slovenia.

Somalië (Country) Dutch
Dutch form of Somalia.

Sweden (Country) English, Medieval Dutch
From Middle Dutch, ultimately from the Old Norse ethnic name Svíar "Swede", itself possibly from Proto-Norse Swihoniz meaning "one's own tribe". This is the name of a country in Northern Europe.

Thailand (Country) English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Combination of Thai and land. This is the name of a country in southeastern Asia, formerly called Siam.

Verenigde Staten (Country) Dutch
Dutch calque of United States (using the adjective verenigd meaning "united"). It is written with the definite article de.

Vlaanderen (Region) Dutch
Dutch form of Flanders.

Vlander (Region) Medieval Dutch
Middle Dutch form of Flanders.

Wieren (Settlement) Dutch
Means "seaweed" in Dutch. This is the name of towns in Frisia and other parts of the Netherlands.

Wit-Rusland (Country) Dutch
Means "white Russia", a Dutch calque of Belarus.

Zealand (Country) English, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
From Dutch Zeeland, from Middle Dutch Seelant, derived from see "sea" and lant "land". This is the name of a province in the western Netherlands (now typically called Zeeland in many languages). It is also borne by the country of New Zealand in the South Pacific, which was named by the Dutch in the 17th century.

Zeeland (Political Subdivision & Country) Dutch, English, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Dutch form of Zealand. Several other languages, including English, use this spelling to refer to the Dutch province (but not the country of New Zealand).

Zelanda (Political Subdivision & Country) Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Zealand.

Zélande (Political Subdivision & Country) French
French form of Zealand.

Zelândia (Political Subdivision & Country) Portuguese
Portuguese form of Zealand.

Zelandia (Political Subdivision & Country) Polish
Polish form of Zealand.

Zweden (Country) Dutch
Dutch form of Sweden.

Zwitserland (Country) Dutch
Dutch form of Switzerland.