Aaltje
given name · Western Frisian · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Aaltje is a given name, most frequently recorded in the Netherlands. It appears chiefly in Western Frisian and Dutch, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: diminutive of aal.
- NLNetherlands1 in 966◐
- DKDenmark1 in 511K
- DEGermany1 in 1.5M
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Meaning & origin●
diminutive of aal
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | 125,178 | 99% |
| US United States | 436 | 1% |
| DE Germany | 79 | 1% |
| AU Australia | 74 | 1% |
| DK Denmark | 52 | 1% |
≈125,819 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Western Frisian57K45%
- Dutch35K28%
- English33K26%
- German3121%
- French721%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Western Frisian | 57,354 | 45% |
| Dutch | 35,440 | 28% |
| English | 32,506 | 26% |
| German | 312 | 1% |
| French | 72 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Aaltje is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Low German, Dutch, and Frisian: pet form derived from Aalt , a contracted form of ADELHEID .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name●
- Aaltje Noordewier-Reddingiusb. 1868NLDutch classical soprano (1868-1949)
- Aaltje Reedersb. 1899NLDutch Righteous Among the Nations
- Aaltje Bergsmab. 1905NLDutch Righteous Among the Nations
- Aaltje van den Elstb. 1905NLDutch Righteous Among the Nations
- Aaltje Wildenbeestb. 1912NLDutch Righteous Among the Nations
- Aaltje Apolb. 1919NLDutch Righteous Among the Nations
- Marianne Timmerb. 1974NLnot in their usual nameDutch speed skater
- Aaltje BroeninkNLDutch Righteous Among the Nations
- Aaltje DekkerNLDutch Righteous Among the Nations
- Aaltje LeegsmaNLDutch Righteous Among the Nations
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 16 sources across 11 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 18 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Aaltje?
- Our records include 125,819 bearers of Aaltje across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Aaltje have the most bearers?
- Aaltje is most frequently recorded in the Netherlands.
- Is Aaltje a male or female name?
- Aaltje is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Aaltje mean?
- Recorded meaning: diminutive of aal
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Aaltje”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.