Cees Explained

Cees
Pronunciation:in Dutch; Flemish keːs/
Gender:Male
Language:Dutch
Language origin:Latin
Origin:Cornelius
Derivation:Cornelis
Alternative Spelling:Kees
Footnotes:[1]

Cees (in Dutch; Flemish keːs/) is a Dutch masculine given name, a short form of Cornelis.[2] [3] Since, as in English, the letter "c" before "e" is normally pronounced pronounced as //s// in Dutch, the alternative spelling Kees is more common.

Notable people named Cees include:

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Norman, Teresa . World of Baby Names, A (Revised) . . New York . 2003 . 978-1-4406-2556-5 . 522378235 . 483 . 2018-12-18.
  2. Web site: Instituut . Meertens . NVB : voornaam Cees . Welkom bij het Meertens Instituut . nl . 2018-12-18.
  3. Book: Wendell, Evert . Waterman . Kees-Jan . Michelson . Gunther . "To Do Justice to Him & Myself": Evert Wendell's Account Book of the Fur Trade with Indians in Albany, New York, 1695–1726 . American Philosophical Society . Lightning rod press series . 2008 . 978-1-60618-912-2 . 244177127 . 2018-12-18 . 224 . ... In Dutch, Cees/Kees was (and is) a common derivation of Cornelus, Cornelis, and Cornelius..