Kees (given name) explained

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

Kees (in Dutch; Flemish keːs/) is a masculine nickname, contracted (shortened) name, or given name common in the Netherlands,^[2] originally derived from the name Cornelis.^[3] An alternate spelling is Cees.^[4]

Notable people with the given name Kees include:

• Kees van Dongen 1877–1968, Dutch-French painter
• Kees van Baaren (1906–1970), Dutch composer and teacher
• Kees Bakels (born 1945), Dutch conductor
• Kees Blom (born 1946), Dutch ecologist
• Kees Bol (1916–2009), Dutch painter and art educator
• Kees Broekman (1927–1992), Dutch speed skater
• Kees Brusse (1925–2013), Dutch actor and film director
• Kees Bruynzeel (1900–1980), Dutch businessman, timber merchant and yachtsman
• Kees Fens (1929–2009), Dutch writer, essayist and literary critic
• Kees Kist (born 1952), Dutch footballer
• Kees van Kooten (born 1941), Dutch comedian, television actor and author
• Kees Kwakman (born 1983), Dutch footballer
• Kees Luyckx (born 1986), Dutch footballer
• Kees Maks (1876–1967), Dutch painter
• Kees Meeuws (born 1974), New Zealand rugby union prop
• Kees Moeliker (born 1960), Dutch biologist
• Kees Ouwens (1944–2004), Dutch novelist and poet
• Kees Pijl (1897–1976), Dutch footballer
• Kees van Prooijen (born 1952), Dutch artist and musicologist
• Kees Rietveld (born 1969), Dutch singer, known as Georgie Davis
• Kees Rijvers, (1926–2024), Dutch footballer
• Kees Schouhamer Immink (born 1946), Dutch scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur
• Kees Smit (1940-2023) Dutch - Canadian, mechanic, painter, reader, joke-ster
• Kees van der Staaij (born 1968), Dutch politician
• Kees Teer (1925–2021), Dutch electrical engineer
• Kees Pier Tol, (born 1958), Dutch footballer
• Kees Tol (footballer) (born 1987), Dutch footballer
• Kees Torn (born 1967), Dutch text writer and comedy performer
• Kees Vendrik (born 1963), Dutch politician
• Kees Smit (born 2006), Dutch footballer
• Kees Verkade (1941–2020), Dutch artist and sculptor
• Kees Verkerk (born 1942), Dutch speed skater
• Kees Versteegh (born 1947), Dutch linguist
• Kees Zwamborn (born 1952), Dutch footballer
• Kees van der Spek (born 1964), Dutch journalist

See also

• • • Cees
• Kees (surname)
• Yankee

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 Kees . Welkom bij het Meertens Instituut . nl . 2018-12-18.
3. Book: van Osta, Ward . Ward van Osta . Met naam en toenaam: voornamen, familienamen en bekende merknamen . . Antwerpen/Apeldoorn . 2012 . 978-90-441-2931-1 . 803366714 . nl . 46–47 . 2018-12-18.
4. 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..