Sjoukje Explained

Sjoukje
Pronunciation:	pronounced as /nl/
Gender:	Feminine
Language:	Dutch, West Frisian
Language origin:	West Frisian
Derived:	Sieuwe

Sjoukje (pronounced as /nl/) is a Dutch and West Frisian feminine given name. It is a diminutive derived from the West Frisian masculine name Sieuwe.^[1] As of 2017, Sjoukje was the first name of 3,706 women (0.0497%) and a middle name of 1,579 women (0.0214%) in the Netherlands;^[2] five municipalities in the province of Friesland had the highest percentages of women named Sjoukje (1.2764–1.5932%).^[3]

People named Sjoukje

People with the first name Femke include:

• Sjoukje Dijkstra (1942–2024), Dutch figure skater
• Sjoukje Smit-van 't Spijker (born 1950), Dutch singer known as Maggie MacNeal
• Sjoukje Troelstra-Bokma de Boer (1860–1939), Dutch writer known as Nynke van Hichtum^[4]

Notes and References

1. "Verklaring voornaam Sjoukje", Nederlandse Voornamenbank. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
2. "Populariteit voornaam Sjoukje", Nederlandse Voornamenbank. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
3. "Verspreiding voornaam Sjoukje", Nederlandse Voornamenbank. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
4. Janneke van der Veer, "Nynke van Hichtum" (in Dutch), Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur, October 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2024.