Nienke
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Nienke (), also spelled Nynke, is Dutch and West Frisian feminine given name of West Frisian origin. It is a diminutive of Nine which is probably derived from Catharina. It is the given name of over 14,000 women in the Netherlands and Belgium.
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- Nienke
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- N520
- Cologne phonetics
- 664
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- NNK111
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- Dutch
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- Nienke (given name)
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Nienke (), also spelled Nynke, is Dutch and West Frisian feminine given name of West Frisian origin. It is a diminutive of Nine which is probably derived from Catharina. It is the given name of over 14,000 women in the Netherlands and Belgium.
==Etymology== Nienke was originally a West Frisian name. It is a diminutive, indicated by the suffix , of the West Frisian name Nine. Nine is probably a flattery form or children's form for the name Catharina, which comes from the Greek word () meaning clean or pure.
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