How are surnames starting with van or van der handled?

Such surnames are stored as single multi-word entries in the surname slot (for example van Heerden, van der Linde), so the whole string is drawn and placed together rather than split.

Are these real Afrikaner names?

Yes. The banks were rebuilt from given names and surnames in the Afrikaner category tree on Wikipedia, ranked by how often each is attested, so every entry is a name a real person carried.

Can I use the results freely?

Names themselves are facts and are not copyrightable. The list selection and pairing are ours, so you can name characters, businesses or places without attribution.

Female Afrikaans Names · Afrikaans Name Generator

About female afrikaans names

How female afrikaans names are built

An Afrikaans name joins a gendered given name to a surname from a shared 219-entry pool. The male bank holds 114 forenames and the female bank 205. A male pull pairs a men's forename with a surname (Ruan van Heerden, Fabunni van der Linde) and a female pull pairs a women's forename with one (Lindia Swanepoel).

Ruan van Heerden
Ruan + van Heerden
male given name plus multi-word surname
Lindia Swanepoel
Lindia + Swanepoel
female given name plus surname
Fabunni van der Linde
Fabunni + van der Linde
male given name plus multi-word surname

Sourced from Afrikaner people, given-name and surname categories (English Wikipedia) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Naming notes

This is a South African label set. Some surname entries are stored as multi-word strings (van Heerden, van der Linde) and travel as one unit in the slot. Diacritics are preserved as stored. The female bank (205) is larger than the male bank (114), and both feed the same 219-entry surname slot, sampled independently.

Questions about female afrikaans names

How are surnames starting with van or van der handled?: Such surnames are stored as single multi-word entries in the surname slot (for example van Heerden, van der Linde), so the whole string is drawn and placed together rather than split.
Are these real Afrikaner names?: Yes. The banks were rebuilt from given names and surnames in the Afrikaner category tree on Wikipedia, ranked by how often each is attested, so every entry is a name a real person carried.
Can I use the results freely?: Names themselves are facts and are not copyrightable. The list selection and pairing are ours, so you can name characters, businesses or places without attribution.