About male renaissance names
How male renaissance names are built
A name pairs a period given name with a surname, drawing on 361 male and 145 female given names against a shared 490-entry surname bank. Quijring Renghers is a male given name plus surname; Adriana Gileijnssen is the female version; Tryntgen van Damme is another female draw.
Quijring Renghers
Quijring (male given) + Renghers (surname)
Adriana Gileijnssen
Adriana (female given) + Gileijnssen (surname)
Tryntgen van Damme
Tryntgen (female given) + van Damme (surname)
Naming notes
The banks store early-modern Dutch spellings as stored, including -tgen and -ssen endings and the ij pairing, and surnames include particle forms (van Damme, de Goede). The male given-name bank is more than twice the female one, so men's forenames vary more, while the 490-entry surname bank is shared by both. Use this as a Dutch Golden Age label.
Questions about male renaissance names
- How is a full name assembled?
- A given name from the 361-entry male or 145-entry female bank is paired with one of 490 shared surnames, giving combinations like Adriana Gileijnssen or Tryntgen van Damme.
- Why do the spellings look unfamiliar?
- The banks keep the spellings as stored, including -tgen and -ssen endings and the ij pairing, which is what gives the set its early-modern look.
- Why do men's given names vary more?
- The male given bank holds 361 entries against 145 female, so across many draws the men's forenames spread wider than the women's.