About male frisian names
How male frisian names are built
A Frisian name joins a gendered given name to a surname from a shared 300-entry pool. The male bank and female bank each hold 1200 forenames. The male pattern is a male forename plus surname (Bearnt Duursma, Doede Snijder) and the female pattern a female forename plus surname (Gysje Wagenaar, Hindrikje van der Goot).
Bearnt Duursma
Bearnt + Duursma
male forename plus surname
Gysje Wagenaar
Gysje + Wagenaar
female forename plus surname
Hindrikje van der Goot
Hindrikje + van der Goot
female forename plus multi-word surname
Naming notes
This is a regional label set for Friesland. Some surname entries are stored as multi-word strings (van der Goot, de Hoop) and travel as one unit. The given-name banks are very large at 1200 each against a 300-entry surname pool, so first names vary far more than surnames. Forename and surname are sampled independently.
Questions about male frisian names
- How is a full Frisian name assembled?
- A given name from the 1200-entry male or female bank is paired with a surname from the shared 300-entry pool, giving a two-part name such as Gysje Wagenaar.
- Why does the first name change more than the surname?
- The given-name banks hold 1200 entries each against 300 surnames, so the generator cycles through surnames faster than first names.
- How are multi-word surnames stored?
- Surnames such as van der Goot are kept as single entries in the surname slot, so the full string is drawn and placed together rather than broken across slots.