Femke

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from West Frisian Femke, a diminutive of Fem and Femme. These are hypocoristic versions of a longer name, perhaps Fredemar.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛm.kə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Fem‧ke

Proper noun

Femke f

  1. a female given name

See also

References

  1. ^ J. van der Schaar, Doreen Gerritsen (2010), “Femke”, in Gerrit Bloothooft, editor, Nederlandse Voornamenbank, Meertens Institute
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