Diane - I'm not sure about naming patterns specifically, but Donna Ristenbatt has some Holland Dutch information on her site: http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy/index.html\ Jan Huyers wrote: > > It's been a while since I read it and don't remember precisely which > page, but I know I found a very comprehensive explanation somewhere on > the following site: > > http://www.vinkel.nu/hollandnet/idx_genea_en.html > > Diane Huyer