Pronunciation | Dutch: [ˈɕʌukjə] |
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Gender | Feminine |
Language(s) | Dutch, West Frisian |
Origin | |
Language(s) | West Frisian |
Other names | |
Derived | Sieuwe |
Sjoukje (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɕʌukjə] ) is a Dutch and West Frisian feminine given name. It is a diminutive derived from the West Frisian masculine name Sieuwe.[1] As of 2017, Sjoukje was the first name of 3,706 women (0.0497%) and a middle name of 1,579 women (0.0214%) in the Netherlands;[2] five municipalities in the province of Friesland had the highest percentages of women named Sjoukje (1.2764–1.5932%).[3]