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Originally Posted by joefromchicago
DUTCH-AMERICAN NAMES (nameset 6)
2.5% of American population
The biggest hurdle here was handling names beginning with the place identifiers "van," "van de," and "van der." In general, "van" is a separate lower-case prefix (as in "van Buren"), while "van de" and "van der" are connected to the name (as in "Vanderbilt"). Other common spelling changes:
- "kk" changed to "ck" (e.g. "Dekker" changed to "Decker");
- final single letters following short vowels in single-syllable names doubled (e.g. "Stam" changed to "Stamm");
- "dijk" changed, in some cases, to "dyke."
Sources that I used include:
Some prominent Dutch-American ballplayers include:
- Kiki Cuyler
- Jim Kaat
- Justin Verlander
- Bert Blyleven
- Lenny Dykstra
- Andy Van Slyke
- Curt Schilling
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Just a very minor note:
I'm almost certain that the name Verlander is of Swedish origin, not Dutch and Schilling is a very common German name, may be Dutch too though.