Roll call: Mr Poepjes (Little Poops), Mrs Naaktgeboren (Born Naked), Mr Muis (Mouse), and Ms Gekkehuis (madhouse). No, this isn’t a children’s picture book. These are very real Dutch surnames. So how ...

Dutch surnames are often found not only in the Netherlands, but around the world too. Some of the typical Dutch names and surnames appear in other countries such as Belgium, South Africa, Australia ...

A proposal to stop a child from automatically receiving their father’s surname has received a majority in the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer). This means children in the Netherlands can have ...

In two separate cases in Groningen and elsewhere in the Netherlands, mothers seeking to give their children a combined surname under a recent law say they were blocked when the fathers refused consent ...

Parents of children born on or after January 29, 2019 will be able to give their offspring both surnames, expanding draft legislation to make double barreled names an option. Legal protection minister ...

On 8 April 2026, Dr Lorena Sosa participated as an academic expert in the roundtable organised by the Standing Committee on Justice and Security of the Dutch House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer), ...