Cees

Cees

Pronunciation	Dutch: [keːs]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Dutch
Origin
Language(s)	Latin
Word/name	Cornelius
Derivation	Cornelis
Other names
Alternative spelling	Kees
[1]

Cees (Dutch: [keːs]) is a Dutch masculine given name, a short form of Cornelis.[2][3] Since, as in English, the letter "c" before "e" is normally pronounced /s/ in Dutch, the alternative spelling Kees is more common.

Notable people named Cees include:

• Cees Andriesse (born 1939), Dutch physicist and historian of science
• Cees Bal (born 1951), Dutch cyclist
• Cees Berkhouwer (1919–1992), Dutch VVD politician
• Cees van Bladel (born 1962), Dutch sports sailor
• Cees Bol (born 1995), Dutch cyclist
• Cees van Bruchem (born 1950), Dutch politician
• Cees Dekker (born 1959), Dutch biophysicist
• Cees Doorakkers (born 1963), Dutch motorcycle road racer
• Cees van Dongen (1932–2011), Dutch motorcycle road racer
• Cees van Espen (born 1938), Dutch road cyclist
• Cees Geel (born 1965), Dutch television, radio and film actor
• Cees Gravesteijn (born 1928), Dutch canoer
• Cees Groot (1932–1988), Dutch footballer
• Cees Haast (1938–2019), Dutch cyclist
• Cees Hamelink (born 1940), Dutch communication scientist
• Cees Heerschop (1935–2014), Dutch footballer
• Cees Helder (born 1948), Dutch chef
• Cees Jan Diepeveen (born 1956), Dutch biophysicist
• Cees Juffermans (born 1982), Dutch short track speed skater
• Cees Keizer (born 1986), Dutch footballer
• Cees van der Knaap (born 1951), Dutch CDA politician
• Cees Koch (1925–2024), Dutch canoer
• Cees Koch (1936–2021), Dutch discus thrower and shot putter
• Cees van Kooten (1948–2015), Dutch footballer
• Cees Krijnen (born 1969), Dutch contemporary artist
• Cees Kurpershoek (born 1943), Dutch sports sailor
• Cees Lagrand (born 1936), Dutch canoer
• Cees van der Leeuw (1890–1973), Dutch artist
• Cees Lok (born 1966), Dutch footballer
• Cees Maas (born 1947), Dutch chief financial officer
• Cees Nooteboom (born 1933), Dutch novelist, poet, and journalist
• Cees Paauwe (born 1977), Dutch football goalkeeper
• Cees Priem (born 1950), Dutch cyclist
• Cees van Riel (born 1951), Dutch organizational theorist
• Cees Schapendonk (born 1955), Dutch footballer
• Cees See (1934–1985), Dutch jazz drummer
• Cees Stam (born 1945), Dutch track cyclist
• Cees Timmer (1903–1978), Dutch artist
• Cees Toet (born 1987), Dutch footballer
• Cees Veerman (1943–2014), Dutch singer, composer and guitarist
• Cees Veerman (born 1949), Dutch CDA politician
• Cees Vervoorn (born 1960), Dutch swimmer
• Cees de Vreugd (1952–1998), Dutch strongman and powerlifter
• Cees Jan Winkel (born 1962), Dutch swimmer
• Cees de Wolf (1945–2011), Dutch footballer

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Cees
• All pages with titles containing Cees
• Kees (given name)
• Kees (surname)
• CEES (disambiguation)

References

1. Norman, Teresa (2003). World of Baby Names, A (Revised). New York: Penguin Publishing Group. p. 483. ISBN 978-1-4406-2556-5. OCLC 522378235. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
2. Instituut, Meertens. "NVB : voornaam Cees". Welkom bij het Meertens Instituut (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-12-18.
3. Wendell, Evert; Waterman, Kees-Jan; Michelson, Gunther (2008). "To Do Justice to Him & Myself": Evert Wendell's Account Book of the Fur Trade with Indians in Albany, New York, 1695–1726. Lightning rod press series. American Philosophical Society. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-60618-912-2. OCLC 244177127. Retrieved 2018-12-18. ... In Dutch, Cees/Kees was (and is) a common derivation of Cornelus, Cornelis, and Cornelius.