Kees (given name)

Kees

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

Kees is a masculine nickname, contracted (shortened) name, or given name common in the Netherlands,[2] originally derived from the name Cornelis.[3] An alternate spelling is Cees.[4]

Notable people with the given name Kees include:

• Kees van Baaren (1906–1970), Dutch composer and teacher
• Kees Bakels (born 1945), Dutch conductor
• Kees Blom (born 1946), Dutch ecologist
• Kees Bol (1916–2009), Dutch painter and art educator
• Kees Broekman (1927–1992), Dutch speed skater
• Kees Brusse (1925–2013), Dutch actor and film director
• Kees Bruynzeel (1900–1980), Dutch businessman, timber merchant and yachtsman
• Kees van Dongen 1877–1968, Dutch-French painter
• Kees Fens (1929–2009), Dutch writer, essayist and literary critic
• Kees Hengeveld (born 1957), Dutch linguist
• Kees Kist (born 1952), Dutch footballer
• Kees van Kooten (born 1941), Dutch comedian, television actor and author
• Kees Kwakman (born 1983), Dutch footballer
• Kees Luyckx (born 1986), Dutch footballer
• Kees Maks (1876–1967), Dutch painter
• Kees Meeuws (born 1974), New Zealand rugby union prop
• Kees Moeliker (born 1960), Dutch biologist
• Kees Ouwens (1944–2004), Dutch novelist and poet
• Kees Pijl (1897–1976), Dutch footballer
• Kees van Prooijen (born 1952), Dutch artist and musicologist
• Kees Rietveld (born 1969), Dutch singer, known as Georgie Davis
• Kees Rijvers, (1926–2024), Dutch footballer
• Kees Schouhamer Immink (born 1946), Dutch scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur
• Kees van der Spek [nl] (born 1964), Dutch journalist
• Kees van der Staaij (born 1968), Dutch politician
• Kees Teer (1925–2021), Dutch electrical engineer
• Kees Pier Tol, (born 1958), Dutch footballer
• Kees Tol (footballer) (born 1987), Dutch footballer
• Kees Torn (born 1967), Dutch text writer and comedy performer
• Kees Vendrik (born 1963), Dutch politician
• Kees Smit (born 2006), Dutch footballer
• Kees Verkade (1941–2020), Dutch artist and sculptor
• Kees Verkerk (born 1942), Dutch speed skater
• Kees Versteegh (born 1947), Dutch linguist
• Kees Zwamborn (born 1952), Dutch footballer

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Kees
• All pages with titles containing Kees
• Cees
• Kees (surname)
• Yankee

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 Kees". Welkom bij het Meertens Instituut (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-12-18.
3. van Osta, Ward (2012). Met naam en toenaam: voornamen, familienamen en bekende merknamen (in Dutch). Antwerpen/Apeldoorn: Garant. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-90-441-2931-1. OCLC 803366714. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
4. 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.