Nienke is
Dutch feminine given name. It originated as a diminutive of ''Nine'', a
Frisian short form of
Catharina Catharina is a feminine given name, the Dutch and Swedish spelling of the name Catherine. In the Netherlands, people use a great number of short forms in daily life, including ''Carine'', ''Catelijne'', ''Cato'', ''Ina'', ''Ineke'', ''Kaat'', ''Kaat ...
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Nienke
at the Meertens Institute database of given names in the Netherlands. People with the name include:
* Nienke van Hichtum (1860–1939), Dutch children's author
* Nienke Hommes (born 1977), Dutch rower
* Nienke Kingma (born 1982), Dutch rower
* Nienke Kremers (born 1985), Dutch field hockey player
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Dutch feminine given names