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Borrowed from West Frisian Femke, a diminutive of Fem and Femme. These are hypocoristic versions of a longer name, perhaps Fredemar.[1]
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛm.kə/
- Hyphenation: Fem‧ke
Femke f
- a female given name
- ^ J. van der Schaar, Doreen Gerritsen (2010) “Femke”, in Gerrit Bloothooft, editor, Nederlandse Voornamenbank, Meertens Institute