When Boy Korstjens was born on 15 September 1876, in North Holland, Netherlands, his father, Jacobus Simon Korstjens, was 27 and his mother, Martina Bergman, was 23. He died on 15 September 1876, in his hometown, at the age of 0.
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1849–1900 Male
1853–1882 Female
1876–1876 Male
1881–1970 Female
Originally a Scottish name, representing an Anglicized spelling of the Gaelic nickname Ruadh ‘red’. It has since spread to other parts of the English-speaking world, where it is often reanalysed as Old French roy ‘king’ ( compare Leroy ).
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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