Kees (given name)

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]

Kees

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

Notable people with the given name Kees include:

• Kees Adema, American philatelist
• 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