Favorite Name ~ Naaktgeboren

Amy Johnson Crow 's Theme for Week 26 is “Favorite Name”. I've chosen the surname Naaktgeboren. I don't have any ancestors with that surname, but it's a typical name in the Hoeksche Waard, an island in Holland, south of Rotterdam and west of Dordrecht. I grew up in the Hoeksche Waard, and my ancestors with the surname Bos all lived on the island.

The Dutch word "naakt" is “naked” in English, while the word "geboren" translates as “born”, so the surname can be translated in English as “born naked”.
Naaktgeboren – together with the surname Poepjes (“poopies”) – is often seen as "a textbook example" of the so-called compulsory name adoption in the Napoleontic Era, which is also known as "the name myth of Napoleon". According to persistent nonsense, people wanted to make fun of Napoleon's policy by adopting an absurd name. That myth is fake, because the surname Naaktgeboren has been in use since the 17th century.

This 1926 bride is
Jacoba Johanna Naaktgeboren

The earliest Naaktgeboren in my database is Bastiaan Cornelisz Naaktgeboren (±1650-±1691) who lived in Dubbeldam near Dordrecht. His father, Cornelis Michielsz Naechtiegeboren - also named Meulenaar (“miller”) - was baptised on 18 May 1608 in Barendrecht, south of Rotterdam, as son of Michiel Lenaertsz and Willemke Jans. Bastiaan's son Melis moved to 's-Gravendeel in the Hoekschee Waard. The Christian names Bastiaan and Melis were common among his ancestors.

On 12 June 1879 in 's-Gravendeel Pieter Naaktgeboren (1856-1939) married his relative Jaapje Naaktgeboren (1855-1948), and they had issue.

Sources: J.A. van der Giessen & P. Verdonk, Stamreeks Naaktgeboren, Gens Nostra 1993, pages 576-583, FamilieMolema.nl, RegionaalArchiefDordrecht.nl.