Talk:Jan Jacob van Oosterzee

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Although the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, and the Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge use the name Jan Jakob van Oosterzee, these online book searches have the most hits for JJ van Oosterzee. As this table shows, the current name of this article is the least common variation.

First next van Oosterzee
Jan Jacob 113 Book search hits on "van Oosterzee" "Jan Jacob"
Jan Jakob 4 Book search hits on "van Oosterzee" "Jan Jakob"
JJ 639 Book search hits on "van Oosterzee" JJ
Johannes Jacobus 109 Book search hits on "van Oosterzee" "Johannes Jacobus"

Costerzee also exists as a obvious mispelling of the surname.

See also:

Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people)#Naming_convention_for_Dutchmen

Wikipedia:Village_pump_(all)#Dutch_names_-_Proposed_editing_policy

Requested move:Nearly Human 02:12, 15 September 2007 (UTC) Moved: Nearly Human 00:06, 22 September 2007 (UTC)