Frisian male names come from the West Frisian language, a West Germanic branch spoken in the Netherlands and northwestern Germany. Many are short forms of older Germanic compounds and use masculine hypocoristic endings such as -ke, -ko, -o, and -e (for example Bouke, Fokke, Enno). These clipped forms and final vowels are common in Frisian male given names.

Today, traditional Frisian boy names remain widely used in Friesland, while a smaller set appears across the Netherlands. Patterns largely mirror those of female names in their brevity, but the suffixes -ke, -ko, and -o occur more often in male names. Examples include Ard, Bouke, Durk, Enno, Jelle, Fokke, Haye, Onne, Renke, and Sietze.