Vermeulen is a Dutch toponymic or occupational surname, meaning "from the (wind/water) mill". It is a contraction of the surname Van der Meulen. In the Netherlands 20,633 people carried the name in 2007, making it the 30th most common surname, while in Belgium 13,552 people were named Vermeulen in 2008, making it the 11th most common name there.
De Man is a Dutch surname, meaning "the man". The agglutinated form "Deman" is most common in West Flanders. People with this surname include:
Arnoldus Leonardus Henricus Roderik Bouwman is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 107 international matches for the Netherlands, in which the striker scored 82 goals.
Jonker is a Dutch surname. It is also a variation of the title jonkheer. The name can be occupational of origin, indicating an ancestor who was or worked for a jonkheer, or toponymical, e.g. referring to a house named De Jonker. People with the surname include:
Krol is a surname of several possible origins.
Wouter is a Dutch masculine given name popular in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the Dutch equivalent of the English name Walter, both of Germanic origin, meaning "ruler of the army" or "ruler of the forest". Wouter is sometimes shortened to Wout. The patronymic surname of Wouter is Wouters.
Kooijman is a Dutch language occupational surname. Kooij is an archaic spelling of kooi ("cage"), generally referring to a pen or a duck decoy, and the name often originated with a herder, duck breeder, or cage maker. The ij digraph is often replaced with a "y". Among other variant spellings are Cooijman, Kooijmans, and Kooiman. People with the surname include:
Van Dongen is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from/of Dongen", a town in North Brabant. People with the surname include:
De Bruijn is a Dutch surname meaning "the brown". Notable people with the surname include:
Vos is a Dutch surname meaning "fox". With 30,279 people, it was the 15th most common surname in the Netherlands in 2007. Notable people with this name include:
Nieuwenhuis or Nieuwenhuys is a Dutch surname cognate to English Newhouse and German Neuhaus. A great number of variant forms exist. "Nieuwen" can be replaced by Nei, Neij, Nein, Nie, Nien, Nieuw, Nieuwe, Niewen, Nij, Nijen, Nou and Nuwen. "Huis" can be Hues, Huijs, and Huys. Declensions may end with -se, -sen, -ze, and -zen and the name can start with van ("from"). Notable people with this name include:
Kuijpers or Kuypers is a Dutch surname corresponding to the English Cooper. Variant spellings are Kuipers, Kuiper, and Cuypers.
Smeets is a Limburgian surname meaning smith. The surname hails specifically from the Limburg region spanning parts of the Southern Netherlands and Eastern Belgium.
De Hoog is a Dutch surname. Translating as "the high", the origin of the surname is most often toponymic, referring to a higher location, but could also be descriptive for an eminent person. People with this surname include:
Van Kessel is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from/of Kessel". There are two towns Kessel in Belgium, two in The Netherlands, and one just across the border in Germany. It could also refer to the medieval County of Kessel with Kessel (Limburg) as its capital, or the extended Ambacht of Kessel that existed until 1675. Notable people with the surname include:
Bos is a Dutch surname. Meaning "woods" or "forest", the name often is toponymic. Alternatively, the surname sometimes has a patronymic origin, referring to the now rare given name Bos. In 2007, 35,405 people carried the name in the Netherlands, making it the 14th most common surname there. Notable people with named Bos include:
Vonk is a Dutch metonymic occupational surname. Vonk means "spark" and refers to the work of a Smith. People with this surname include:
Verschueren is a Dutch-language toponymic surname common in Belgium. The name is a contraction of van der schueren, meaning "from the barn(s)". Forms more common in the Netherlands are Verschuren and Verschuur. Notable people with the surname include:
