Drost is a Dutch occupational surname.[ citation needed ] A drost or drossaard was a kind of bailiff in the Low countries (see landdrost and seneschal). Notable people with the surname include:
Schlegel is a German occupational surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Peeters is a Dutch-language patronymic surname, equivalent to Peters. It is the most common surname in Belgium, and is particularly common in the province of Antwerp, but also in Flemish Brabant and Belgian Limburg. Notable people with the surname include:
Dekker is a Dutch occupational surname equivalent to English Thatcher. Notable people with the surname include:
Coby or Koby is a male and female given name, a surname, or a nickname originating from the name "Jacob or Jakob".
Koster is the Dutch word for sexton or verger, derived from the Latin custos.
Černý is a Czech language surname, which means "black". Like many other surnames, this originally made reference to a person's physical qualities, most likely dark hair color. Variants of the name include Cerny and feminine forms Černá in Czech, Čierna in Slovak, and Czarna in Polish.
Jacobsen is a Danish, Norwegian and Dutch patronymic surname meaning "son of Jacob". The prefix derives from the biblical given name Yaakov. The cognate Jakobsen is less common. The English language patronymic surname Jacobson is a parallel form, of which the earliest records are found in Huntingdon in 1244. Scandinavian immigrants to English-speaking countries often changed the spelling to Jacobson in order to accommodate English orthographic rules. Notable people with the surname include:
Schreuder is a Dutch occupational surname. Schreuder, from early Middle Dutch scrodere, is an archaic term for either a taylor or a porter. People with this surname include:
Timmer is a Dutch occupational surname, with the meaning of carpenter.
Schoenmaker and Schoenmakers are Dutch occupational surnames meaning "shoemaker". People with these names include:
Sepp is a surname. When borne by Estonian-descended people, it is usually derived from sepp meaning "smith".
Kok is either a Dutch occupational surname, "kok" meaning "cook", or an alternate spelling for the common Chinese surname Guo. Kok is a quite common surname in the Netherlands, ranking 27th in 2007. Notable people with the surname Kok include:
Klem is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Van Velsen, Van Velzen, and Van Velze are Dutch toponymic surname referring to the town Velsen in North Holland. People with these surnames include:
Van der Linden is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the linden tree". It can also be spelled Vander Linden or Vanderlinden. Notable people with the surname include:
Reynders or Reijnders is a Dutch patronymic surname common in the Limburg area. The form Reinders is more common in the Eastern Netherlands and the flanking regions of Germany. The Dutch given name Reinder is a variation on Reinier or sometimes Reinhard. Notable people with the surname include:
Bruin, Bruijn, Bruyn and Bruins are Dutch surnames. They can be equivalent to the English surname Brown or, particularly for the form "Bruins", be patronymic as Bruin/Bruijn is a now rare Dutch form of Bruno. The form "the brown" is more common.
Boy is a masculine given name, nickname, and surname. It may refer to:
Steenbergen or Van Steenbergen is a Dutch and Belgian toponymic surname, indicating an origin in any number of places called "stone hills", like the city of Steenbergen, North Brabant or the village Steenbergen in Drenthe. People with the surname include:
Drenth is a Dutch toponymic surname indicating an origin in the province of Drenthe. Variant forms are Drent, Drenthe, Drenthen and Van Drenth. People with this surname include: