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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:
Vonck is a Dutch surname. Vonk means "spark" and refers to the work of a Smith. The surname can refer to several people:
Kuijpers or Kuypers is a Dutch surname corresponding to the English Cooper. Variant spellings are Kuipers, Kuiper, and Cuypers.
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Hanratty is a surname, and may refer to:
Schoenmaker and Schoenmakers are Dutch occupational surnames meaning "shoemaker". People with these names include:
Sneijder is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Vermeij or Vermey is a Dutch toponymic surname. It is a contraction of "van der Meij" and indicates an origin either from the river De Meije or from the town De Meije along it. Notable people with the surname include:
Van Looy is a Dutch toponymic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Pieterse is a Dutch and Afrikaans patronymic surname. The surname was first used in Netherlands before the colonial era. After the Dutch established a colony in the Cape of Good Hope, people with the surname Pieterse moved to the colony and as a consequence, Pieterse is a common Afrikaans surname.
Smets is a Dutch occupational surname. It is a common name in the Belgian provinces of Antwerp and Flemish Brabant. Despite its similarity to the Dutch surnames Smet, Smits, and Smeets, each equivalent to Smith, Smets (sometimes?) originated from "des Mets", short for "des Metselaars". People named Smets include:
Schreurs is a Dutch occupational surname. It is derived via Schreuder from early Middle Dutch scrodere, which either was a tailor or a porter (carrier). People with this surname include:
Snider is an Anglicized occupational surname derived from Dutch Snijder "tailor", related to modern Dutch Snijders and Sneijder. It may also be an Anglicized spelling of the German Schneider or Swiss German Schnyder, which both carry the same meaning. The more common Anglicized spelling of the Dutch Snijder is Snyder.
Vonk is a Dutch metonymic occupational surname. Vonk means "spark" and refers to the work of a Smith. People with this surname include:
Rijkens is a Dutch surname. Among variant forms are Rijk, Rijke, Rijken, Rijkes and Rijks, while the ij digraph in Dutch names is often replaced with a "y" abroad. These usually are patronymic surnames, but occasionally may stem from rijk meaning "rich" in Dutch. People with these surnames include:
Booij or Booy is a Dutch surname. It can be of patronymic origin, derived from short forms of the Germanic names Bodo or Boudewijn, or it can be an occupational surname, referring to a bode. The form "De Booij" is only occupational of origin. The surname can be spelled with an ij digraph or a "y", though usually the latter abroad. The name "Van Booij" or "Van Booy" does not exist in the Low Countries. In 2007 the number of Booij or Booy name carriers in The Netherlands were 2649.
Keijzer is a Dutch surname meaning "emperor". The name contains a ij digraph that is often replaced with a "y", especially outside the Netherlands. Among variant forms of the surname are Keijser, Keijsers, Keijzers, Keizer, Keyser, De Keijzer, De Keyser, and De Keyzer. People with this name include:
Kooi, Kooij or Kooy is a Dutch surname. Translated as "cage", the name often referred to a pen or duck decoy, and originated with a herder, duck breeder/hunter, or cage maker. The forms Van der Kooi etc. mean "from the pen / duck decoy". In the Netherlands, the archaic spelling Kooij is most common, while it is usually rendered Kooy abroad. Notable people with the surname include:
Kleyn is surname literally meaning "little", an equivalent of German Klein. It can be Dutch or Yiddish origin. The Dutch ij digraph is often replaced with a "y", so it may be seen as a variant of Dutch Kleijn.
References
- ↑ Kleijn (y) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
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