Mulder is a surname of two possible origins: Dutch and German.
Van den Berg is a Dutch-language toponymic surname meaning "of/from the mountain/slope". With 58,562 people carrying the name, it was the fourth most common surname in The Netherlands in 2007. Variants are Van de Berg, Van der Berg, Van den Berge. Van den Bergh, Van den Berghe and Van den Berghen. Anglicised forms are generally agglutinated and variably capitalized, e.g. "Vandenberg". The abbreviated form is "v.d. Berg". People with the surname include:
De Groot is a surname of Dutch origin.
Swart is an Afrikaans, Dutch and German surname meaning "black". Variations on it are de Swart, Swarte, de Swarte, Swarts, Zwart, de Zwart, and Zwarts. People with this surname include:
Abrahams is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Nixon is a surname of English, Scots, or Irish origin meaning "son of Nicholas". The following is a partial list of well-known persons and fictional characters with this name.
Sanderson is an Anglo-Scandinavian surname that means "Alexander's son", Sander is a common abbreviation for Alexander in Scandinavia and Dutch speaking Europe. It can also be a common anglicisation of other Scandinavian surnames, like the Norwegian and Danish surname Sandersen, particularly in America. The surname's spelling has varied, Sandrisson and Sanderisone being other examples, and modern spellings include Sanderson, Saunderson, Sandeson, Sandersen, Sandersson and Sandison.
Sharpe is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Ennis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Shayne is an English language masculine given name variant of the Irish given name Shane: variant of Sean, linguistically derived from the Hebrew given name John. Shayne is also an occasional surname. People with the name Shayne include:
Nana is a surname. Notable people with the surname include
Dirk is a male given name of Dutch origin. It is a traditional diminutive of the Dutch name: Diederik. The meaning of the name is "the people's ruler", composed of þeud ("people") and ric ("power"). Dirk may also be a surname. It is cognate to French Thierry, German Dietrich and Gothic Theoderic.
Abraham is a surname. It can be of Jewish, English, French, German, Dutch, Irish, Welsh, Cornish, Breton, Lebanese, Syrian and other origins. It is derived from the Hebrew personal name Avraham, borne by the biblical patriarch Abraham, revered by Jews as a founding father of the Jewish people, and by Muslims as founder of all Semitic peoples. The name is explained in Genesis 17:5 as being derived from the Hebrew av hamon goyim "father of a multitude of nations". It was commonly used as a given name among Christians in the Middle Ages, and has always been a popular Jewish given name. The English name Abram is often a short form of Abraham, but it can also be a shortened version of Adburgham, which comes from a place name. As an Irish name, it was adopted as an approximation of the Gaelic name Mac an Bhreitheamhan "son of the judge". The German name Brahm is often a short form of Abraham, but it can also be a topographic name signifying someone who lived near a bramble thicket. The name Braham has been used as an Anglicization of both Abraham and its patronymic Abrahams by Ashkenazi Jews in the British Isles. Abraham has also been used as an Anglicization of the equivalent Arabic surname Ibrāhīm.
Sparrow is a given name and a surname derived from the common name of the bird.
Brant is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Snell is a Cornish surname of Celtic-Brythonic origin which originated within the kingdom of Cornwall. The word snell means quick or brisk in Kernewek and literally translates to meaning quick in English.
Milner is an English and Scottish occupational surname for a miller, and is related to the surname Miller. Notable people with the surname include:
De Lange is a Dutch surname, meaning "the tall one". Older origins of the surname may be attributed to the French invasion of the Netherlands, meaning "the Angel". In 2007 about 11,000 people in the Netherlands carried the name. Notable people with this surname include:
De Wolf is a Dutch surname meaning 'of the wolf'. It may be descriptive or toponymic of origin. Variations include De Wolfe, De Wulf, Dewulf and van der Wolf. People with these surnames include:
Shakespeare is an English family name most commonly associated with William Shakespeare (1564–1616), an English playwright and poet. Other notable people with the surname include:
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