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Burgers is a Dutch surname. It means "citizen's", but the name is also of patronymic origin, with the Germanic given name Burger related to Burchard. Notable people with the surname include:
Wouters is a Dutch patronymic surname, meaning son of Wouter, and corresponding to Walters in English. In 2007/2008 there were about 8700 people in the Netherlands and 15700 people in Belgium with that name. People with this name include:
Gies is a surname of Germanic origin. It is either a patronymic surname, Gies being a form of the old Germanic name Giso, or a toponymic surname related to the Old High German word Gieze for a small stream. People with this name include:
Segers is a Dutch patronymic surname. The mostly archaic Dutch given names Seger, Segher, Sieger and Zegher derive from Germanic Sigi- and -her, meaning "victorious lord". People with the surname Segers include
Broers is a Dutch patronymic surname meaning "Broer's (son)". Broer and Broeder mean "brother" in Dutch. A nickname for a younger sibling is likely the origin of the given name, which is by now rare in the Netherlands. The surname may sometimes have originated from any of the other meanings of "brother". Variant forms are Broeders, Broer, Broere, Broerse and Broersen. People with this surname include:
Cornelisse is a Dutch patronymic surname meaning "son of Cornelis". It may refer to:
Joosten is a Dutch and German patronymic surname, meaning "son of Joost". Notable people with the surname include:
Wijnands, Wynants and variants are Dutch patronymic surnames, meaning son of Wijnand. Among more common variant spellings in the Low Countries are Wijnands, Wynants, Wijnants, Wynant, Wijnant, and Wijnand. The form Winant is more common in the United States.
Hermans is a Dutch patronymic surname, cognate with German Hermann and Hermanns and the Scandinavian Hermansen. It is the 14th most common name in Belgium, with 12,794 people named Hermans in 2008. In the Netherlands, 10,641 people carried the name in 2007.
Matthysse is a surname. 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:
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.
Maris is a surname with many origins. In Britain, the name may be of Old French origin Both the Greek and Dutch surnames can be matronymics from "Maria". The name can also represent respellings: the American baseball player Roger Maris was born with the Croatian name Maras, while the Dutch painting brothers Jacob, Matthijs and Willem Maris were grandchildren of Wenzel Maresch of Bohemia. People with the surname Maris include:
Thys is a Dutch patronymic surname. It is an alternative spelling of Thijs, a very common nickname for Matthijs (Mattheus). The Dutch digraph ij and the y were used interchangeably until the surname spelling fixations around 1810. The form "Thys" is particularly common in the Belgian province of Antwerp, while "Thijs" is most common in Belgian Limburg. Outside the Low Countries the spelling is almost exclusively "Thys." People with this surname include:
Huberts is a Dutch patronymic surname. Among variant forms are Hubers, Hubert, Huibers, Huiberts, and Huijberts. Notable people with the surname include:
Brands is a Dutch and Low Saxon patronymic surname. Brand is a short version of names ending in -brand, like Hildebrand and IJsbrand. Notable people with the surname include:
Nelis is a Dutch masculine given name, a short form of the given name Cornelis, and a patronymic surname derived from it. Notable people with this name include:
Coolen is a Dutch patronymic surname. Variant forms are Colen, Kolen and Koolen. Cool and Kool are archaic short forms of the given name Nicolaas. In Canada the name may also have evolved as a modern spelling of Coulon.
Luyckx is a Dutch patronymic surname based on an archaic spelling of the given name Luuk/Luc, short forms of Lucas. The name has a myriad of spellings, each pronounced [lœy̯k(s)]. While in Belgium Luyckx is by far the most common, in the Netherlands the forms Luijkx, Luijks, Luijk, Luik and Luijckx are more prevalent. For some families the name may be toponymic instead, referring to an origin in Luik, the Dutch name of Liège. This is generally the case for forms like Van Luijk, Van Luik and de Luyck. People with these surnames include:
Mol is a Dutch surname. Meaning "mole" in Dutch, it may be descriptive in origin, or metonymic for a mole catcher. The name could also be patronymic or toponymic, referring to the town Mol, Belgium in Antwerp province or a location named "the mole(s)". Among variant forms are De Mol, Demol, Moll, Mols, and Van Mol. Notable people with these surnames include:
References
- ↑ Mathijssen (y) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
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