Origin | |
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Word/name | patronymic |
Meaning | son of Peter |
Region of origin | Netherlands |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Pieters, Pieterse, Pieterson, Petersen, Peterson |
Pietersen is a Dutch and Afrikaans patronymic surname meaning "son of Peter". There are other spellings. Pietersen is a rare given name. People with the surname Pietersen include:
Mulder is a surname of two possible origins: Dutch and German.
Botha is a common Afrikaans surname, derived from the Friso-Saxon Both. It was brought to South Africa in 1678 by Frederich Botha.
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:
Nic is a male given name, often short for Nicholas or Dominic. It is also a component of Irish-language female surnames. It may refer to:
Keegan is an Anglicisation of the Irish clan name Mac Aodhagáin, now often used as a forename. The name means "son of Aodhagán". In North America the name is most often given to boys, but has gradually become unisex.
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:
De Klerk, Klerk, De Klerck or Klerck is surname of Dutch and Frisian Origin
Jansen is a Dutch/Flemish and Low German patronymic surname meaning son of Jan, a common derivative of Johannes. It is equivalent to the English surname Johnson. The near homonyms "Jensen" and "Jansson" are its Danish, Norwegian and Swedish counterparts.
Visser is a Dutch occupational surname, meaning "fisherman". In 2007, nearly 50,000 people in the Netherlands carried the name, making it the eighth most populous name in the country. Common variant forms of the name are De Visser, Visscher, and Vissers.
Louw is a surname that has pre-7th century Germanic origins. It is a Dutch/Flemish variant on the word Löwe, meaning Lion.
Van Zyl is an Afrikaans toponymic surname. It derives from the Dutch surname Van Zijl, meaning "from Zijl" where Zijl is an archaic term for a waterway. Equivalent
Smit is a Dutch occupational surname. It represents an archaic spelling of the Dutch word "smid" for "smith" and is the Dutch equivalent of the English surname Smith.
Hendriks is a Dutch patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The surname Marais may refer to:
Hartley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Potgieter is a Germanic occupational surname, equivalent to the English surname Potter.
Burger is a West Germanic surname. It is the Dutch and Afrikaans word for 'freeman' or 'citizen' and the surname is equivalent to the English surname Burgess. In Dutch and German speaking countries it may be a toponymic surname, indicating origin from any of a number of towns ending in -burg. 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.
Nel is both a South African (Afrikaans) surname and a Dutch feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Charl is an Afrikaans, English, and German masculine given name. Notable people with this name include the following: