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Claes is a masculine given name, a version of Nicholas, as well as a patronymic surname. It is also spelled Klas, Clas and Klaes.
Mertens is a surname of Flemish origin, meaning "son of Merten" (Martin). It is the fifth most common name in Belgium with 18,518 people in 2008.
Dutch names consist of one or more given names and a surname. The given name is usually gender-specific.
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:
Cornelis is a Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees, Neel and Nelis.
Klaas is a Dutch male given and surname. It is the Dutch short form of Nicholas, a Greek name ultimately meaning victory of the people. A traditionally common name in the Netherlands, its popularity declined some 20-fold since 1950. Archaic spellings include Claas and Claes. Among its female derivatives are Klaasje, Clasien, Clasina, Clasine, Clazien, Klasien, Klasina and Klaziena. Klaas also exists as a patronymic surname, though the forms Klaasen, Klaassen, Claassen, Claessen, and Claessens are more common.
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 and Scottish surname Smith.
Cools is a Dutch patronymic surname meaning "son of Cool", Cool being an archaic nickname for Nicholas. The name is particularly prominent in the Belgian province of Antwerp. People with the surname include:
Valk is a surname. It means "falcon" in Dutch and can be of metonymic origin referring to a falconer. Alternatively, it can be patronymic, son of Falk/Falco, a West Frisian given name. There were 4380 people with the surname in the Netherlands in 2007. The name Valk in Estonia may be related to the town Valka.
Smeets is a Limburgian surname meaning smith. The surname hails specifically from the Limburg region spanning parts of the Southern Netherlands and Eastern Belgium.
Goossens is a Dutch-language patronymic surname meaning "son of Goos/Goossen" (Goswin). It is the 8th most common name in Belgium. Notable people with the surname include:
Kees is a masculine nickname, contracted (shortened) name, or given name common in the Netherlands, originally derived from the name Cornelis. An alternate spelling is Cees.
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:
Coenen is a Dutch patronymic surname meaning "son of Coen" (Conrad). It is particularly common in Dutch and Belgian Limburg. Variant spellings are Coene, Koenen and Koene. Though probably with the same origin, the names "de Coene" and "de Koene" can be interpreted as meaning "the brave".
Leemans is a Dutch occupational surname derived from leenman, a feudal tenant or vassal. It is particularly common in Flanders. People with this surname include:
Rademaker is a Dutch occupational surname. It originally meant wheelwright or wainwright. A large number of spelling variations are in use. The most common are :
Maaike is a Dutch feminine given name, originally a diminutive of the name Maria.
Pepijn is the Dutch form of the masculine given name Pippin. Before the 1960s the name was rarely used in the Netherlands, but it has become quite popular since the turn of the century. As a patronymic surname it appears to be extinct in Belgium and the Netherlands. People with the name include:
Femke is a Dutch and West Frisian feminine given name of West Frisian origin. It means 'little Fem' and is derived from the name Femme. Originally from Friesland, the name Femke started to spread beyond this region around 1960, with peaks in popularity in 1980 and 2001. It is the name of over 26,000 women in the Netherlands and Belgium and can also be found in northwest Germany.
Nienke, also spelled Nynke, is Dutch and West Frisian feminine given name of West Frisian origin. It is a diminutive of Nine which is probably derived from Catharina. It is the given name of over 14,000 women in the Netherlands and Belgium.
References
- Dutch Census Digitization 1795-1971 Project. "Hoofdstuk II. het totale bevolkingscijfer" (Scanned page image). Dutch Censuses 1795-1971 (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (through DANS Institute and in collaboration with NWO). p. 13. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
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- Meertens Institute. "Smit". Nederlandse Familienamen Databank (in Dutch). Meertens Institute . Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- Meertens Institute. "Smits". Nederlandse Familienamen Databank (in Dutch). Meertens Institute . Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- Meertens Institute. "Smits". Nederlandse Familienamen Databank (in Dutch). Meertens Institute . Retrieved 2019-11-05.
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