Kuiper is a Dutch occupational surname meaning cooper. Common spelling variants include Kuyper, Kuipers, Kuijper, Kuijpers, Kuypers, and De Kuyper. Notable people with the name include:
Nagel is a German and Dutch surname. Meaning "nail" in both languages, the surname is metonymic referring to the occupation of a nail maker. Notable people with the surname include:
Witte are Dutch and Low German surnames meaning "(the) white one". Witte can also be a patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Smits is a Dutch surname that is considered a variant of the more common Smit surname. The name is an old plural of Smid (blacksmith), though the plural in modern Dutch would be Smeden.
Paulus is a Latin surname meaning "small" or "humble".
Kuperus and Cuperus are Latinized versions of the common Dutch surname Kuiper meaning cooper. This process was most common in the province of Friesland. One family changed the spelling from Cuperus to Couperus in the 19th century.
Zijlstra is a West Frisian toponymic or occupational surname meaning "from/of the Zijl", a Middle Dutch name for a type of sluice. The suffix "-stra" is derived from old Germanic -sater, meaning sitter or dweller. The name could thus be referring to a lock keeper. Variant forms are Zeijlstra, Zeilstra, Zylstra, and Sylstra. The latter is the common spelling abroad. People with this name include:
Terpstra is a Dutch surname of Frisian origin, which is a topographic name for a person who lived on a terp, a prehistoric man-made mound built on low-lying land as a habitation site. Notable people with this surname include:
Scholten is a surname of Dutch origin and a variant of the name Schouten. It may refer to:
Molenaar is a Dutch surname deriving from the Dutch word for "miller".
Schoenmaker and Schoenmakers are Dutch occupational surnames meaning "shoemaker". People with these names include:
Sepp is a surname. When borne by Estonian-descended people, it is usually derived from sepp meaning "smith".
Stenger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Szulc is a Polish surname, a version of the German surname Schulz. Notable people with the surname include:
De Witt is a surname of Dutch origin meaning "the white". In America, the name is usually concatenated to DeWitt. Notable people with the surname include:
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:
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.
Bruin, Bruijn, Bruyn and Bruins are Dutch surnames. They can be equivalent to the English surname Brown or, particularly for the form "Bruins", be patronymic as Bruin/Bruijn is a now rare Dutch form of Bruno. The form "the brown" is more common.
Möhlmann or Moehlmann is a German surname literally meaning someone who worked or lived at a mill. Variants: Mollmann, de:Möllmann, Mohlman, etc.
Stoffel is a Dutch-language given name and German-language surname derived from a diminutive of a reduced form of Christoffer. Like the related Stoffer it has thus emerged from the medieval personal name of Greek origin Christopher with the literal meaning "bearer of christ". Notable people with the name include:
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