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De Haas is a Dutch surname. Meaning "the hare", its origin may be descriptive or the name of an address. Among variant forms are De Haes, DeHaas, Dehaes, and Den Haas. People with this name include:
Hooft or 't Hooft is a Dutch surname meaning "(the) head". Notable people with the surname include:
Peeters is a Dutch-language patronymic surname, equivalent to Peters. It is the most common surname in Belgium, and is particularly common in the province of Antwerp, but also in Flemish Brabant and Belgian Limburg. Notable people with the surname include:
De Laet is a Dutch-language occupational surname. A "laet" was a type of (released) serf. The archaic spelling De Laet is most common in Belgium, especially around Antwerp, while "de Laat" is more common in the Netherlands, especially in North Brabant. People with this name include:
Van Straten is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from/of Straten". Literally translated as "streets", there are a number of settlements in the Low Countries with that name, including Straten near Oirschot in North Brabant. Notable people with the surname include:
Van Rossum is a Dutch toponymic surname. Rossum could refer to a number of places, including Rossum, Gelderland, Rossum, Overijssel and Rossem in Flemish Brabant. People with this surname include:
Vermeersch is a Dutch toponymic surname most common in the Belgian province of West Flanders. It is a contraction of van der Meersch, where meersch is a Flemish term for a floodplain. Notable people with the surname include:
Van Gestel is a Dutch toponymic surname or family name originating from North Brabant. The first use of the name stems from the 11th and 12th century, with the first recorded coat of arms dating to 1308. It is derived from the word "Gestel" and translates to "from Gestel". "Gestel" or "Ghestele" was a name for a higher area between two river valleys, and is a common name or suffix for settlements in the Southern Netherlands. Gestel can refer to several geographical locations:
Van Hooijdonk or van Hooydonk is a Dutch toponymic surname Hooijdonk/Hooydonk is an archaic spelling of "Hooidonk", a village between Nuenen and Son, North Brabant. Notable people with the surname include:
Van Lieshout is a Dutch toponymic surname, meaning "from Lieshout", a town in North Brabant. 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:
Steur is a Dutch surname. Steur is the Dutch word for sturgeon and the surname may be metonymic for a fisherman or may have referred to an address named "de steur". The surname Steurs, mostly limited to the Belgian provinces of Antwerp and Brabant, may have a different origin. People with the name include:
Steenbergen or Van Steenbergen is a Dutch and Belgian toponymic surname, indicating an origin in any number of places called "stone hills", like the city of Steenbergen, North Brabant or the village Steenbergen in Drenthe. People with the surname include:
Van Rijswijk is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from/of Rijswijk". There are at least four places named Rijswijk in the Netherlands: towns in South Holland, western Gelderland and North Brabant, and Castle Rijswijk in eastern Gelderland. Among variant spellings are Van Rijsewijk, Rijswijck, Riswijk, and Ryswyk. People with this name include:
Van Riel is a Dutch toponymic surname indicating an origin in the town of Riel, Goirle in North Brabant. Less likely is an origin in a former hamlet of the same name that is now a neighborhood in Eindhoven. People with the surname include:
Van Haren and Van Haaren are Dutch toponymic surnames meaning "from/of Ha(a)ren". A haar was the name for a sandy ridge and there are multiple towns named Haren and Haaren in and around the Low Countries. Historical records and the distribution of the surnames suggest that Haren, North Brabant is often at the origin of both forms of the name, while most other Van Haaren families stem from Haaren, North Brabant. The Dutch noble family Van Haren has 13th-century ties to Castle Haeren in Voerendaal, itself named after the family Van Haren from Castle Borgharen near Maastricht. People with the surname include:
Wijnen or Wynen is a Dutch patronymic surname. The given name Wijn is a now rare short form of names like Boudewijn and Wijnand. The patronym has a large number of variants, including Weijnen, Wienen, Wijn, Wijne, Wijns, Wynen, and Wyns. The name Van Wijnen is possibly a toponymic surname instead, indicating an origin in Wijnen, either a former hamlet near Nistelrode in North Brabant or a Dutch name for the town Guînes in Northern France. People with these names include:
Van Andel is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from/of Andel", a town in North Brabant. Notable people with the surname include:
Rozendaal is a Dutch toponymic surname. Literally meaning "rose valley", the name may indicate an origin in the city of Roosendaal, North Brabant or the towns Rozendaal (Gelderland), Rozendaal, or Rozendaal. Both the surname and these town names may also have evolved from Roesendael, meaning "reed valley". Among variant spellings are Roosendaal, Roosendael, Roozendaal, and Rosendaal, each pronounced in Dutch. People with these surnames include:
References
- ↑ Alphen, van at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
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