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Verhulst is a Dutch toponymic surname. It is a contraction of "van der Hulst", meaning "from the holly (grows)". It may refer to:
De Vos is a Dutch-language surname meaning "the fox". In 2007 in the Netherlands, nearly all ≈11,000 people with the name spelled it de Vos, while in 2008 in Belgium, primarily in East Flanders, nearly all ≈11,000 people with the name capitalized it De Vos. Another 9220 people in Belgium, mostly in West Flanders have the concatenated form Devos, while in the United States the form DeVos can be found.
Hooft or 't Hooft is a Dutch surname meaning "(the) head". Notable people with the surname include:
Verhoeven is a noble toponymic surname of Dutch origin. The name is a contraction of van der Hoeven, meaning "from the homestead". In 2007, Verhoeven was the 44th most common name in the Netherlands. People with this surname include:
Willem is a Dutch and West Frisian masculine given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, Guillaume in French, Guilherme in Portuguese, Guillermo in Spanish and Wilhelm in German. Nicknames that are derived from Willem are Jelle, Pim, Willie, Willy and Wim.
Van Dam is a Dutch toponymic surname. In some cases - especially when used by English speaking people - it developed into "Vandam". People with this name include:
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.
De Bruyn is a Dutch and Afrikaans surname. "Bruyn" or "bruijn" is an archaic spelling of "bruin", meaning "brown". People with the name include:
Vogels is a Dutch metonymic surname meaning "birds". It may refer to:
Van Acker a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from (the) farmland". It is common in East Flanders and Zeelandic Flanders, while the agglutinated form Vanacker is more common in the province of West Flanders. Notable people with the surname include:
Van der Meulen or Vandermeulen is a Dutch toponymic or occupational surname, meaning "from the (wind/water) mill". The even more common surname Vermeulen is a contraction of this name. Less common variants are "Van der Molen", "Vandermolen", "Ter Meulen", "Termeulen", "Van Meulen" and just "Meulen".
Van Daele is a Dutch toponymic surname. It is most common in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The agglutinated form Vandaele is most common in West Flanders. Notable people with the surname include:
Van den Bosch is a Dutch toponymic surname, originally indicating either an association with a forest, with a place/dwelling named "Den Bosch" or with the city Den Bosch. In the Netherlands about 10,200 carried the name in 2007, while in Belgium 3,755 people were named Van Den Bosch and another 3,164 were named Vandenbosch, Vandebosch or Vanden Bosch in 2008. Other variant spellings are Van der Bosch and Van den Bos.
Van Duijn, Van Duin, and Van (der) Duyn are Dutch toponymic surnames, meaning "from the dune". People with this surname include:
Van der Steen is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the stone (house)". Variations on this name are Vandersteen, Van den Steen, Van Steen, Van de(n) Steene, Vandensteene. People with these surnames include:
Sterk is a Dutch descriptive surname meaning "strong". A variant form is Sterck. The Hungarian surname Sterk and the Slavic surname Šterk may have independent origins. It may refer to:
Van Ooijen or Van Ooyen is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from/of Ooijen". The Middle Dutch word Ooije or Oije signified a (waterlogged) meadow in a river bend. Several specific settlements are named Ooij, Ooijen or Oijen. Variants are Van Oijen, Van Ooyen, and Van Oyen. People with the surname include:
Winkel is a Dutch and Low German toponymic surname. While winkel means shop in modern Dutch, its original meaning was "corner" or "enclosed piece of land", and the surname is thought to be toponymic only. Among multiple places named (de/'t) Winkel, Winkel, North Holland is known to be at the origin of several families with the name. Variant forms include De Winkel, Te Winkel, Van Winkel, Van de Winkel, Winckel, and Winkels. People with these surnames include:
Van Son is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from/of Son", a town in North Brabant. People with the surname include:
Nieuwenhuizen is a Dutch surname meaning "new houses". A great number of variant forms exist. Notable people with such surname include:
References
- ↑ Dalen, van at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
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