Van Eyck or Van Eijk is a Dutch toponymic surname. Eijck, Eyck, Eyk and Eijk are all archaic spellings of modern Dutch eik ("oak") and the surname literally translates as "from/of oak". However, in most cases, the family name refers to an origin in Maaseik. This city on the Meuse, now in Belgium on the border with the Netherlands, was originally simply known as Eike and from the 13th century as Old Eyck and New Eyck. Names with an affix (tussenvoegsel), like Van der Eijk, are more likely to refer directly to the tree. This article lists people with this surname.
van der Made is a Dutch toponymic surname. The name is first found in the records of a crusade in the 11th century. Bartolomeus van der Made donated land in the mid 14th century to what is now the Oude Kerk in Delft. "Van der Made" means "from the meadow", but the name is also particularly common around the village Made in North Brabant.
Witte are Dutch and Low German surnames meaning "(the) white one". Witte can also be a patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Leeuw is Dutch for lion. It occurs as a surname, most commonly in the form of De Leeuw. "De Leeuw", “Leeuw” and Van der Leeuw are thought to mostly be toponymic surnames, with the first bearers named "(from) the Lion" after a house, windmill or farm with that name. The more common surname Van Leeuwen has a distinct origin in the small town of Leeuwen and perhaps in the city of Leuven.
(Van) de(r) Werve is a Flemish surname. It may refer to:
Van Aelst is a Dutch and Flemish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Van Meegeren is a Dutch toponymic surname in which Meegeren refers to Nijmegen. Notable persons with that name include:
Van der Wal is a toponymic surname of Dutch origin. The original bearer of the name may have lived or worked at or near a "wal": a river embankment, quay, or rampart. In 2007, Van de(r) Wal was the 47th most common surname in the Netherlands. In Belgium, the form Van de Walle is more abundant.
Van Rooy or Van Rooij is a Dutch toponymic surname. "Rooij" was a local term for many towns ending with "rode" or "roij", like Nistelrode, Sint-Oedenrode, Stramproy and Wanroij. This suffix means "a clearing made by men".
Van de Kamp or Van der Kamp is a Dutch toponymic surname. A kamp originally was a fenced / enclosed piece of land. Notable people with the surname include:
Van Bruggen is a Dutch toponymic surname translating to "from/of [the] bridge[s]". Variant names with the same origin are Ter Brugge(n), Ter Brugghen, Van de(r) Brug, Van der Brugge(n), Van der Brugghen, and Verbrugge(n). Different settlements and houses with the name (de) Brug(ge) could also be at the source of each family name. People with these surnames include:
Van Dort is a Dutch surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Van de Ven, Van der Ven and Vandeven are toponymic surnames of Dutch origin. The original bearer may have lived or worked near a ven, a Dutch term for a small lake, like fen derived from the Proto-Germanic fanją. Van der Plas and Van der Poel are equivalent Dutch surnames. The name can be found as early as the first part of the 14th century in Oirschot. The name is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 41st in 2007. People with this surname include:
Van Gendt is a Dutch toponymic surname indicating an origin in the town Gendt, Gelderland. People with this name include:
Van Gool is a Dutch toponymic surname, meaning "from Goirle". "Gool" is a phonetic approximation of the regional pronunciation of Goirle. Notable people with the surname include:
Van Oostrum is a Dutch toponymic surname. Among variant forms are (van) Oosterom and (van) Oostrom. The name usually indicates an origin in the former village Oostrum near Houten, Utrecht. Some families may be linked to Oostrum, Friesland or Oostrum (Limburg) instead. Notable people with the surname include:
Van der Veen is a common Dutch surname, meaning "from the fen" or more generally "from the peatlands". In the Netherlands 19,847 people carried the name in 2007, making it the 32nd most common surname there. Dutch surnames with the same origin and meaning are Van Veen, Van de Ven/Van der Ven, Van de Venne, Veen, and Veenstra/Feenstra. The name was often taken by peat workers, as harvest of turf for fuel was abundant in the Netherlands. Since the early Middle Ages, the quarry of fens in the north and west created, merged or extended many lakes, most of which have now been reclaimed as polders. The harvest of turf from bogs in the east, like the large Bourtange moor, extended until the 20th century.
Van Hoorn is a Dutch toponymic surname. The place of origin often is the city of Hoorn in North Holland, but may be any of four other Dutch settlements named Hoorn, three named Den Hoorn, or Horn/the county of Horne in Dutch Limburg. Notable people with the surname include:
Van Beveren is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Van Groningen is a Dutch surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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