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Merckx is a Dutch patronymic surname, from the given name Merk / Merkus, a regional form of Mark / Marcus. While in Belgium the spelling Merckx is dominant, in the Netherlands the variants Merks, Merkus, Merkx, and Merx are more common. Notable people with the surname include:
Groen or de Groen is a surname of Dutch origin, meaning green. The name may refer to:
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:
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.
Van den Heuvel is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the hill". In the Netherlands 20,583 people carried the name in 2007, making it the 31st most common surname. The name is sometimes concatenated as vanden Heuvel,VandenHeuvel or Van De Heuvel. Notable people with the surname include:
Verbeek is a surname of Dutch origin. The name is a contraction of the toponym Van der Beek, meaning "from/of the creek". Besides a location near a stream, the original bearer may have been from a place called Beek. In the Netherlands 9,775 people carried the name in 2007, making it the 100st most common surname. Notable people with this 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.
Van der Horst is a Dutch toponymic surname. The original bearer of the name was from the horst, which is a historical indication of raised terrain covered with shrubs. People with the name include:
Verhagen is a Dutch-language toponymic surname. It is a contraction of Van der Hagen, meaning "from/of the haag. A haag was a bushland, hedged lot, or (private) hunting ground. The name could also specifically refer to an origin in The Hague. Some variant spellings of the name are Verhaagen, Verhaegen, Verhaeghe, Verhaeghen, Verhage, and Verhaghen. People with the name include:
Boer is a Dutch occupational surname meaning "farmer". Variants are Boere, Boeres, Boers, Den Boer and most commonly De Boer. People with this 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:
Van Manen is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from Manen", a former town in Gelderland now part of Ede. Variants include Van Maanen and Van Maenen. People with this name include:
Van der Ham or Van den Ham is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the ham". The Dutch word ham only survives in place names and used to refer to alluvial land in a curve of a river. Several places exist with the name Ham or Den Ham so that the surname, especially in the form Van Ham, could refer to a specific location. Notable people with the surname include:
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:
is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from/of Xanten". An alternative origin may be in Saintes, a town just across the language border in Walloon Brabant. People with the surname include:
Arend and Arent are primarily Low German patronymic surnames from the given name Arend. The Dutch surnames "Van den Arend" and "Den Arend" means "(from) the eagle" and have a toponymic origin. Notable 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:
Valkenburg or Van Valkenburg is a Dutch toponymic surname indicating an origin in Valkenburg, Dutch Limburg or Valkenburg, South Holland. The name occurs with or without the tussenvoegsel van and has many spelling variants. People with the name 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:
Haak is a Dutch surname. It is thought to often be patronymic of origin, referring to a now extinct given name, or, considering the meaning "hook", be toponymic, descriptive or metonymic. People with this surname include:
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- 1 2 Ooijen, van at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
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