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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.
Van den Berg is a Dutch-language toponymic surname meaning "of/from the mountain/slope". With 58,562 people carrying the name, it was the fourth most common surname in The Netherlands in 2007. Variants are Van de Berg, Van der Berg, Van den Berge. Van den Bergh, Van den Berghe and Van den Berghen. Anglicised forms are generally agglutinated and variably capitalized, e.g. "Vandenberg". The abbreviated form is "v.d. Berg". People with the surname include:
Hartog and de/den Hartog(h) are Dutch surnames meaning "(the) duke". Hartog is also a Dutch Jewish given name and surname equivalent to German Herzog and Hirsch, derived from hert. People with these names include:
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:
Reinier is the Dutch form of the Germanic masculine given name Raginheri, composed of the two elements ragin ("advice") and heri ("army"). It is equivalent to Scandinavian Ragnar, German Rainer, French Rainier, and Spanish and Italian Raniero. An archaic spelling is Reynier or Reijnier. People with the name Reinier include:
Van Dam is a Dutch toponymic surname. van is akin to the German nobility von and English House of, while Dam derives its name from the dam in Amsterdam, Netherlands' capital and most populated city.
Meijer is a Dutch surname. It refers to a profession similar to a bailiff or steward. It originates from the Latin word maior and is often rendered Meyer abroad.
Van Leeuwen is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from Leeuwen". In 2007, nearly 28,000 people in the Netherlands carried the name, making it the 18th most common name there. There are two places named Leeuwen in Gelderland and two in Limburg. Considering the high frequency of the name and the small size of these two places, it has been speculated that people from many other places, such as the relatively larger Belgian cities of Leuven and Denderleeuw may have also ended up being called "van Leeuwen" as well. Although translated as "lions" in modern Dutch, the place name may be explained originating from Germanic hlaiw, meaning (burial) mound. The name appeared in records since the 13th-century in Holland. People with this surname include:
Hout, van Hout and van den Hout are Dutch surnames meaning "wood", "timber" or "of the wood". Notable people with the surname include:
Van den Hoek is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the corner". Variations on the name include Van Hoek, Van der Hoek, Van den Hoeck, Van den Hoecke, and concatenated forms of these. The surname Verhoek is a contraction of "Van der Hoek". People with these surnames include:
De Jonge is a Dutch surname meaning the younger. People with this surname include::
Bos is a Dutch surname. Meaning "woods" or "forest", the name often is toponymic. Alternatively, the surname sometimes has a patronymic origin, referring to the now rare given name Bos. In 2007, 35,405 people carried the name in the Netherlands, making it the 14th most common surname there. Notable people with named Bos 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:
Vis is a Dutch metonymic occupational surname. Vis means "fish" and referred to a fisherman. Variant forms are De Vis, De Visch, and Visch.
Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr. was a Dutch botanist.
Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink was a Dutch botanist. He was the son of Henriëtte Maria Raedt van Oldenbarnevelt (1858–1929) and Charles René Bakhuizen van den Brink (1850–1923), and a grandson of the literary critic, historian and philosopher Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink (1810–1865). In 1917 he married Djahini from Tjimahi, whom he had met in 1910. Their son Reinier Cornelis (1911–1987) was also a botanist. Brink died in a Japanese internment camp during World War II.
Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink may refer to:
De Haan or de Haan is a Dutch family name meaning "The Rooster". In 2007 20,707 people had this name in the Netherlands alone, making it the 29th most common name in that country. Variant spellings are De Haen, DeHaan, and Den Haan. People with this name include:
Cornelis Andries Backer (1874–1963) was a Dutch botanist and pteridologist. He was born on 18 September 1874 in Oudenbosch and died on 22 February 1963 at Heemstede, The Netherlands. He stayed thirty years in the Dutch East Indies and did research on plant taxonomy on the islands of Java and Madura.
De Bont is a Dutch surname meaning "the colorful", thought to refer in particular to clothing. Variant forms are De Bondt and De Bonte. The name has been Latinized to Bontius. People with the surname include:
References
- ↑ Brink, van den at the Meertens Institute database of Dutch surnames.
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