Wijck is a Dutch surname derived from the Dutch word for neighborhood, "wijk".
Wijk in turn is derived from the Latin word "vicus". A vicus was a small settlement that started to emerge next to Roman forts, when local people wanted to trade with the Romans. Vicus became vic / wic / vyc / wyc / wik / wick / wich / wyk / wyck / wych, which became wijk or wijck. The sound of the "i" changed from sounding like "leek" or "weak", but somewhat shorter (vicus » vic), towards sounding like "strike" or "Mike" (wijck).
Notable people with the surname include:
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 a particle, like Van der Eijk are more likely to refer directly to the tree. People with this surname include:
Wick most often refers to:
Jonkheer Titus Anthony Jacob van Asch van Wijck was a Dutch nobleman, politician and colonial Governor of Suriname. He served as governor of Suriname and colonial minister in the government of Abraham Kuyper. He was a leading member of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP). He twice served as mayor of Amersfoort.
Van Wyck is an Americanized variant of the Dutch name Van Wijk. It can refer to:
Nagel is a German and Dutch surname. Meaning "nail" in both languages, the surname is metonymic referring to the occupation of a nail maker. Notable people with the surname include:
In Ancient Rome, the vicus designated a village within a rural area (pagus) or the neighbourhood of a larger settlement. During the Republican era, the four regiones of the city of Rome were subdivided into vici. In the 1st century BC, Augustus reorganized the city for administrative purposes into 14 regions, comprising 265 vici. Each vicus had its own board of officials who oversaw local matters. These administrative divisions are recorded as still in effect at least until the mid-4th century.
Cornelis is a Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees, Neel and Nelis.
Thomas Wijck was a Dutch painter of port views and genre paintings.
Van der Pol is a Dutch, toponymic surname, originally meaning "from the raised land". Notable people with the surname include:
Van der Voort is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the ford". Notable people with the surname include:
Janszoon usually abbreviated to Jansz was a Dutch patronym. While Janse, Janssens, and especially Jansen and Janssen, are very common surnames derived from this patronym, the form Jansz is quite rare and Janszoon itself does not exist in the Netherlands. People with this name or its variants include:
Van Veen is a Dutch toponymic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
van der Ploeg is a Dutch surname meaning "from the plow". It can be a metonymic occupational surname, originally referring to a farmer or a bookbinder. Alternatively, it may be a toponymic surname, e.g. referring to a house with the sign of a plow. Notable people with the surname include:
Van der Does is a Dutch surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Van der Hulst is a Dutch surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The Ebbatop is the best-known mountain of the Van Asch Van Wijck Mountains situated in the Surinam Sipaliwini district. The Van Asch van Wijck mountain range consists of a series of free-standing mountains dotted throughout a terrain. The highest peaks are roughly 500 to 700 meters high, Ebbatop being the most northern at 721 meters high.
Jonkvrouwe (Lady) Cornélie Caroline "Cox" van Asch van Wijck was a Dutch artist and sculptor.
Van Wijk is a Dutch toponymic surname. "Wijk" may refer to Wijk bij Duurstede or a number of other towns, including Wijk near Leusden, Beverwijk, Rijswijk, Waalwijk, and Wijk aan Zee. 12,750 people in the Netherlands carried the name in 2007. Alternative forms are van Wijck, van der Wijk, van Wyk, and van Wyck. Notable people with the surname include:
Van der Burg is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the fortress / stronghold". Variations are Van de Burg, Van den Burg, Van den Burgh and Van der Burgh. Anglicized versions of these names show a variety of agglutinations and capitalizations. 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.
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