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This random sampling of Dutch family names is sorted by family name, with the tussenvoegsel following the name after a comma. Meanings are provided where known. See Category:Dutch-language surnames and Category:Surnames of Frisian origin for surnames with their own pages. Baas – The Boss; Bakker – Baker; Beek, van – From the brook
De Jong (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈjɔŋ] ⓘ) is a Dutch language surname meaning "young". It is the most common surname in the Netherlands, represented by 86,534 people in 2017. It may also be found in the anglicized form Young [1] or De Young. Notable people with the surname are listed in the sections below.
Bakker (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ) is a common Dutch surname equivalent to English Baker. In 2007 it was the seventh most common name in the Netherlands (55,273 people). [1] Notable people with the surname include:
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A name like Adelbert or Albert is composed of "adel" (meaning "noble") and "bert" which is derived from "beracht" (meaning "bright" or "shining") hence the name means something in the order of "Bright/Shining through noble behaviour"; the English name "Albright", now only seen as a surname, is a cognate with the same origin.
De Graaf (IPA: [də ˈɣraːf]) is a Dutch occupational surname. With over 21,000 people, it was the 24th most common name in the Netherlands in 2007. [1] [2] In modern Dutch de graaf means the count, but in the past it also referred to the head of the municipal council called schepen. [3] A common variant form is De Graaff, with 4632 people in ...
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. [1] The name is sometimes concatenated as vanden Heuvel,VandenHeuvel or Van De Heuvel. Notable people with the surname include: Aad van den Heuvel (1935–2020), Dutch journalist ...
Janssen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɑn.sə(n)] ⓘ) is a Dutch patronymic surname cognate to the English surname Johnson. It is the 7th most common name in the Netherlands and the most common (over 131,000 people), when combined with the spelling variant Jansen.