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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
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The earliest names of Frisian rulers are documented by the chronicles of the Merovingian kings, with whom they were contemporaries. In these chronicles, these rulers were styled dux, a Latin term for leader which is the origin of the title duke and its cognates in other languages. English sources refer to them as kings.
Anglo-Saxon runes or Anglo-Frisian runes are runes that were used by the Anglo-Saxons and Medieval Frisians (collectively called Anglo-Frisians) as an alphabet in their native writing system, recording both Old English and Old Frisian (Old English: rūna, ᚱᚢᚾᚪ, "rune").
The westfrisian surnames are well documented, i did a research on allefriezen.nl / a website for historical research and i found among the west-frisians many more genuine frisian surnames. The surnames in the article are only mentioning the west-frisian kind of way how frisian surnames were given (most by the name of the father).
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