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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
Pages in category "Dutch-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,562 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Surnames of Dutch origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 947 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted when modern surnames were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features: virta 'river', koski 'rapids', mäki 'hill', järvi 'lake', saari 'island' — often with the suffix -nen added after the model ...
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Download as PDF; Printable version ... Burg or Bürg is a German, Dutch, and Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include: ... (1898–1975), Austrian-born ...
Reus is a Dutch (IPA: ⓘ), German (IPA: ⓘ) and Catalan (IPA:) surname. (De) reus means "(the) giant" in middle and modern Dutch, and the surname has a descriptive origin. [1] [2] In Germany, the name may have its origin in the Middle Low German word ruse for a fish trap, or from a regional term reuse for a small stream or channel. [2]