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Less common are van het and van 't, which use the similar but grammatically neuter article het. The contraction ver-, based on van der, is also common and can be written as a single word with the rest of the surname; an example being Johannes Vermeer (van der meer "of the lake").
Byl, van der – archaic spelling, Afrikaans, or Americanization of "van der Bijl" Coevorden, van – e.g. George Vancouver#Origins of the family name; Citroen – lemon, e.g. André Citroën; Cornelissen – son of Cornelius; Dekker – from the verb dekken or to cover as in covering roof tops (compare "Thatcher") Dijk, Deijck, van – From ...
Van der Merwe is a common Afrikaans surname, derived from the Dutch van der Merwe – the name of the Merwede river in the middle ages ("from the Merwede"). It was brought to South Africa in 1661 by Dutch people employed by the Dutch East India Company .
For example, in the Netherlands, one would say "John van der Vuurst", while in Flanders, it would be "van der Vuurst, John". While in German surnames the addition of von before a geographical name often indicates that a person belongs to the nobility or royalty , van is too common in the Netherlands to make such a connection.
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. [ 1 ]
Many of the names are place names, which refer to cities, e.g. Van Coevorden ("from Coevorden"), or geographical locations, e.g. Van de Velde ("of the field"). The list of tussenvoegsels mentioned below includes approximate translations, some of which have maintained their earlier meaning more than others.
Van Ginkel's 74 consecutive games streak, which ended due to a foot injury in the regular season finale, included playing through a broken nose suffered in the first quarter on Dec. 17 vs. the Jets.
Van der Plas and Van der Poel are equivalent Dutch surnames. [1] The name (in the form of van den Venne ) can be found as early as the first part of the 14th century in Oirschot . [ 2 ] The name is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 41st in 2007 (16,282 people). [ 3 ]