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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
Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), actor (father was of part Dutch descent; "Bogart" comes from the Dutch surname Bogaert, derived from "bogaard", short for "boomgaard", which means "orchard") Hobart Bosworth (1867–1943), actor, director, writer and producer; Michelle Branch (born 1983), singer (Dutch through her maternal grandfather)
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.
The spelling Skyler was the 271st most common name for boys born in the United States in 2007, and the 374th most popular name for girls. [5] The spelling Schuyler last ranked among the top 1,000 names for boys in the United States in 1994, when it was at 974th place on the charts.
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 .
Dutch-language surnames (2 C, 1,560 P) F. Surnames of Frisian origin (41 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Dutch origin" The following 200 pages are in this category ...
De Haan or de Haan is a Dutch family name meaning "The Rooster" ("haan" is the cognate of English "hen", but in Dutch refers to the male of this species). In 2007 20,707 people had this name in the Netherlands alone, making it the 29th most common name in that country. [1] Variant spellings are De Haen, DeHaan, and Den Haan. People with this ...
Janssen 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 .