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Frisian Surnames

Frisian names are used in Friesland in the northern Netherlands and in East and North Frisia in northwestern Germany. See also about Frisian Names.
There are 29 names matching your criteria.

AARTSMA     Dutch, Frisian
Means "son of AREND"... [more]
ALKEMA     Frisian
Means "son of Alke"... [more]
ALSERDA     Frisian
Designated a person who was from a farm named Alserd or Alserda.
ANEMA     Frisian
Means "son of ANE (2)".
ANJEMA     Frisian
Possibly denoted a person from Anjum, the Netherlands.
ANNEMA     Frisian
Means "from ANNE (2)'s farm".
ARKEMA     Frisian
Means "son of Arke".
ATSMA     Frisian
Means "son of Atse"... [more]
AUKEMA     Frisian
Means "son of Auke"... [more]
BAARDA     Frisian
From a place name meaning "from Baard's farm"... [more]
BAARSMA     Frisian
Means "son of Baard"... [more]
BAKEMA     Frisian
Means "son of Bake"... [more]
BARWEGEN     Frisian
Derived from the name of a village in Friesland.
BOOTSMA     Dutch, Frisian
Occupational surname meaning "boatman", derived from the Dutch word boot meaning "boat".
DE VRIES     Frisian
Means "the Frisian" or "the Fries", referring to a person from Friesland.
DIJKSTRA     Frisian
Means from the dyke or near the dyke, from Frisian dijk.
HANSEN (1)     Norwegian, Dutch, Frisian
Means "son of HANS".
HERREMA     Dutch, Frisian
From a Frisian diminutive of the given name HENRY.
HOEKSTRA     Frisian
Frisian surname meaning "from the corner" or "corner farm".
LANINGA     Frisian
Frisian for "of the land", or "from the land"... [more]
REIJNDER     Dutch, Frisian
Variant of REINDER
REIJNDERS     Dutch, Frisian
Variant of REINDER
REINDER     Dutch, Frisian
Derived from the Frisian given name Reinder, which is a form of the Dutch given name Reinier... [more]
REINDERS     Dutch, Frisian
Variant of REINDER
REYNDER     Dutch, Frisian
Variant of REINDER
REYNDERS     Dutch, Frisian
Variant of REINDER
RIJNDER     Dutch, Frisian
Variant of REINDER
RIJNDERS     Dutch, Frisian
Variant of RIJNDER
VAN WIEREN     Frisian, Dutch
Means "from Wieren"... [more]

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