Aafjes

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Aafje". Aafje is a Dutch form of Ave "elf".

Aaij

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Aaij".

Aakster

Usage: Dutch

Means "magpie" from the Old Dutch ekster.

Aaldenberg

Usage: Dutch

Denotes a person who came from a place called Aaldenberg, which perhaps meant "old mountain".

Aalders

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Aaldert." Aaldert may be a variant form of Albert or composed of the Germanic elements ald meaning "old" and beraht meaning "bright, famous".

Aalfs

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Aalf" in Dutch. The given name Aalf stems from Adolf.

Aalmers

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Aalmar". Aalmar is a cognate of Elmer.

Aaltink

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Alto/Alte's farm". Alto is a short form of names that start with Alt-.

Aarden

Usage: Dutch

Means "clay, stone, earth" from the Dutch aarden. Probably denoted a person who worked with these materials.

Aarens

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Arend". Arend is a cognate of Arnold.

Aarle

Usage: Dutch

Denotes a person who hailed from a place of this name in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.

Aarse

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Arend". Arend is a cognate of Arnold.

Aarts

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of A(a)rt". A(a)rt is derived from Arnold.

Aartsen

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Arend". Arend is a cognate of Arnold.

Aartsma

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Arend". Arend is a cognate of Arnold. The suffix -ma means that the surname is Frisian in origin.

Abbes

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Abbe".

Abbing

Usage: Dutch, German

Variant of Abbink.

Abbingh

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Abbink.

Abbink

Usage: Dutch

Means "Abbe's farmstead".

Abel

Usage: English, French, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Spanish, German Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Abel.

Abelen

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Abel". This surname may also denote a person who hails from Abelen in Germany.

Abels

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Abel".

Aben

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Albert".

Abraham

Usage: Dutch, English, French Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Abraham.

Abrahams

Usage: Dutch, English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Abraham.

Abrahamsen

Usage: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Abrahamson.

Abram

Usage: Dutch, English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Abraham.

Abrams

Usage: Dutch, English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Abrahams.

Abramsen

Usage: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Abramson.

Abspoel

Usage: Dutch

Denoted a person who lived in or by a house in Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, called Abtspoel.

Abt

Usage: German, Dutch

Derived from Old Low German abt "abbot".

Achilles

Usage: English, Portuguese, German, Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the first name Achilles.

Achterberg

Usage: Dutch

Denoted a person hailing from one of the various places that bore this name in Germany. The place name probably means "behind the mountain or hill" from the Middle Low German achter "behind" and berg "mountain, hill".

Achterkamp

Usage: Dutch

Denoted a person hailing from one of the various farms that bore this name in and around Holland. The name probably meant "behind the field".

Achterop

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Agterop.

Adams

Usage: Dutch, English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Adam.

Addens

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Adde". The given name Adde is probably derived from the Germanic element adal meaning "noble".

Addicks

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Addik. Addik probably means "little noble one".

Addiks

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Addicks.

Adema

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the any of the many Germanic given names that began with the element adal meaning "noble".

Admiraal

Usage: Dutch

Means "admiral" from the Dutch admiraal.

Adolfs

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Adolf".

Adriaans

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Adriaan".

Adriaansen

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Adriaan".

Adrichem

Usage: Dutch

Menas "from Adrichem, the Netherlands", which means "Adrik's home".

Aerssens

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Arend". Arend is a cognate of Arnold.

Agema

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Age". Age is a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element agi(l) meaning "sword".

Agterop

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Ogterop.

Agthoven

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Agthoven" which means "eight gardens" from the Dutch agt "eight" and hoven "garden".

Ahlers

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Ahlert". Ahlert is probably a cognate of Adalbert.

Aikema

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Aike". Aike is a variant of the given name Aai, which is a short form of Germanic names starting with the elements agi(l) "sword" or adel "noble".

Akker

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van den Akker.

Akkerman

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Cognate of Ackerman.

Akkermans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Akkerman.

Akkersdijk

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Akkersdijk, Netherlands". The place name probably means "field by the dyke".

Alberda

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Albert".

Alberdink

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Alberink.

Alberink

Usage: Dutch

Means "dweller at or near Albert's farm".

Albers

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Albert".

Albersnagel

Usage: Dutch

A combination of the name Albers, a cognate of Albert and the Dutch word and name Nagel meaning "nail".

Alberts

Usage: English, Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Albert".

Albring

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Alberink.

Albronda

Usage: Dutch

Means"son of Albrand". Albrand derives from Adelbrand, composed of the Germanic elements adel ("noble") and brand ("flaming sword").

Aldenberg

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Aaldenberg.

Aldenkamp

Usage: Dutch

A locational name of two possible etymologies. It either is derived from the place name Oldenkamp meaning "old field" or Alderkamp meaning "Aldert's field".

Alderliesten

Usage: Dutch

Means "most dearest" from the Dutch allerliefste. This name could have referred to the nature of the person or perhaps it was a phrase they commonly used.

Alders

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Aldert". Aldert is made up from the elements ald "old" or adal "noble" and hard "strong".

Aldershof

Usage: Dutch

Means "Aldert's garden, courtyard" from the Dutch hof and the given name Aldert (see Alders).

Alferdinck

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Alfert's farm". Alfert is derived from the elements alf "elf" and hard "strong".

Alferink

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Alferdinck.

Alfons

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Alfons".

Aling

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Ale's farm". Ale is short form of names that start with adal which means "noble".

Alink

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Aling.

Alles

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Aldert/Allo/Ale" all derived from the element adal "noble".

Alma

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Alkema.

Altena

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Altena.

Althuis

Usage: Dutch

Means "from old house".

Alting

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Aaltink.

Altink

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Aaltink.

Amsing

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Amse's farm". Amse is a variant of Ame, which is a short form of names such as Adelmar.

Ananias

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Ananias".

Andela

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Andela's farm". Andela is variant of Andreas.

Andries

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Andries". Andries is a Dutch form of Andreas.

Andriessen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Andries.

Andringa

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "from André's farm".

Angenent

Usage: Dutch

Means "at the end (of the road, village)" from the Dutch phrase an gen Ent.

Anholts

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Anholt". Anholt means "place to hold still", a place where people could rest for the night from the Dutch word anholt.

Anker

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "anchor" or denotes a person hailing from Anker, Holland.

Anneijes

Usage: Dutch

Possibly "son of Ananias or Anne".

Annevelink

Usage: Dutch

Means "dweller next to the little field" from the Dutch aan't Veldink.

Antema

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Ante". Ante is short for names starting with the component and "wrathful mood".

Antonis

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Antonis". Antonis is a cognate of Anthony.

Antonise

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Antonis.

Antonisen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Antonis.

Antuma

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Antema.

Aperlo

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Appelo.

Appeldoorn

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Apeldoorn.

Appelhof

Usage: Dutch

Means "dweller by or at the apple garden", from appel and hof.

Appelo

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Apperloo".

Apperlo

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Appelo.

Arbeid

Usage: Dutch

Means "worker" from the Dutch arbeider.

Arbeider

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Arbeid.

Arbeit

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Arbeid.

Arendonk

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Arendonk". Arendonk lays between Antwerpen and Turnhout in Belgium. Its name is derived from arend "eagle" and donk "hill, hightened place".

Arends

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Arend". Arend is from Arnold.

Arendse

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Arends.

Arendsen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Arends.

Arents

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Arends.

Arentz

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Arends.

Ariesen

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Aris". Aris a pet form of Andries.

Arissen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Ariesen.

Arkes

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Arkema.

Arntz

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Arend", see Arnold.

Arntzen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Arntz.

Arntzenius

Usage: Dutch

Latinate form of Arntzen.

Arts (1)

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Aarts.

Arts (2)

Usage: Dutch

Means "physician" in Dutch.

Artz

Usage: Dutch, German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Aarts.

Asjes

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Askes.

Askes

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Aske". Aske means "little Ase". Ase is either from names starting with ask "ash spear" or ans "good".

Asselman

Usage: Dutch

Denoting a person from Assel(t) or Hassel(t).

Assenberg

Usage: Dutch

Possibly from a place called Assenberg, composed of essen and berg, meaning "ash mountain".

Assendorp

Usage: Dutch

From the name of a place called Assendorp, composed of essen and dorp, meaning "ash tree village".

Assies

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Askes.

Assink

Usage: Dutch

From a place name meaning "Asse's farm".

Atses

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Atsma.

Aukes

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Dutch form of Aukema.

Averesch

Usage: Dutch

From the place name Averesch, possibly composed of haver and esch, meaning "oat farm land". Esch or es in this case is an area of farm land, mostly a bit higher than its surroundings. No doubt there's a connection with the ash tree. It often grew on these places.

Aveskamp

Usage: Dutch

Composed of avest and kamp which possibly mean "forest edge farm".

Baaiman

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Baaij". Baaij can be from the Germanic name Baio, from names starting with bern- like Bernard, or via Boidin from Baldwin. Possibly also from Middle Dutch boy ("boy") or bay ("redbrown").

Baak

Usage: Dutch

From the given name Baak, a short form of names starting with badu- ("fight, struggle").

Baanders

Usage: Dutch

Occupational name for one who carried a banner or flag.

Baardwijk

Usage: Dutch

From a place name, possibly from Baard's wijk where wijk means "living place".

Baars

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Dutch form of Baarsma.

Baart

Usage: Dutch

From the given name Baard, which was a form of Bert.

Baas

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "boss, overseer" referring to a profession.

Baasch

Usage: German, Dutch

Means "boss" from the Middle Low German baas.

Bachman

Usage: Dutch, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of life" from the Hebrew ben chayim.

Bakhuizen

Usage: Dutch

Means "bakery", an occupational name for a baker. From bak "to bake" and huis "house".

Bakker

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

"baker" from the Dutch word bakker.

Barends

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Barend", where Barend is from Bernhard.

Benscoter

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Originally Von Bunschoten meaning "from the town of Bunschoten in Holland".

Beringer

Usage: Dutch, German

From the old Germanic given name Beringer.

Beulen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Bul.

Beulens

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Bul.

Beullens

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Bul.

Beumers

Usage: Dutch

The meaning is "trees".

Bezuidenhout

Usage: Dutch

From Dutch zuid "south" and hout, the oldest Dutch word for "forest". Literally "south of a forest", but more specificly, south of the forest in Den Haag (The Hague).

Boer

Usage: Dutch, Low German Extra: Statistics

West Low German Boer = "farmer".

Boerefijn

Usage: Dutch

Literally means "good farmer" in Dutch.

Boon (3)

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "bean seller or grower".

Bootsma

Usage: Dutch, Frisian

Occupational surname meaning "boatman", derived from the dutch word boot meaning "boat".

Borst

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "bristly hair" in Dutch.

Bosch

Usage: German, Dutch

Derived from Dutch bussch "wood".

Bouwmeester

Usage: Dutch

From Dutch meaning "architect, builder".

Braband

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the name of the region of Brabant in the Netherlands.

Brams

Usage: Dutch, English

Derived from the given name Bram.

Brinkerhoff

Usage: Dutch, German Extra: Statistics

Means "home on or near a hill" (i.e., "on the brink"). An early American with this name was Joris Brinkerhoff, who went to New York.

Bul

Usage: Dutch

The meaning is "bull".

Bulle

Usage: Dutch, English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Bul.

Bullens

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Bul.

Carl

Usage: English, Dutch Extra: Statistics

From the given name Charles.

Ceelen

Usage: Dutch

Derived from the Dutch given name Ceel, which is short for Marcellus and/or Caecilius (see Cecilia).

Claasen

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Claus".

Cloet

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kloet.

Cloeten

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kloet.

Coeman

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Koeman.

Coemans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Koeman.

Coenen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Koenraad.

Colijn

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kool.

Coolen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kool.

Couman

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Koeman.

Coumans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Koeman.

Crusan

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Krusen.

Cuijper

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Cuypers.

Cuijpers

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Cuypers.

Cuyper

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Cuypers.

Cuypers

Usage: Dutch

From the Dutch occupation of kuiper, which means "cooper" or "barrelmaker" in English.

Daalman

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Daalmans.

Daalmans

Usage: Dutch

The surname indicates that the first bearer of this surname was a man from Daal or Dalen, which is a small town in the province of Drente in the Netherlands. See also Van Dalen.

Daelman

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Daalmans.

Daelmans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Daalmans.

Dahl

Usage: Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish Extra: Statistics

Middle Low German dal and Old Norse dalr = "valley". A famous of this surname was author Roald Dahl; mostly remembered for children's stories such as 'Matilda' and 'Henry Sugar'.

Dahlman

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Daalmans.

Dahlmans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Daalmans.

Daube

Usage: Dutch

From a nickname meaning meaning "dove".

De Cloet

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kloet.

De Groot

Usage: Dutch

Dutch surname meaning "the Big" or "the Grand".

De Haven

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

From the Middle Dutch word haven signifying a "harbor". The de element is a Dutch definite article, may litterally be translated "the harbor".

De Jonckheer

Usage: Dutch

This surname literally means "the young lord"; please also see Jonckheer.

De Jonker

Usage: Dutch

This surname literally means "the young lord"; please also see Jonker.

De Klerk

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

From the occupation of klerk, which is the Dutch word for "clerk". This surname is the Dutch variant of the English surname Clark.

De Kloet

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kloet.

Derichs

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

De Snaaijer

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Snyder.

De Snaijer

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Snyder.

De Veen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Der Veen.

De Ven

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Der Veen.

De Vroom

Usage: Dutch, Flemmish

Variant of Vroom.

De Vroome

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Vroom.

De Wit

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of De Witte.

De With

Usage: Dutch

Variant of De Witte.

De Witt

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of De Witte.

De Witte

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

The meaning is "the white one". De Witte was actually a nickname for a person with white hair.

Dierickx

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

Dirchs

Usage: Dutch, German

Variant of Dircks.

Dircks

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Diederik.

Dirckse

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

Dircksen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

Dircksens

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

Dirckx

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

Diriks

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

Dirikx

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

Dirix

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

Dirks

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Dircks.

Dirkse

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Dircks.

Dirksen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Dircks.

Dirkx

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Dircks.

Drees

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Dries.

Dreese

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Dries.

Dreesen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Driessen.

Dreesens

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Driessen.

Dreessen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Driessen.

Dreessens

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Driessen.

Dreyer

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "turner" in Dutch, an occupational name for one who turned wood to create things like ornate chair legs.

Dries

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

From the Dutch given name Dries, which comes from Andreas.

Driessen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Dries", Dries being a Dutch form of Andreas.

Dykstra

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "dyke" or "ditch". The name was given to a resident living near a dyke or embankment.

Eerkens

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Erkens.

Eikenboom

Usage: Dutch

From the Dutch word for "oak tree", eik meaning "oak" and boom meaning "tree".

Elzinga

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

From a place name, probably Elsing in Drente. In Dutch the noun els means "alder tree".

Erckens

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Erkens.

Erkens

Usage: Dutch

Derived from the (male) given name Erk, which means "ruler of the law".

Evers

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Evert".

Flipse

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Flipsen.

Flipsen

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Flip".

Fortuin

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Fortuyn.

Fortuyn

Usage: Dutch

From Old Dutch fortuyn, which means "fortune".

Frank (3)

Usage: German, Dutch, Scandinavian

A name for a person from Franconia in Germany, so called because it was settled by the Frankish people.

Franke

Usage: German, Dutch, Flemmish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Frank (3).

Geelen

Usage: Dutch

Derived from the given name Geel, which comes from Gillis and/or Gilbert.

Geelens

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Geelen.

Geels

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Geelen.

Gelen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Geelen.

Gelens

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Geelen.

Haak

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Occupational name meaning "pedlar" in Dutch.

Haanraads

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Haanraadts

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Haanraats

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Haanrath

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Haas

Usage: Dutch, German, Low German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hase.

Haenraats

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Haenraets

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Hanraets

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Haanrade.

Hansen (1)

Usage: Norwegian, Dutch, Frisian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Hans".

Haumann

Usage: Dutch

Means "wood cutter" and is represented in the family crest. Origaniated in the Riga province of the Netherlands.

Heeren

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

It is an elaboration of heer which means "lord" or "gentleman" in Dutch, or it is patronymic from Heer, a short form of names that start with the element heri which means "army", like Hereward and Herman.

Heijman

Usage: Dutch

Patronymic surname based on the given name Hendrik.

Heijmans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Heijman.

Heiman

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Heijman.

Heimans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Heijman.

Hendriks

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Hendrik.

Hendrikx

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Hendriks.

Hendrix

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hendriks.

Herbert

Usage: Dutch, English, French, German Extra: Statistics

Derived from the male given name Herbert.

Herberts

Usage: Dutch, English

Variant of Herbert.

Herbertsen

Usage: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Herbertson.

Herbertssen

Usage: Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish

Variant of Herbertson.

Herrema

Usage: Dutch, Frisian

From a Frisian diminutive of the given name Henry.

Heyman

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Heijman.

Heymans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Heijman.

Hoedemaeker

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Hoedemaker.

Hoedemaekers

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Hoedemaker.

Hoedemaker

Usage: Dutch

From the old profession of hoedemaker, the person who made hoeden (singular hoed). Hoed is the Dutch word for "hat".

Hoedemakers

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Hoedemaker.

Hofwegen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Hofwegen.

Holst

Usage: Low German, Dutch, Danish Extra: Statistics

Referred originally to a person from the region of Holstein (between Germany and Denmark). Bearers of this name include Gustav Holst, famous English composer.

Holt

Usage: Dutch, Danish, English, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "a wood" or "grove" in Old English or German.

Holtman

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Houtman.

Houben

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Hubertus (see Hubert).

Houtkooper

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Literally means "buyer of wood".

Houtman

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Literally translated, it is "forest man". Hout is the oldest Dutch word for "forest", so it is very likely that the first bearer of this surname was a man who lived in the forest.

Hummel (1)

Usage: German, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the first name Humbert.

Hummel (2)

Usage: German, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian

Nickname for a busy person (from the Germanic word hommel meaning "bee").

Jacobs

Usage: Dutch, English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Jacob.

Jacobse

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Jacobs.

Jacobson

Usage: Dutch, English, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jacob".

Jans

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Jan.

Jansen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jan".

Jansens

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Jansen.

Jansing

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Jansen.

Jansingh

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Jansen.

Jansink

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Jansen.

Janssen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Jansen.

Janssens

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Jansen.

Janzen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Jansen.

Joncker

Usage: Dutch

Actually an abbreviation of jonckheer "young lord" (see also Jonckheer), this surname has its origin in the Late Middle Ages. In those days, 'joncker' was a nobiliary designation (never an actual nobiliary title) for (young) noblemen that had no nobiliary titles but did hold an important position in society. It is thus rather similar to the nobiliary designation of 'jonckheer', but not quite the same.

Jonckers

Usage: Dutch

Abbreviated form of Jonckersen.

Jonckersen

Usage: Dutch

A medieval surname which no longer exists in this spelling today, it means "son of a joncker". Please see also Joncker.

Jonckheer

Usage: Dutch

Derived from Middle Dutch jonchźre meaning "young lord", it originally was a medieval nobiliary designation (never an actual nobiliary title) for a young nobleman. For some noblemen and their offspring (and for a few servants of a jonckheer), this later developed into a surname.

Jonker

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

This is a more modern spelling of Joncker.

Jonkers

Usage: Dutch

This is a more modern spelling of Jonckers.

Joosten

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Joost.

Kappel

Usage: German, Dutch

Means "a person who lives near or works at a chapel" from Middle High German kappel "chapel".

Karl

Usage: Dutch, German Extra: Statistics

From the personal name Karl.

Kikkert

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Dutch surname meaning "frog".

Klein

Usage: German, Dutch, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "little" from German klein or Yiddish kleyn. A famous bearer of this name is clothes designer Calvin Klein.

Klerk

Usage: Dutch

Variant of De Klerk.

Klerken

Usage: Dutch

Variant of De Klerk.

Klerks

Usage: Dutch

Variant of De Klerk.

Klerkse

Usage: Dutch

Variant of De Klerk.

Klerkx

Usage: Dutch

Variant of De Klerk.

Klerx

Usage: Dutch

Variant of De Klerk.

Kloet

Usage: Dutch

The surname comes from the word kloet (plural form is kloeten), which was some kind of punting-pole used in the shipping during the 16th century. Kloet can also be an occupational surname: kloeten were made by people with the profession of kloetenmaker (= literally translated, "maker of kloeten") and/or kloeter. However, apart from punting-pole, a kloet can also be something else: a cut off lump of clay. Finally, in the 16th century, kloet or kloete also used to be a nickname for goofy and stupid people.

Kloeten

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kloet.

Kloeter

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kloet.

Koeman

Usage: Dutch

From the Old Dutch word koeman, which means "merchant". It's also possible that the first bearer of this surname was a man who owned cows, as koe is the Dutch word for "cow".

Koemans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Koeman.

Kolen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kool.

Kolijn

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kool.

Kollen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kool.

Koning

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Dutch cognate of King.

Kool

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Nicholas.

Koole

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kool.

Koolen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kool.

Kools

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Kool.

Kouman

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Koeman.

Koumans

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Koeman.

Krantz

Usage: Jewish, German, Dutch

A variant of Kranz.

Kranz

Usage: Dutch, German

Derived from Middle High German kranz "wreath".

Krusen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

From the name of a place in Holland, derived from cruys, kruis "cross".

Kuijpers

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Cuypers.

Kuiper

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Cuypers.

Kuipers

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Cuypers.

Langbroek

Usage: Dutch

Langbroek is a small town in the province of Utrecht, Holland. In this context 'lang' means wide and 'broek' means meadow. This surname was given to people living in Langbroek. Also Van Langbroek "from Langbroek".

Lauwens

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Lawrence". It is rather rare in mainly Flanders, Belgium, and often families were either spelled Lauwens or Lauwers (a bit more common) in the Duchy of Flanders and the Duchy of Brabant (14th century and further). These former regions nowadays are part of Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. In some occasions, the name can be found in the former Burgundy, and thus includes the contemporary Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, and part of Germany.

Lauwers

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Lauwens.

Leeuwenhoek

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Leeuwenhoek.

Lucas

Usage: Dutch, English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Lucas. A famous bearer of this surname is George Lucas, the inventor and director of the "Star Wars" movies.

Lucassen

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Lucas".

Lyon

Usage: Scottish, English, French, Dutch

Habitational name from either the Lyon in southern central France, or Lyons-la-Forźt in Eure, Normandy.

Maas

Usage: Dutch, Low German Extra: Statistics

From the given name Maas.

Maessen

Usage: Dutch

Derived from the given name Maas, which is short for both Thomas and Damasus. Damasus means "taming, supressing", from Greek damazein.

Marquering

Usage: Dutch, German

Derived from the given name Marquer, which was in turn derived from Marquard. Marquard comes from Old German marka, which means "wall" (or "border") and "protector". So actually, the given name Marquard can be explained as "protector of the wall/border".

Marqueringh

Usage: Dutch, German

Variant of Marquering.

Marquerink

Usage: Dutch, German

Variant of Marquering.

Mas (2)

Usage: German, Dutch Extra: Statistics

An aphetic form of Thomas.

Meeuwe

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Meeuwsen.

Meeuwes

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Meeuwsen.

Meeuwessen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Meeuwsen.

Meeuweszen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Meeuwsen.

Meeuwis

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Meeuwsen.

Meeuwissen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Meeuwsen.

Meeuwsen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Dutch given name Meeuw, which comes from Bartholomeus (see Bartholomew).

Meisner

Usage: German, Dutch Extra: Statistics

A variant of Meissner.

Merckx

Usage: Flemmish, Dutch

From the given name Mark.

Mertens

Usage: Dutch, Flemmish Extra: Statistics

From the given name Merten.

Mohren

Usage: Dutch, German

Dutch and German form of Moore (2).

Mooren

Usage: Dutch

Dutch variant of Moore (2).

Mulder

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Dutch form of the English name Miller.

Muyskens

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "little mouse" in Dutch.

Nelissen

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Cornelius".

Nifterick

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Niftrik.

Nifterik

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Niftrik.

Niftrik

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Niftrik.

Offermans

Usage: Dutch

From the Dutch occupation offerman, the man who collects ofer,"money," in a church.

Ogterop

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Ochtrup, Germany".

Oomen

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of the uncle".

Oorschot

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Oorschot.

Otten

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Dutch given name Ot, which is a nickname of Hadrianus (see Adrian) and/or Odo.

Pander

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Pender.

Panders

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Pender.

Paulis

Usage: Dutch, German Extra: Statistics

From the Roman family name Paulus (see Paul).

Paulissen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Paulis.

Peerenboom

Usage: Dutch

From Dutch and means "pear tree", referring to someone who kept a pear orchard.

Peeters

Usage: Dutch, Flemmish Extra: Statistics

Dutch variant of Peters.

Pender

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

From Old Dutch penre, paenre and paender; these are the old names for the occupation of "brewer".

Penders

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Pender.

Pennders

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Pender.

Penner

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Pender.

Penners

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Pender.

Peter

Usage: English, German, Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the first name Peter.

Peusen

Usage: Dutch

Derived from the given name Pascalis (see Pascal).

Philips

Usage: Dutch, English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Philip. Famous bearers of this surname are Frederick Philips and his son Gerard, the Dutch founders of the company Philips.

Prinsen

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of the prince", the term prince would have denoted someone who acted in a regal manner. It could also refer to the Jewish ornamental name Prinz.

Rademaker

Usage: Dutch, German Extra: Statistics

From the old occupation of rademaker; the person who made raden (singular rad). Rad is the old Dutch word for "wheel".

Rademakers

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Rademaker.

Ramaaker

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Rademakers.

Ramaker

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Rademaker.

Ramakers

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Rademaker.

Ramecker

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Rademaker.

Rameckers

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Rademaker.

Raske

Usage: Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Rask, used in Germany and the Netherlands.

Reijnder

Usage: Dutch, Frisian

Variant of Reinder.

Reijnders

Usage: Dutch, Frisian

Variant of Reinder.

Reinder

Usage: Dutch, Frisian

Derived from the Frisian given name Reinder, which is a form of the Dutch given name Reinier. Reinier is the Dutch variant of Rayner.

Reinders

Usage: Dutch, Frisian Extra: Statistics

Variant of Reinder.

Reynder

Usage: Dutch, Frisian

Variant of Reinder.

Reynders

Usage: Dutch, Frisian

Variant of Reinder.

Richard

Usage: English, French, German, Dutch Extra: Statistics

From the given name Richard.

Rietveld

Usage: Dutch

Literally means "reed field", from Dutch riet "reed" and veld "field". Found mostly in the western part of the Netherlands (the Holland area).

Rijnder

Usage: Dutch, Frisian

Variant of Reinder.

Rijnders

Usage: Dutch, Frisian

Variant of Rijnder.

Robert

Usage: French, English, Dutch Extra: Statistics

From the given name Robert.

Roggeveen

Usage: Dutch

Means "rye field" in Dutch. A famous bearer was Jacob Roggeveen, the explorer who discovered Easter Island.

Roijacker

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Rooiakker.

Roijackers

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Rooiakker.

Roijakker

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Rooiakker.

Roijakkers

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Rooiakker.

Romeijn

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Romijn.

Romeijnders

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Romijn.

Romeijnsen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Romijn.

Romijn

Usage: Dutch

Derived from the Dutch given name Romein, which comes from Romanus (see Roman).

Romijnders

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Romijn.

Romijnsen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Romijn.

Rompa

Usage: Dutch

This surname is practically Van Rompa, only it has lost the preposition "van". Of all the known surnames that are derived from Van Rompaey, Rompa is the commonest in The Netherlands, where it has over 240 bearers; there are only a handful of known bearers in Flanders (Belgium).

Rooiakker

Usage: Dutch

The meaning is, literally translated, "red field", from Dutch rood "red" and akker "field". The surname comes from the word rooiakker, which was a name for a field that had a reddish color or for a field that was barren.

Rooiakkers

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Rooiakker.

Rooijakker

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Rooiakker.

Rooijakkers

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Rooiakker.

Roosa

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

From the Dutch word roos meaning "rose".

Roosevelt

Usage: Dutch

Means "rose field" from Dutch roos "rose" and veld "field".

Rutten

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Rutger.

Ryskamp

Usage: Dutch

In Dutch kamp means "place" and Ryskamp means "those who farmed rye".

Samson

Usage: English, French, German, Jewish, Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the name Samson.

Sanna (2)

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Susanna".

Schenck

Usage: German, Dutch, Jewish Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German, Middle Dutch schenke meaning "wine server" (from Old High German scenken "to pour out"). As a German name it also denotes a tavernkeeper.

Schermer

Usage: Dutch, Low German Extra: Statistics

Occupational name for a fencer or swordsman, akin to Old High German skirmen "to defend".

Schneider (1)

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Snyder.

Schneiders

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Snyder.

Schneijder

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Snyder.

Schneijders

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Snyder.

Schoonenburg

Usage: Dutch

Perhaps German in origin, meaning "beautiful mountain".

Schoonraad

Usage: Dutch

Means "refined counsel" from the Low German schoon "refined, beautiful" and raad "counsel, advice".

Schoorel

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Schoorl.

Schoorl

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Schoorl.

Schorel

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Schoorl.

Schrijnemakers

Usage: Dutch

From the Dutch occupation of schrijnwerker, which means "cabinetmaker" in English.

Schuyler

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

From the Dutch meaning "scholar".

Schwarzenberg

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "black, dark mountain".

Seeger

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Segher.

Seegers

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Segher.

Seelen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Ceelen.

Segers

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Segher.

Segher

Usage: Dutch

Derived from the given name Seger, which comes from Sieger, which meant "victory army" in Old Norse.

Seghers

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Segher.

Severijns

Usage: Dutch

Derived from the given name Severinus (see Severino).

Severins

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Severijns.

Sevriens

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Severijns.

Silje

Usage: Dutch

Derived from the given name Silje.

Simon

Usage: Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Hebrew first name Simon.

Simonis

Usage: Dutch, Lithuanian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Simon".

Slootmaekers

Usage: Dutch, Flemmish

Means "the maker of locks" in Dutch, an occupational name for a locksmith.

Smeets

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Smit.

Smets

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Smit.

Smit

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

From the Dutch occupation smit, which is "smith" or "metalworker" in English.

Smits

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Smit.

Snaaijer

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Snyder.

Snaijer

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Snyder.

Sneiders

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Snyder.

Sneijder

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Snyder.

Sneijders

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Snyder.

Sneijer

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Snyder.

Sneijers

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Snyder.

Snell

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

From the Dutch snel, meaning "agile, swift and nimble".

Snider

Usage: Dutch, English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Snyder.

Sniders

Usage: Dutch, English

Variant of Snyder.

Snijder

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Snyder.

Snijders

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Snyder.

Snyder

Usage: Dutch, English Extra: Statistics

Means "tailor" in Dutch, an occupational name for a person who stitched coats and clothing.

Snyders

Usage: Dutch, English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Snyder.

Specht

Usage: German, Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "woodpecker" in German and Dutch.

Spijker (1)

Usage: Dutch

Means "dweller by or worker at the granary" from the Dutch spijker.

Spijker (2)

Usage: Dutch

Means "nailsmith" from the Dutch spijker.

Spiker

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Americanized form of Spijker (1) or Spijker (2).

Ter Avest

Usage: Dutch

Means "at the forest edge" or "at the shelter".

Teunissen

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Teunis". The male given name Teunis is a variant of the given name Teun, which is a nickname of the name Antonius.

Theunissen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Teunissen, derived from the given name Theunis which, like Teunis, derives from Antonius.

Tholberg

Usage: Dutch

Possibly means "Thol's hill" from the given name Thol, a diminutive of Theodoric.

Tillens

Usage: Dutch, Flemmish, German

From the Germanic name Thietilo, a medieval pet form of Dietrich.

Tunison

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Americanized form of Tunneson.

Tunneson

Usage: Dutch

Means "son of Teunis", Teunis is a shortened form of Anthony.

Van Aalsburg

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Aalsburg". Aalsburg might be from Adelsburg, which is composed of adal "noble" and burg "fortress".

Van Aalst

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Alst.

Van Aarle

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Aarle.

Van Achteren

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Agteren.

Van Achthoven

Usage: Dutch

Denotes a person hailing from any of the various places bearing the name Achthoven.

Van Adrichem

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Adrichem.

Van Aggelen

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Aggelen", the place Aggelen could be Achel in the Belgian province Limburg or Echel in the Dutch province Limburg.

Van Agteren

Usage: Dutch

Means "from behind", probably referring to a place behind something, like a church or other building or a place at the end of the road.

Van Agthoven

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Achthoven.

Van Akkeren

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van den Akker.

Van Aller

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "from Aller, Holland".

Van Alphen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "from Alphen, Netherlands".

Van Alst

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "from Aalst, Netherlands". Aalst is believed to be from Germanic alhust meaning "living place".

Van Altena

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Altena, Netherlands".

Van Althuis

Usage: Dutch

Means "from the old house".

Van Amelsvoort

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Amersfoort, Netherlands".

Van Amersvoort

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Amelsvoort.

Van Amstel

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Amstel, Netherlands".

Van Andel

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "from Andel, Netherlands".

Van Andringa

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Andringa.

Van Ankeren

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Ankeren, Netherlands".

Van Antwerp

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "from Antwerp, Netherlands".

Van Antwerpen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Antwerp.

Van Apeldoorn

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Apeldoorn".

Van Arendonk

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Arendonk.

Van As

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Asch, Netherlands".

Van Asch

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van As.

Van Assen

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Assen, Netherlands". Assen is possibly from essen meaning "ash trees".

Van Baarle

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Baal/Baarle" in Dutch.

Van Bokhoven

Usage: Dutch

Dutch surname meaning "of Bokhoven". Bokhoven is a small town in the the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands.

Van Breda

Usage: Dutch

Means "from Breda". Breda is a city in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands. Breda is derived from the elements breed meaning "wide" and Aa, the name of a river.

Van Bueren

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Buren.

Van Buggenum

Usage: Dutch

Dutch surname meaning "of Buggenum". Buggenum is a small town in the middle of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands.

Van Buiren

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Buren.

Van Buren

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Dutch surname meaning "of Buren". Buren is a small town near the coast of Ameland, one of the small islands in the north of the Netherlands. The island of Ameland belongs to the province of Friesland. Buren is also the name of a small city in a Dutch province named Gelderland. It has been a county for hundereds of years. The former countess Anna van Buren married Willem the Conqueror, the founder of the Dutch Royal Family. The current family still uses the title Count of Buren. A famous bearer of this surname was the American president Martin van Buren (1782-1862), who was the eighth president of the United States.

Van Can

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Kanne.

Van Cann

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Kanne.

Van Canne

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Kanne.

Van Daal

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Dalen.

Van Daalen

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Dalen.

Van Dael

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Van Dalen.

Van Daele

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Van Dalen.

Van Dale

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Van Dalen.

Vandale

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Van Dalen.