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Help[Surname] Komen
Does anyone have information that could help me update/improve this submitted name entry? https://surnames.behindthename.com/name/komen/submitted
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https://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Koopman&nfd_naam=Koopman&info=analyse+en+verklaring&operator=eq&taal=
Apperently it goes like this for the Dutch version of Komen:
Koopman > Kooman > Koomen > Komen
Koopman means 'trader, someone who buys, merchant' Koop = Buy, Man = Man. Which makes it the Dutch equivalent of the German surname Kaufmann.
Sometimes Koopman can come from Jacob (> Jakob > Koop (ending -b is pronounced as a -p, so there's no difference in sound between Koop and Koob) + addition of -man to make it a pet form. Though the version with the 'trader' meaning happened more often.
Pronounced would be: KOH:-mən
Apperently it goes like this for the Dutch version of Komen:
Koopman > Kooman > Koomen > Komen
Koopman means 'trader, someone who buys, merchant' Koop = Buy, Man = Man. Which makes it the Dutch equivalent of the German surname Kaufmann.
Sometimes Koopman can come from Jacob (> Jakob > Koop (ending -b is pronounced as a -p, so there's no difference in sound between Koop and Koob) + addition of -man to make it a pet form. Though the version with the 'trader' meaning happened more often.
Pronounced would be: KOH:-mən
This message was edited 1/30/2025, 12:24 PM
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Komen also exists as van Komen in the Netherlands suggesting a habitational origin. Komen is the Dutch name of Comines, a town on the border of Belgium and France. While I haven't found a source that confirms this origin, it is an ethnic, linguistic, and historical Dutch region.
As for the etymology of Comines/Komen, it ultimately comes from an ancient Celtic word meaning "valley".
Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Komen
As for the etymology of Comines/Komen, it ultimately comes from an ancient Celtic word meaning "valley".
Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Komen
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I did some research and updated it a bit. I didn't find the meaning, though.
This message was edited 12/27/2024, 6:50 AM
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