Message: "Vermeer" - Behind the Name

Vermeer

by Getb (guest)

7/6/2012, 8:06 AM

I know I bring more questions than answers, but cannot help it... Anyone knows the etymology of this surname?

- Marc (guest) +1

7/6/2012, 8:18 AM

Vermeer is a contraction of Van der Meer 'from the lake'.

- Getb (guest)

7/6/2012, 10:45 AM

Thanks!

- getb (guest)

7/6/2012, 8:07 AM

it is a dutch surname

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