Type Surname (from location)
Usage Dutch
Other Forms FormsBijsterveldt, Bijsterveld, Van Bijsterveld, Van Beijsterveldt, Van Beijsterveld, Van Bysterveldt, Van Beysterveldt, Van Bysterveld, Van Beysterveld, Beijsterveldt, Bijstervelt, Beijsterveld, Biestervald, Biesterveld, Bysterveldt, Beisterveld, Bistervelts, Bistervelds, Bistervelt, Biiesterveld, Beysterveldt, Bysterveld, Besterveld, Bestervelt
Meaning & History
Means "from the waste land", derived from Middle Dutch bijstervelt meaning "waste land, chaffing and infertile land". Dutch politician Marja van Bijsterveldt (1961-) bears this name.