Dutch Submitted Surnames

Kloppenburg German, Dutch
From Cloppenburg, the name of a town in Lower Saxony.

Kluit Dutch
Means "lump, clod (of earth)" in Dutch.

Kluivert Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
Nickname perhaps related to Dutch kluiven meaning "to gnaw, to bite, to nibble". A notable bearer is Dutch former soccer player Patrick Kluivert (1976-).

Kluivert Dutch (Surinamese)

Knecht German, German (Swiss), Dutch
Means "servant, assistant" in German and Dutch, an occupational name for a journeyman or male servant derived from Old Germanic kneht meaning "servant, knight" or "youth, boy"... [more]

Knickerbocker Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of the Dutch occupational name Knickerbacker "marble baker", i.e., a baker of children's clay marbles. This lowly occupation became synonymous with the patrician class in NYC through Washington Irving's attribution of his History of New York (1809) to a fictitious author named Diedrich Knickerbocker... [more]

Knoef Dutch (?)

Knol Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch knolle "tuber, turnip, lump of earth", a nickname for a fat or clumsy person, or an occupational name for a farmer.

Knottenbelt Dutch

Koelewijn Dutch
Derived from Dutch koel "cool, cold" and wei "whey", a metonymic occupational name for a dairy farmer. Altered by folk etymology to mean "cool wine". Can also derive from a place name.

Koenen Dutch
Patronymic from the given name Koen, a short form of names beginning with the element kuoni "brave, bold".

Koers Dutch
Means "son of Koert".

Koetsier Dutch
Means "coachman, coach driver" in Dutch.

Kolk Dutch
Means "whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom" or "bog pond, watering hole".

Komen Dutch
This name is more prevalent in Kenya than the Netherlands.

Konings Dutch
Patronymic form of Koning.

Kooij Dutch
From Dutch kooi meaning "cage", often referring to a pen or duck decoy (a plot of land with a pond set aside to lure in ducks). Occupational name for someone who raised or hunted ducks, or who made cages.

Kooistra West Frisian, Dutch
Variant form of Kooij, using the Frisian habitational suffix -stra.

Koolhof Dutch
Denoted someone from the Dutch neighbourhood Koolhof, derived from koolhof "vegetable garden".

Koonings Dutch
Means "of the king", related to Koning.

Koop German, Dutch
From kopen "to buy".

Koopmans Dutch
Patronymic form of Koopman.

Koopmeiners Dutch, German
Perhaps derived from koop "purchase, buy" and meiners "mine." An alternate interpretation is that "meiners" could be derived from the German word miner.

Koops Dutch, Low German
Patronymic from the given name Koop, a diminutive form of Jakob. Alternatively, a variant of German and Dutch Koop.

Koot Dutch
Possibly derived from Middle Dutch kuut "coot (bird)".

Korbee Dutch
From the French surname Corbé, which might derive from courbet "bent, bowed", a nickname based on a crooked posture or manner of walking, or from corbeau "crow, raven".

Kornet English (American), Dutch

Kort Dutch
Means "short" in Dutch, a nickname for a short person.

Kortland Dutch
From any of the places in the Netherlands called Kortland, which means "short land."

Korver Dutch
Derived from Dutch korf meaning "basket", an occupational name for someone who either made baskets or used them, such as a fisherman.

Kraaijkamp Dutch
Means "field of crows" in Dutch, from the plural form of Dutch kraai "crow" and kamp "camp, field".

Kraan Dutch
Means "crane" in Dutch, referring to both the bird and the machine. Usually a nickname for a tall or long-legged person, but can also be an occupational name for someone who worked a mechanical crane, or a habitational name from a place containing the element kraan.

Krabbe German, Dutch, Danish
Means "crab, shrimp", either a metonymic occupational name for someone who caught or sold shellfish, or a nickname based on someone’s way of walking.

Krane Dutch, Low German
Variant of Dutch Kraan or German Krahn.

Kremer German, Dutch, Jewish
Variant of German Krämer or Dutch Kramer.

Kreton Dutch (Rare)
Possibly an altered form of Kriebel.

Krijgsman Dutch
Means "warrior, soldier" in Dutch, derived from krijg "war, warfare" and man "person, man".

Krijnen Dutch
Patronymic from the given name Krijn, a diminutive of Quirijn, the Dutch form of Quirinus.

Krist German, Dutch
Variant form of Christ, or a short form of the given name Kristen 1.

Kroes Dutch, Low German
Means "frizzy, curly (hair)" in Dutch.

Kroes Dutch, Low German
Means "chalice, cup, jug" in Dutch, an occupational name for someone who made drinking vessels, such as a potter. Could also be a habitational name for someone who lived by a sign depicting a cup.

Kroeze Dutch, Low German
Variant spelling of Kroes.

Kroll German, Dutch
Nickname for someone with curly hair, from Middle High German krol "curly", Middle Low German krulle "ringlet, curl", Middle Dutch croel, crul.

Kroos Low German, Dutch
Variant of Kross.

Krouwel Dutch
From Middle Dutch crauwel meaning "trident, hook, claw", an occupational name for someone who used such a tool, or habitational name for someone who lived near a landmark depicting it.

Kruip Dutch
Means "crawl, creep" in Dutch, possibly a nickname for someone known for skulking about.

Kruis Dutch, Flemish
Means "cross" in Dutch, a habitational name for someone who lived near a crossroads, a sign depicting a cross, or a place where people were executed. Could also denote someone who made crosses, either the religious symbol or the instrument of torture.

Kues German, Dutch (Rare)
Habitational name from Cues, now part of Bernkastel-Kues in the Rhineland Palatinate.

Kues Dutch (Rare)
From Middle Dutch cuse "club, cudgel, knobstick".

Kuijper Dutch
Variant of Kuiper

Kuijt Dutch
Occupational name for a brewer of beer, derived from Dutch kuit, koyt literally meaning "beer". A famous bearer of this name is retired Dutch soccer player Dirk Kuijt (1980-), also known as Dirk Kuyt.

Kuilart Dutch
Derived from Dutch kuil "pit, hole in the ground", probably part of a toponym.

Kul German, Dutch
Derived from Old High German kol meaning "coal", perhaps an occupational name for a miner or coal seller.

Kunis German, Dutch
From a derivative of the personal name Kuno or Konrad.

Kuperus Dutch
Latinized form of Kuiper "barrel cooper".

Kusters Dutch
Variant of Koster.

Kuyper Dutch
Variant of Kuiper

Kuypers Dutch
Variant of Kuiper

Kuyt Dutch
Variant of Kuijt, notably borne by the Dutch former soccer player Dirk Kuyt (1980-).

Laan Dutch
Means "lane, avenue" in Dutch (see Van Der Laan). Alternatively, could be a matronymic from the given name Lane, a Middle Dutch diminutive of Juliana and other names with similar elements.

Laarhoven Dutch
Variant of Van Laarhoven.

Lakeman Dutch
Either a topographic name for someone who lived by a lake or pond, from Middle Dutch lake "lake, pool; stream, marshland" and man "person, man", or an occupational name from laken "broadcloth".

Lam Dutch, North Frisian
Means "lamb" in Dutch, a habitational name for someone who lived by a sign depicting a lamb or a place named for them. In some cases, it may derive from the name of a ship.

Lam German, Dutch
From a short form of the given name Lambert.

Lamers Dutch
Patronymic from the given name Lamert, a variant of Lammert.

Lammers Dutch, German
Patronymic form of the given name Lammert, a variant of Lambert.

Landers German, Dutch
Patronymic form of Lander.

Langendonck Dutch, Belgian
A habitational name derived from lang "long, elongated" and donk "sandy hill".

Langerak Dutch
A habitational name from any of several places called Langerak, derived from lang "long" and rak "straight section of a waterway".

Langhoor Dutch, Belgian
Means "long ear", from lang "long, tall" and oor "ear", a nickname for someone with large ears, or perhaps good hearing.

Lannoy French, Walloon, Flemish
From the various locations in northern France and Belgium called Lannoy. Variant of Delannoy.

Lans Dutch
From the given name Lans or Lanzo, a short form of names beginning with the element lant.

Lansing Dutch
Patronymic form of Lans, Germanic Lanzo, a Dutch cognate of Lance.

Lauwer Flemish
Occupational name for a tanner, from Dutch looien "to tan (leather)".

Lavender English, Dutch
Occupational name for a washerman or launderer, Old French, Middle Dutch lavendier (Late Latin lavandarius, an agent derivative of lavanda "washing", "things to be washed"). The term was applied especially to a worker in the wool industry who washed the raw wool or rinsed the cloth after fulling... [more]

Lawyer Dutch (Anglicized), Flemish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Lauwer or Louwers.

Leegstra Dutch
Probably derived from either leeg "empty, hollow" or laag "low" combined with the West Frisian suffix -stra.

Leenders Dutch
Patronymic form of Leendert.

Leeuwenkamp Dutch
Possibly from an unknown place name meaning "lion's camp" in Dutch.

Leffert Dutch, North Frisian
From the given name Leffert, a combination of liob "dear, beloved" and hart "strong, brave, hardy".

Lefferts Dutch, North Frisian
Means "son of Leffert".

Lemm Low German, Dutch
Derived from the given name Lambert.

Lems Dutch
Short form of a given name such as Lambrecht, Adelem, or Willem.

Lenaerts Belgian, Flemish
Patronymic from the given name Lenaert, an archaic Flemish form of Leonard.

Leonhard German, Dutch
Variant of Leonhardt.

Leonhardt German, Dutch
From the Germanic personal name Leonhard, composed of the elements lewo "lion" and hart "hardy, brave, strong".

Leonhart German, Dutch
Variant of Leonhardt.

Leopold English, German, Dutch
From the given name Leopold.

Lever Dutch, English
Possibly from personal name composed of the elements leof "dear, beloved" and here "army" or hard "strong", such as Leofhere or Leffert.

Lex German, Dutch
From a short form of the personal name Alexius, Alexis.

Libgott Dutch (Rare)
Probably derived from Germanic lib "life, body" and guot "good".

Licht German, Dutch, Yiddish
Means "light" or "candle". Could be an occupational name for a chandler, a topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing (see Lichte), or a nickname for someone who had light hair, or who was agile and slender.

Liebert German, Low German, Dutch, Walloon, Flemish, French
From the given name Liebert.

Liem Dutch
Habitual surname for Lieme in Eastphalia, which is from lim meaning "mire".

Lieman Dutch
From a Germanic personal name composed of liut "people", or possibly liob "dear, beloved", combined with man "person, man" (see Liutman, Liefman).

Lieshout Dutch
Originally indicated a person from the village of Lieshout in the province of North-Brabant, Netherlands. It is possibly derived from either Dutch lies meaning "great manna grass" (a grasslike plant that grows near riverbanks and ponds) or Middle Dutch lese meaning "track, furrow", combined with hout meaning "forest".

Limburg German, Dutch
Derived from places named "Limburg".

Linde German, Dutch, Jewish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Derived from Middle Hugh German, Dutch linde or Scandinavian lind "lime tree". Almost exclusively ornamental in Swedish, otherwise probably habitational. There are also a number of feminine names containing the element lind, for example Linda, Dietlinde and Gerlinde, and it's possible that the surname is derived from any of those names.

Lindenberg German, Jewish, Dutch
As a German and Jewish name, it is derived from any of numerous places called Lindenberg in Germany, composed of Middle High German linde meaning "lime tree" and berg meaning "mountain, hill"... [more]

Linders Dutch
Patronymic form of Leonard, or possibly of a Germanic name composed of linta "linden tree, shield, spear" and heri "army".

Lindt German, Dutch
Derived from given names containing the elements lind "tender, mild, gentle hearted" or lind "linden tree, shield"... [more]

Lochte Dutch, German
Variant of the habitational names Lichte or Lucht.

Lock English, Dutch, German
Habitational name from any of various places derived from Old English loca meaning "(locked) enclosure, stronghold".

Loepp Dutch
Variant of Loop.

Loijen Dutch
Patronymic from the given name Looij, a short form of Lodewijk, Ludolf, or Eligius.

Lokerse Dutch
Possibly a patronymic form of a given name such as Lokke, or a habitational name from a place using the Middle Dutch element loken "to close, shut, fence" (compare Lock).

Lokerson Dutch (Americanized)
Possibly an Americanized form of Lokerse.

Loon Dutch
Variant form of Van Loon.

Loonstra Dutch, Dutch (Antillean)

Loop Dutch
Habitational name from de Loop, meaning "the watercourse", in the province of Antwerp.

Loos Dutch, German
Patronymic from a short form of either Dutch Lodewijk or German Nikolaus, or the name of a place in northern France.

Looy Dutch

Losee Dutch (Anglicized)
Perhaps an Americanized spelling of Lossie, a vernacular derivative of the female personal name Lucia... [more]

Lotsij Dutch
Apparently a Dutchified form of the Polish surname Illotzki.

Louwers Dutch
Either a patronymic from a short form of Laurentius, or an occupational name for a tanner from Dutch looien "to tan (leather)".

Lubben Low German, Dutch
Patronymic from German Lübbe, Dutch Lubbe, short forms of the personal names Leopold and Lübbert (see Luebbert)... [more]

Lubberman Dutch
Probably derived from the given name Lubbert.

Lubbers Dutch
Patronymic from the given name Lubbert.

Lucht German, Dutch
Topographic name from Lucht "cleared area, garden", ultimately from Old German leuhtą "light".

Lucius German, Dutch
From the personal name Lucius.

Luijten Dutch
From the given name Luit or Luitje, a diminutive form of names beginning with the element liud "people".

Luiten Dutch
Variant of Luijten.

Lustig Swedish, German, Jewish, Dutch
A nickname for a cheerful person, derived from Swedish and German lustig "humorous, funny, enjoyable" or Middle High German lustig "merry, carefree". Usually ornamental as a Jewish surname.

Lutter Dutch, English, German
Dutch and English: variant of Luter.... [more]

Lux German, French, Belgian, Dutch
Patronymic from a vernacular form of Lucas. Alternatively, a variant form of Luchs.

Luyten Dutch
Variant of Luijten.

Maassen Dutch
Patronymic form of Maas.

Mack German, Dutch, French
From the Germanic personal name Macco or Makko.

Mackin Dutch
Pet form of Macco.

Maesen Flemish
Variant of Maessen.

Maker Dutch (Rare)
An occupational name for someone who makes or repairs things, from Dutch maken "to make, mend, create".

Makkelie Dutch (Rare)
Probably derived from the Scottish surname McCulloch.

Malefeijt Dutch
A variant spelling of Malefeyt. This is also actually an archaic spelling (as the sound written as -eijt will be always be written as -eit or -ijt in modern times), but it has (barely) managed to survive into modern times... [more]

Malefeyt Dutch (Archaic)
Archaic Dutch surname that is now no longer in use (not in this exact spelling, that is): the spelling reflects the surname's origin from older times (as -eyt is an exclusively archaic spelling that has not survived into modern times like its counterparts -eit and -ijt did)... [more]

Malefijt Dutch
Modern form of Malefeyt, which is also the most common form of the surname. In The Netherlands, there were 24 bearers of the surname in 2007.

Malfeyt Dutch, Flemish
Generally a Dutch form (or "dutchization", if you will) of Malfait, with the spelling reflecting the surname's origin from older times (as -eyt is an exclusively archaic spelling that has not survived into modern times like its counterparts -eit and -ijt did)... [more]

Malin French, Flemish
From the masculine given name Madalin, a short form of names composed of the Germanic element mahal "council, assembly, meeting" such as Madalbert.

Man English, Dutch, Yiddish
Variant of Mann.

Manes Dutch
Derived from a variant of a given name such as Magnus, Mannes, Mennen, Manasses, or a short form of Germanus.

Mansvelt Dutch

Mantel English, German, French, Dutch
nickname for someone who wore a cloak in a particularly conspicuous way or with a striking design, from Middle English, Middle High German, Old French, and Middle Dutch mantel "cloak, coat" (from Late Latin mantellus)... [more]

Marcus German, English, Dutch, Irish, Swedish, Danish, French, Jewish
From the given name Marcus. Variant of Marks.

Mark English, German, Dutch
Topographic name for someone who lived on a boundary between two districts, from Old High German marka "border, boundary, march". The German term also denotes an area of fenced-off land (see Marker) and, like the English word, is embodied in various place names which have given rise to habitational names.

Markenstein Dutch

Markgraf German, Dutch
status name from Middle High German marcgrāve "margrave" (which is a title derived from marc "boundary" and grāve "royal judge")... [more]

Markus German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian
From the given name Markus.

Marsman Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch marsch, mersch (Southern Dutch meers), meaning "marsh". In some cases, however, it can also be a variant of Meersman.

Masse Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch masse "clog; cudgel", this name might have been a metonymic occupational name for someone who wielded a club. In some cases, however, it may also have been a patronymic of Maas.

Mast German, Dutch
Derived from Middle High German and Middle Dutch mast "mast (fodder made of acorns and beechnuts); the process of fattening livestock", an occupational name for a pig farmer or a swineherd. In some cases, however, the German name may also have been derived from Middle High German mast, mastic "fat, stout".

Mast Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch mast "(ship's) mast; pole", a nickname for a tall, lanky man. Alternatively, it can derive from the homonym mast "pig fodder, animal fodder".

Mastenbroek Dutch
Originally indicated a person from the polder area of Mastenbroek in the Dutch province of Overijssel, as well as a small village built around a church in the middle of that polder area. The place names derive from Middle Dutch mast meaning "pole, mast" or "pig feed, fodder" combined with broek meaning "marsh, wetland".

Mastenbrook Dutch (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Mastenbroek.

Mastin French, Flemish, Walloon
occupational name for a household servant or guard from Old French mastin "watchdog, manservant" (from Latin mansuetudinus "domestic"). The Old French word had the further sense of a bad-tempered dog and was used as an adjective in the sense of "bad cruel".

Mathias French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese
French, Dutch: from the personal name Mathias (see Matthew).... [more]

Mathis German, German (Swiss), Flemish, Alsatian, English
Derived from the given name Matthias.

Matias Filipino, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Czech (Americanized)
Spanish (Matías), Portuguese, and Dutch: from the personal name (see Matthew).... [more]

Matten Flemish
Could derive from a short form of a given name such as Matthias or Mathilde, or be a toponym derived from either Middle High German mata "meadow" or French motte "clod, mound of earth".

Matthias German, Dutch
From the personal name Matthias (see Matthew).

Matthijs Dutch
From the given name Matthijs.

Meeboer Dutch (Rare)
Possibly an occupational name for someone who brewed or sold mead, from Dutch mede (also mee) "mead" and boer "farmer, peasant; merchant, producer (of a product)".

Meer Dutch, Low German
Means "lake, pool, marsh", from Old Germanic *mari "lake; sea, ocean". Compare Van der Meer.

Meersman Flemish
An occupational name for a travelling salesman, from Middle Dutch merseman "itinerant merchant, peddler".

Meester Dutch, Flemish, German
Occupational name for a teacher, lecturer or a master craftsman, or a nickname for someone who had a bossy demeanor, derived from Dutch meester meaning "master". A famous bearer of this surname is the American actress, singer and model Leighton Meester (1986-).

Mefford English, German (Americanized), Dutch (Americanized)
Possibly an Americanized form of Meffert, derived from a Germanic given name composed of maht "strength, might" and fridu "peace" (see Metfried, Mathfrid)... [more]

Meijerink Dutch
Toponymic surname derived from meier "bailiff, steward, tenant farmer" (see Meijer) combined with the suffix -ink.

Meijster Dutch (Archaic)
Variant of Meister.

Meiners Dutch

Melchior Dutch, German
Derived from the given name Melchior.

Melk Dutch
Dutch word for "milk"

Melker Dutch, Swedish (Rare), Afrikaans
Derived from Dutch melker "milker (one who milks)". In some cases, however, it can also be derived from the given name Melchior.

Melleker Flemish (Rare)
Variant of Melker.

Mennen Dutch
Derived from a given name such as Manno, or any name containing the element megin "power, strength".

Mensink Dutch
Patronymic or habitational name meaning "of Menso", a diminutive of personal name derived from the element megin (see Mense, Menno).

Mermis Dutch
Altered form of Mevis, a shortened form of the given name Bartholomeus

Messiaen Dutch, French, Belgian
Derived from Messiaen, the (archaic) Dutch form of the latinate first name Messianus, which itself is ultimately derived from the Roman praenomen Messus.

Metselaar Dutch
Means "bricklayer, mason" in Dutch.

Mette Dutch
Truncated form of Demetter.

Meulen Dutch, Belgian
Variant spelling of Molen, meaning "mill".

Meutstege Dutch
Possibly from Dutch meute meaning "pack, crowd" and steeg meaning "alleyway, lane, narrow path". Dutch former soccer player Wim Meutstege (1952-) bears this name.

Michaël Dutch, French
From the given name Michaël.

Miché French, Dutch (Rare)
Derived from the given name Michel.

Michels German, Dutch, Flemish
Patronymic from the personal name Michel.

Mick German, Dutch
Occupational name from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch micke "(wheat or rye) bread". Alternatively, a Germanized form of Mik.

Middag Dutch
Means "midday, noon" in Dutch. Compare German Mittag.

Middelberg Dutch
Variant of Middelburg, derived from middel "middle, centre" and burg "fortress, citadel".

Miedema West Frisian, Dutch
Derived from West Frisian miede "meadow, hayfield" and the suffix -ma "one of the men of".

Mier Dutch
Derived from Dutch mier "ant", perhaps denoting an industrious person.

Mier Low German, Flemish
Variant of Meer.

Modderman Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch modder "mud", this name used to denote a dustman, a garbage man.

Moes Dutch
Derived from Middle Dutch moes "stew, mush, vegetables, food", either on its own as a nickname for a cook or vegetable farmer, or as a shortened form of a longer name, such as the toponym Moespot "vegetable pot".

Moes Dutch, Low German
Variant form of Maas.

Mol Dutch
Means "mole (animal)" in Dutch. Could be a nickname for someone with poor eyesight or who was known for digging, an occupational name for a mole catcher, or a habitational name for someone from Mol in the Antwerp province, Belgium.

Molen Dutch
From Dutch meaning "mill".

Molenaar Dutch
Derived from Dutch molenaar "miller".

Molly Dutch (Surinamese)
Possibly derived from an occupational name for a millwright, from Middle Dutch molen "mill".

Molnar Dutch
Variant of Molenaar.

Mondriaan Dutch
Meaning uncertain. It is a variant of the surname Mondriaal, which could possibly be a Dutch cognate of Monreal, meaning "royal mountain". This was the real surname of the Dutch-American painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944).

Mondrian Dutch
Variant of Mondriaan. A notable bearer was the Dutch-American abstract painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), born Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan Jr. (He changed his name in 1912, dropping the extra a from his surname).

Mooij Dutch
From Dutch mooi "beautiful, handsome, neat, fine".

Moonen Dutch
Patronymic form of Moon, a diminutive of the given name Simon 1.

Morshuis Dutch
Probably derived from Old Dutch mor "swamp, marsh, peat" and huis "house, home".

Motte French, Walloon, Flemish, German
from old French motte "motte" a word of Gaulish origin denoting a man-made protective mound or moat surrounding a castle or other fortified strongholds; or a habitational name from any of the various places in France and in Belgium named with this word.... [more]

Muis Dutch, Indonesian
From Dutch muis meaning "mouse". Could be a nickname denoting someone with mouse-like tendencies, or who caught mice, or a short form of the given name Bartholomeus.

Mullens Flemish
A name referring to someone who lived at or by a mill.

Multatuli Dutch
From the Latin phrase multa tulī meaning "I have suffered much" or "I have borne much". This was the pen name of the Dutch writer Eduard Douwes Dekker (1820-1887), who wrote Max Havelaar, which denounced the abuses of colonialism in the Dutch East Indies, now called Indonesia... [more]

Munk German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English
From Middle High German münich Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish munk Middle Dutch munc "monk" a nickname for someone thought to resemble a monk or a metonymic occupational name for someone in the service of a monastery... [more]

Münster German, Dutch
habitational name from any of the places called Münster (in Germany) or Munster derived from Latin monasterium "monastery" or a topographic name for someone living near a monastery.

Musch Dutch, German
From Middle Dutch mussche "house sparrow", a nickname for a quick person, or perhaps someone who was small and weak.

Mussert Dutch
Dutch cognate of Mussett. This name was borne by the infamous Nazi politician Anton Mussert (1894-1946), the leader of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB) during World War II.

Naaktgeboren Dutch
Turns out that Naaktgeboren means nakedborn in Dutch. It's a surname used in the Netherlands.

Nannenga Frisian, Dutch, German
Variant of Nanninga.

Nanninga Frisian, Dutch, German
Derived from the given name Nanne, a short form of Germanic names containing the element nand meaning "daring, brave, courage"... [more]

Nassau German, Dutch, Jewish
From the name of the town of Nassau in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (formerly the seat of an independent duchy in the 19th century), derived from Old High German naz meaning "damp, wet" and ouwa meaning "water meadow"... [more]

Nathaniël Dutch
From the given name Nathaniël.

Nauta Dutch
Humanistic Latinization of Schipper, from nauta "sailor, seaman, mariner".

Neeskens Dutch
Nickname for a nosy person, from Dutch nees meaning "nose, snout". It could also be derived from a Dutch diminutive of the feminine given name Agnes... [more]

Neeson Dutch (Americanized), German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Niesen.

Neisingh Dutch
Derived from the given name Nies and the suffix -ing. Compare Niesen.

Nemchik Russian (?), Dutch (?)
Possibly a variant form of Niemczyk.

Netjes Dutch
Possibly a matronymic from of a diminutive form of Annetje. Coincides with the Dutch word for "tidy, neat" or "decent, proper."

Neuschwanger German (Rare), Dutch
German and Dutch variant of Neuenschwander.

Neuts Flemish
Flemish Dutch, meaning "New Son" lore tells of a son of a foreign given this name after being born in Flanders with no known father

Neve English, Dutch, German, Danish, Swedish
Ultimately derived from Old Germanic nefo "nephew, grandson". In Middle English, it also became a term meaning "wastrel, spendthrift".

Nevels Dutch
Possibly a variant of Nevens. Coincides with Dutch nevel "fog".

Nevens Flemish
Derived from Middle Dutch neve "male cousin, nephew, grandson".

Nickel German, Dutch
From the given name Nickel, a medieval short form of Nikolaus. Compare Nichols.

Nieboer Dutch
Dutch cognate for Neubauer. epithet for a farmer who was new to an area from nie "new" and bur "farmer".

Nieman Dutch
Means "new man", a cognate of German Neumann. Can also derive from Middle Dutch nieman "no one, nobody", a byname for an unknown or otherwise nameless person... [more]

Niesen Dutch, German
Means "son of Nies", a reduced form of the personal names Dennis or Agnes.

Niessen German, Dutch
Variant form of Niesen.

Nieuwenhuis Dutch
Means "new house" in Dutch. Indicated that the bearer lived in a new house or lived in a village of the same name

Nieuwenhuizen Dutch
Habitational name meaning "new houses".

Nieuwman Dutch
Dutch cognate of Neumann.

Nijboer Dutch
Means "new farmer".

Nijhof Dutch
From a place name derived from nij "new" and hof "court, yard, farmstead".

Nijhuis Dutch
Topographic name meaning "new house".

Nijvelt Dutch
From a place name derived from Middle Dutch nij "new" and velt "field".

Nikkel German, Dutch
From a short form of the personal name Nicholas.

Niswonger German (Americanized), Dutch
Americanized form of Neuschwanger.

Nix English, German, Dutch
Means "son of Nick".

Nolf Flemish, German
Derived from a short form of the personal names Arnolf or Nodolf (a variant of Odolf), or possibly another name ending in wolf "wolf".

Noppe Flemish
Possibly related to Middle Dutch noppe "tuft of wool, tassel", a metonymic name for someone who worked with cloth, or a nickname for someone with a slight stature. Alternatively, from a childish form of the given name Norbert.

Norbert German, English, Dutch, French, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak
From the given name Norbert.

Nottet French, Belgian, Flemish
Derived from given names using the French diminutive -otte, such as Ernotte.

Nouwens Dutch
Patronymic of a form of Noud, a Dutch diminutive of Arnold.

Nyhuis Dutch
Variant of Nijhuis

Obbens Dutch (Rare)

Oeffelt Dutch
Oeffelt is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant, part of the Boxmeer municipality.

Oegema Dutch, Frisian
Patronymic form of an uncertain personal name, possibly Hugo, using the Frisian suffix -ma "man of".

Oelkers German, Dutch
Derived from a pet form of Ulrich.

Offerhaus Dutch
From Offenhaus, the name of two municipalities, one in Germany and one in Austria.

Offerman Dutch
Variant of Offermans.

Ol Dutch, Flemish
Shortened form of Van Mol.

Oldenhave Dutch
From the name of a small village in the province of Drenthe, Holland, composed of Dutch oud and hoeve, meaning "old farm".

Omtzigt Dutch
Derived from Dutch omzicht meaning "cautious, careful, circumspection", ultimately from the verb omzien meaning "to look around". It may have originated in a Dutch village with several farms named Omzicht, or as a nickname for a cautious person... [more]

Onbekend Dutch
Means "unknown, anonymous" in Dutch, given to individuals who don’t have a family name (often for cultural reasons).

Onstenk Dutch
Derived from a place name, ultimately composed of on- "un-, bad" and stede "city, town" combined with the possessive suffix -ink.

Ooms Dutch
Patronymic form of Oom, derived from Dutch oom meaning "uncle". Alternatively, could be from the given name Omaar.

Oort Dutch
From Middle Dutch oort "edge, corner".

Oortwijn Dutch
Possibly derived from the given name Ortwin.

Oosterhout Dutch
From the name of various places in the Netherlands, derived from ooster "eastern" and hout "wood, forest".

Oosterhuis Dutch
Means "eastern house" in Dutch.

Oosterweghel Dutch
Derived from the Dutch words ooster "east" and weg "road".

Oostwal Dutch
From the Dutch words oost "east" and wal "coast, shore" or "bank, levee, wall".

Oranje Dutch
Means "orange (colour)" in Dutch, in reference to the Dutch Royal Family, who in turn derive their name from the town of Orange (or Auranja) in France, first attested as Arausio in the first century... [more]

Osterhout Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of Oosterhout.

Ostrander Dutch (Americanized)
Possibly an altered form of van Nostrand "from Nordstrand", a former island in Germany.

Oudehand Dutch
Variant of Ouwehand.

Oudeland Dutch
Habitational name from places called Oudeland in the Netherlands, or perhaps the village of Oudelande in the Dutch province of Zeeland. Their names mean "old land" in Dutch.

Oudenhoven Dutch
Derived from Dutch oude "old" and hoeve "farm, farmstead, manor". As a surname it is derived from one of the many places of this name.

Ouderland Dutch
Variant of Oudeland.

Oudshoorn Dutch
From the name of a former village in South Holland, Netherlands, derived from Out, a Middle Dutch diminutive of the given name Otgar, and hoorn "horn; corner, protruding bend (of a river)"... [more]

Outland Dutch (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Oudeland.

Ouwehand Dutch
Means "old hand" in Dutch, originally a nickname for a fisherman, associated with the phrase "old hands at sea". Another theory holds that it comes from a misdivision of the surname Oudeland... [more]

Ouweland Dutch
Variant of Oudeland.

Overbeck Low German, Dutch (Americanized)
German cognate of Overbeeke, as well as its Americanized form.

Overbeeke Dutch
Means "over the creek", from Dutch over "over, above" and beek "brook, creek".

Overduin Dutch
Means "over the dune" in Dutch, derived from any of several place names.

Overpelt Dutch
From the name of a town in Limburg, Belgium, meaning "above the pelt" (see Van Pelt).

Palmberg Dutch (Rare), German (Rare)
Derived from any of the various places in Germany named Palmberg.

Panabaker Dutch
Variant of Pannebakker.

Pannebakker Dutch
From Middle Dutch panne "pan, roof tile" and backer "baker", an occupational name for someone who made roof tiles.

Pannekoek Dutch
Means "pancake" in Dutch, possibly a nickname for someone who made or liked to eat pancake. Alternatively, it could derive from a place name, such as an inn or field named for pancakes.

Parijs Dutch

Pashouwer Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of Pashouwers

Pater Dutch, German, English, Polish
From Latin pater "father", used as a religious title for a priest in Roman Catholicism. Possibly used semi-literally for a man who worked in the church, or figuratively for a solemn or pompous man.

Paulus German, Dutch
From the given name Paulus and variant of Paul.

Pauw Dutch, Flemish
Means "peacock" in Dutch. Could be a habitational name from a sign depicting a peacock, or a nickname for a proud or flamboyant person. In some cases, it can be a shortened form of the patronymic Pauwels "son of Paul".

Pechtold German, Dutch, Jewish
From the Old German given name Pechtholt, which is composed of the elements pecht "rotation" and holdt "hero". As a Dutch-language surname, it is derived from the Middle Dutch given name Pechte combined with Old High German walt "power, authority"... [more]

Peet Dutch
Means "godparent, godchild" in Dutch, derived from Middle Dutch pete meaning "godfather, godmother, godchild".

Peijnenburg Dutch
Variant of Pijnenburg.

Pelsmaeker Dutch
Variant of Pelsmaker.

Pelsmaker Dutch
Occupational name for a pelt maker, from Dutch pels "pelt, fur" and maker "maker"

Pelt Dutch
Shortened form of Van Pelt.

Pennebaker Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of Pannebakker.

Penning English, Dutch, Low German
From early Middle English penning, Low German penning, and Middle Dutch penninc, all meaning "penny". It was used as a topographic surname from the name of a field, or a nickname referring to tax dues of one penny.

Pennings Dutch
Variant of Penning.

Persoon Dutch, Flemish
Dutch cognate of Parsons.

Pickle Dutch
Pickle is an Anglicized surname that came from the Dutch word “pekel” or the North German world “pokel”.

Pieper German, Dutch
Occupational name for a piper.