Baas – The Boss
Bakker – Baker
Beek, van – From the brook
Beekhof – garden brook
Beenhouwer – Butcher
Berg, van der – From the cliff, mountain
Berkenbosch – birch wood, a grove of birch trees
Bijl, van der – "from the axe" – i.e. descended from woodcutters (lumberjacks)
Boer, de – the Farmer
Boogaard – from the orchard, Americanised as Bogart
Boogman – Bowman, Archer
Boor, van der – possibly of the same French root as Boer – farmer or simple person; "boorish" [2] [citation needed]
Bos – Forest
Boswel – surname originating from Scotland
Bouwman – in modern Dutch it means building man (mason or construction worker), but in older Dutch it meant farmer
Braam – Blackberry
Brouwer – Brewer
Bruin, de (Bruijn, de) – brown
Buskirk, van – literally "bush church", or "church in the woods"
Byl, van der – archaic spelling, Afrikaans, or Americanization of "van der Bijl"
Coevorden, van – e.g. George Vancouver#Origins of the family name
Citroen – lemon, e.g. André Citroën
Cornelissen – son of Cornelius
Dekker – from the verb dekken or to cover as in covering roof tops (compare "Thatcher")
Dijk, Deijck, van – From the dike
Dijkstra – From the road, from West Frisian dyk = (Dutch) weg = road
Dijksma – Son/Daughter of the road, from West Frisian dyk = (Dutch) weg = road
Dijkman, Dijkmans – man from the dike
Dijkgraaf – dike grave or dike reeve: the one in charge of maintenance
Elzinga
Faber – from the Latin word smith
Graaf, de – The count/earl
Groot, de – The tall/great
Groot – Tall (person)
Haan, de – Rooster
Haas, de – Hare
Heide, van der – from the heath
Hendriks, Hendriksen, Hendrix – Henry's son
Heuvel, van den – From the hill, mound
Hoek, van de – (corner, sandbar=cape) from the corner; Hoek van Holland as landscape term
Hoff, van het – (servant) from the court
Kleij, van der – (Kley, Cleij, Cley) Clay
Klein, little, small
Kneynsberg – Du: Kneijnsberg; kneijn = konijn: Rabbithill
Koopman – Merchant
Kuiper, Cuyper, Kuyper, de – the Cooper
Lange – Tall (man)
Lange, de – the Tall (one)
Leeuwen, van – From Leeuwen/Leuven; Levi
Jaager, de – the Hunter
Jansen, Janssen – Jan's son (compare Johnson)
Jong, de – the Junior
Koning, de(n) – the King
Lange, de – the long/the tall
Linden, van der – from the Linden (type of tree)
Meijer, Meyer – Bailiff or steward
Meer, van der – From the lake
Mesman, mes – knife (maker), cutler
Meulenbelt – artificial mill's hill
Molen, van der – from the Mill
Muis – Mouse
Mulder, Molenaar – Miller
Maarschalkerweerd – Keeper of the horses (compare English marshal + amb
Peters – Peter's son
Prins – Prince
Rolloos
Ruis, Ruys, Ruisch, Ruysch – the sound of wind or water (surname common with millers).
Rynsburger – inhabitant of Rijnsburg
Sittart, van – from Sittard, Anglicised as Vansittart
Smit, Smits – Smith
Stoepker – Curbstone
Spaans – Spanish
Stegenga – The Frisian
Teuling – Toll taker
Thyssen, Thysen – Du: Thijssen: Son of Thijs
Timmerman – Carpenter ("hammer man")
Tuinstra – From the Garden
Verstappen;-The name is a contraction of van der stappen, literally meaning "from/of the steps"
Vegte, van der – From the Vechte
Vinke – Little Bird
Visser – Fisher
Vliet, van – From the vliet (type of water)
Vries, de – The Frisian
Vos – Fox
Vroom – piously (borne by a 16th–17th century family of artists)
Vuurst, van de(r) – From the Vuursche (Forest area in the middle of the Netherlands)
Wees, de – The Orphan
Wees, van – (oorsprong of the Orphan
Westhuizen, van der – from the houses located in the west
Willems, Willemsen – William's son
Windt, de – the Wind
Wit, de – White (= the blond)
Wolfswinkel, van – wolf's store/shop
Zijl, van – from the waterway (Middle Dutch)
Zutphen, van – (From Zutphen, city in the Netherlands)
