Continental Germanic
Dutch family heritage
The German-speaking peoples of the continent, and, in time, Dutch and the rest of the West Germanic branch.
Clan Rising is the living atlas of European family heritage, built one people at a time. Dutch heritage is now on the map, the meaning of your surname, the homeland it came from, and the stories that travelled with it into the diaspora.
On the map
Where Dutch heritage sits in Europe
This is the homeland on the modern map. The names below already file here; the heritage regions that subdivide it, and the deeper map, are coming next.
Dutch names already in the atlas
- De Jong'The young one', the commonest name in the Netherlands.De Jong surname meaning & origin →
- De Vries'The Frisian', a man from the northern coast.De Vries surname meaning & origin →
- JansenSon of Jan, son of the Dutch Everyman.Jansen surname meaning & origin →
- Van DijkOf the dike, the wall against the sea.Van Dijk surname meaning & origin →
- BakkerThe baker, a guild trade of the towns.Bakker surname meaning & origin →
- VisserThe fisherman, herring was the Dutch gold.Visser surname meaning & origin →
- SmitThe smith, Smith and Schmidt's Dutch cousin.Smit surname meaning & origin →
- MeijerThe estate-steward, and a Dutch-Jewish name.Meijer surname meaning & origin →
- De BoerThe farmer, and the root of 'Boer'.De Boer surname meaning & origin →
- MulderThe miller, and the windmill was Dutch power itself.Mulder surname meaning & origin →
- Van den BergOf the 'mountain', the highest ground in a flat land.Van den Berg surname meaning & origin →
- Vos'The fox', for the red-haired and the sly.Vos surname meaning & origin →
- DekkerThe thatcher, the man who covered the roof.Dekker surname meaning & origin →
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