• Source: Van Leeuwen (surname)

Van Leeuwen is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from Leeuwen". In 2007, nearly 28,000 people in the Netherlands carried the name, making it the 18th most common name there. There are two places named Leeuwen in Gelderland (Leeuwen and a hamlet absorbed in Wageningen) and two in Limburg (near Roermond and near Reuver). Considering the high frequency of the name and the small size of these two places, it has been speculated that people from many other places, such as the relatively larger Belgian cities of Leuven and Denderleeuw may have also ended up being called "van Leeuwen" as well. Although translated as "lions" in modern Dutch, the place name may be explained originating from Germanic hlaiw, meaning (burial) mound. The name appeared in records since the 13th-century in Holland. People with this surname include:

Adrianus Cornelis van Leeuwen (1887–1991), Dutch composer and conductor
Aletta van Leeuwen (1933–2001), Dutch poet and psychologist from the Netherlands Antilles
Arie van Leeuwen (1910–2000), Dutch hurdler
Ary van Leeuwen (1875–1953), Dutch-American flutist
Bart van Leeuwen (1950–2017), Dutch photographer and author
Boeli van Leeuwen (1922–2007), Dutch-Antillian author and poet
Bram van Leeuwen (1918–2001), Dutch businessman
Carol Van Leeuwen Grudowski (born 1977), American Artist
Denys van Leeuwen (1402–1471), Limburgian Roman Catholic theologian and mystic
Dirk van Leeuwen (born 1945), Dutch Anglican clergyman
Eugenie van Leeuwen (born 1970), Dutch cricketer
Gerrit Johan van Leeuwen (1756–1825), Dutch fruit and flower painter
Hannie van Leeuwen (1926–2018), Dutch CDA politician
Hans van Leeuwen (born 1946), Dutch-American engineering professor
Hans van Leeuwen (physicist) (born 1932), Dutch physicist
Hendrika Johanna van Leeuwen (1887–1974), Dutch physicist, co-discoverer of the Bohr-van Leeuwen theorem
Herman van Leeuwen (1884–1926), Dutch gymnast and high jumper
Jan van Leeuwen (born 1946), Dutch computer scientist
Jean Van Leeuwen (born 1937), American author of children's books
Joke van Leeuwen (born 1952), Dutch author of children's books
Laura van Leeuwen (born 1986), Dutch gymnast
Liz VanLeeuwen (1925–2022), American politician in the state of Oregon
Marc van Leeuwen (born 1960), Dutch mathematician
Martin van Leeuwen (born 1981), Dutch football defender
Martine van Leeuwen (born 1968), Dutch competitive sailor
Nans van Leeuwen (1900–1995), Dutch children's book illustrator and author
Robbie van Leeuwen (born 1944), Dutch guitarist and founder of the band Shocking Blue
Steven van Leeuwen, American (?) web publisher
Theo van Leeuwen (born 1947), Dutch linguist and communication theorist
Thomas van Leeuwen (born 1994), Dutch motorcycle racer.
Troy Van Leeuwen (born 1970), American musician and producer
Wietske van Leeuwen (born 1965), Dutch ceramist
Wilfred van Leeuwen (born 1973), Dutch football manager
Wilhelmus Frederik van Leeuwen (1860–1930), Dutch politician and Mayor of Amsterdam
Double-barreled surnames
Arthur Docters van Leeuwen (1945–2020), Dutch politician and jurist
Willem Marius Docters van Leeuwen (1880–1960), Dutch botanist and entomologist
Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen (born 1941), Dutch chemist




References

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• Van Leeuwen (surname)
• Van Leeuwen
• Troy Van Leeuwen
• List of Dutch family names
• Denis the Carthusian
• Docter
• Leeuw
• Lists of most common surnames in European countries
• John of Ruusbroec
• Gilles van Ledenberg