• Source: Van Royen

      • Van Royen or Van Roijen is a Dutch toponymic surname. "Rooij" or "Roij" was a local term for many towns ending with "rode" or "roij", like Nistelrode, Sint-Oedenrode, Stramproy and Wanroij. This suffix itself means "a clearing made by men". Notable people with the surname include:

      Adriaan van Royen (1704–1779), Dutch physician and botanist
      Heleen van Royen (born 1965), Dutch novelist and columnist
      Herman van Roijen (1905–1991), Dutch diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1946
      Marjon van Royen (born 1957), Dutch journalist and foreign news correspondent
      Willem Hendrik Wilhelmus van Royen (1672–1742), Dutch game still life and animal genre painter
      Willem Frederiksz van Royen (c.1645–1723), Dutch still life and flower painter
      Snel van Royen

      Rudolph Snel van Royen (1546–1613), Dutch linguist and mathematician
      Willebrord Snel van Royen (1580–1626), Dutch astronomer and mathematician, son of Rudolph


      See also


      Van Rooyen and Van Rooij, surnames of the same origin


      References

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