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Julian Jarrold (1960–), English film-maker, descended from the prominent Jarrold's family of Norwich, known for the department store and publishing businesses, family of Huguenot or Dutch descent. [196] Dakota Johnson (1989–), American actress and model, daughter of Don Johnson. [197] [198] Don Johnson (1949–), American actor. [197]
But with assimilation, within three generations the Huguenots had generally adopted Dutch as their first and home language. Many of the farms in the Western Cape province in South Africa still bear French names. Many families, today, mostly Afrikaans-speaking, have surnames indicating
This random sampling of Dutch family names is sorted by family name, with the tussenvoegsel following the name after a comma. Meanings are provided where known. See Category:Dutch-language surnames and Category:Surnames of Frisian origin for surnames with their own pages. Baas – The Boss; Bakker – Baker; Beek, van – From the brook
Various French-language first names have also gained popularity amongst Afrikaners, examples being Francois, Jacques, Pierre, Charles, Jean-Pierre, Chantelle and Eugene. Some Afrikaans writers have Huguenot surnames, and were involved in setting up the Society of Real Afrikaners. [11]
American families of Huguenot ancestry (20 C, 1 P) B. Bosanquet family (11 P) C. Cazenove family (8 P) Constant de Rebecque (6 P) Courtauld family (15 P) D. De ...
The most widespread Dutch family name is "de Vries" (the Frisian). For Dutch people of French (usually Huguenot) origin whose ancestors never modified their surnames to fit Dutch norms, the prefix "de" is a French preposition similar in meaning to "van".
Guyandotte is the French spelling of the name of an Indian tribe also known as the Wyandot.) Marion County (named after Francis Marion, Revolutionary War officer of Huguenot descent) Montcalm (named for Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander in the French and Indian War). Ronceverte (Name is derived from two words meaning ...
Pages in category "Surnames of Dutch origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 947 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .