Teun
Template:Anthony Teun is a Dutch masculine given name. It is a short form of Teunis, itself a derivative of Antonius (Anthony).[1] It is also considered a diminutive form of Antonius, Anton, Antoon, Anthonis, Anthoon, Antonie, and Antonis used in Belgium, Netherlands, Suriname, South Africa, Namibia, and Indonesia.[2] As a birth name it has risen in popularity since the 1980s.[3] People with the name include:
- Teun Beijnen (1899–1949), Dutch rower, Olympic competitor in 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics
- Teun Buijs (born 1960), Dutch volleyball player
- Teun van Dijck (born 1963), Dutch politician and former management consultant, restaurateur and civil servant
- Teun A. van Dijk (born 1943), scholar in text linguistics, discourse analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis
- Teun Eikelboom (born 1940), Dutch composer, musician and writer known by the pseudonym Tonny Eyk
- Teun Hocks (born 1947), Dutch photographer
- Teun Horstman (1927–2014), Dutch Old Catholic bishop
- Teun Jacob (1927–2009), Dutch wall painter and sculptor who lived and worked in Rotterdam
- Teun van de Keuken (born 1971), Dutch television and radio producer
- Teun Kloek (born 1934), Dutch economist, Emeritus Professor of Econometrics at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
- Teun Koolhaas (1940–2007), Dutch architect and urban planner
- Teun Luijkx (born 1986), Dutch actor
- Teun Mulder (born 1981), Dutch track cyclist
- Teun de Nooijer (born 1976), field hockey player from the Netherlands who twice became Olympic champion
- Teun Sprong (1889–1971), Dutch long-distance runner
- Teun Struycken (1906–1977), Dutch politician and a member of the Catholic People's Party
- Teun Tolman (1924–2007), Dutch politician
- Teun van Vliet (born 1962), retired Dutch road bicycle racer
- Teun Voeten (born 1961), international photojournalist specializing in war and conflicts
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- Theun de Vries (1907–2005), Dutch writer and poet
See also
- Teun Island in the Barat Daya Islands, a group of islands in the Maluku province of Indonesia
- Teun language or Te'un language (Teun), an Austronesian language originally spoken on Teun Island in Maluku, Indonesia
- Little Tony (film) (Dutch: Kleine Teun), a 1998 Dutch comedy film drama
- All pages with titles beginning with Teun
- All pages with titles containing Teun
References
- ^ Gauche, Isebell (2012). The A to Z of Names (Revised and Expanded Edition): Discover the promise your name holds!. Cape Town: Struik Christian Media. pp. 328–329. ISBN 978-1-4153-1626-9. OCLC 779141315. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ^ "Teun". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- ^ Teun at the Meertens Institute database of given names in the Netherlands.
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