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".[1] Though not a common name anymore, there are three unrelated patrician families Van Roijen/Van Royen in the Netherlands (members used either spelling variably), which produced many academics and administrators. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adriaan van Royen (1704–1779), Dutch physician and botanist
- David van Royen (1727–1799), Dutch physician and botanist, nephew of Adriaan
- Heleen van Royen (born 1965), Dutch novelist and columnist
- Herman van Roijen (1905–1991), Dutch diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1946
- He negotiated the Roem–van Roijen Agreement between Indonesia and the Netherlands
- Marjon van Royen (born 1957), Dutch journalist and foreign news correspondent
- Pieter van Royen (1923–2002), Dutch botanist
- 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 ("Snellius")
- 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, Dutch surnames of the same origin
- Peter van Roye (born 1950), West German rower
- Thomas Royen (born 1947), German statistician
References
- ^ Roijen, van (y) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
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