Bloem_(name)

Bloem (name)

Bloem (name)

Surname list

Bloem (Dutch pronunciation: [blum]) is a Dutch name, meaning "flower" as well as "flour". As a feminine given name, also rendered Bloeme, it signifies flower, youth, and beauty.[1] The surname can have a variety of origins; besides a matronymic, the surname can have originated as descriptive (e.g. finest) or metonymic occupational (gardener, miller, baker).[2] The variants Bloeme and Bloemen are thought to be primarily matronymic.[3] People with the name include:

Given name

Surname

Bloem

  • Adriaen Bloem or Adriaen van Bloemen (1639–c.1697), Flemish painter active in Austria
  • An Bloem, eponymous character from the 1983 Dutch movie
  • Arend Bloem (born 1947), Dutch sprint canoer
  • J. C. Bloem (1887–1966), Dutch poet and essayist, grandson of Jacobus Cornelis Bloem
  • Jacobus Cornelis Bloem (1825–1902), Dutch politician, Minister of Finances 1885–88
  • Jamie Bloem (born 1971), Australian rugby player and referee
  • Marion Bloem (born 1952), Dutch writer and film maker
  • Walter Bloem (1868–1951), German novelist and soldier
  • Walter Julius Bloem (1898–1945), German writer and soldier, son of the above
  • Willem Bloem (Willie) (1981-), Inventor and engineer, son of Willem Bloem Snr.

Bloemen

Three brothers Van Bloemen:

Places

  • The nickname and shortened form of Bloemfontein, a city in South Africa

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Bloem at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands.
  2. [2]
    Bloem at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
  3. [3]
    Bloemen at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
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