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Surnames, their origin and their meaning

Many surnames are associated with the place/locality of where the family lived and in those cases the location is noted as the meaning.
Many surnames are associated with the occupation of the person given the name.

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Surname		Origin	Meaning
Vacher		French	A cow-herd; a keeper of cows
Vale		Locality	Low land between hills, a valley
Valentine		Latin	a name derived from valens, able, puissant, brave
Valk		Dutch	A hawk, a falcon
VanAerden		Locality	From Aerden, a town in Holland
VanAlstyne		Locality	From the old or high stone, Dutch
VanAmee		Locality	From the city of Namen or Namur, in the Netherlands
VanAntwerp		Locality	From the city of Antwerp
VanArden		Locality	From Aerden, a town in Holland
VanArnhem		Locality	From Arnheim, a city in Guilderland, Holland
VanArnum		Locality	From Arnheim, a city in Guilderland, Holland
VanBuren		Locality	From the town of Buren, in Holland
VanBuskirk			From the church in the wood, from Bos, a wood, and kerk, a church
VanCleve			From the city of Cleve or Cleves, in Westphalia, Germany
VanCortlandt		Dutch	From the short land; kort, short, and landt, land
VanCuren		Dutch	From the territory of an elector in Germany
VanDam		Locality	From the town of Dam, in Holland
Vandenburgh		Dutch	From the hill
Vandenhoff		Dutch	From the garden;
Vanderbilt		Dutch	Byltye, a little hatchet or bill
Vanderbogart		Dutch	From the orchard
Vanderheyden			Heyden, an ancient town in Holstein, Denmark
Vanderlinden			from the linden-trees or grove of linden
Vanderlippe		Locality	town of Lippe, in Germany
Vandermark		Dutch	From the Mark
Vanderpoel			From the marsh or lake
Vanderspeigle		Dutch	From the looking-glass
Vanderveer		Dutch	From the ferry
Vanderwerken		Dutch	From the workers
Vanderzee		Dutch	From the sea
VanDousen		Dutch	town of Doesen, in Lower Saxony
VanDuzen		Dutch	town of Doesen, in Lower Saxony
VanDyck		Dutch	From the dyke
VanEps		Locality	town of Eep, in Holland
VanHoorn		Locality	town of Horn or Hoorn, in Holland
VanHoosen		Locality	Huizen, a town on the Zuyder Zee, in Holland
VanHooven		Locality	Hoeven, a town in Holland.
VanHorn		Locality	town of Horn or Hoorn, in Holland
VanHuisen		Locality	Huizen, a town on the Zuyder Zee, in Holland
VanHusen		Locality	Huizen, a town on the Zuyder Zee, in Holland
VanIngen		Locality	Ingen, a town in Holland, near the river Lech
VanKeuren		Dutch	From the territory of an elector in Germany
VanKleef			city of Cleve or Cleves, in Westphalia, Germany
VanLoon		Locality	Loon, a town on the river Maes, in Holland
VanName		Locality	city of Namen or Namur, in the Netherlands
VanNamen		Locality	city of Namen or Namur, in the Netherlands
VanNess		Locality	Naze, a cape or promontory
VanNorden		Locality	Naarden, a town in Holland.
VanNostrand			Properly Van Ostrand
VanOrden		Locality	Aerden, a town in Holland
VanOrnum		Locality	Arnheim, a city in Guilderland, Holland
VanOstrand			From the east shore
VanPatten		Locality	Putten, a town in Holland
VanRensselaer		Locality	from the border of Soleure, a canton of Switzerland
VanSchaack		Locality	town of Scheyk, in Holland
VanSchaick		Locality	town of Scheyk, in Holland
VanScheyk		Locality	town of Scheyk, in Holland
VanSchoonhoven		Dutch	town of Schoonhoven, in South Holland
VanSlyck		Locality	the channel called Het Slaeck, in the Netherlands
VanStantvoordt		Locality	Zandvoort, a town in North Holland
VanSteinburgh		Dutch	stone-hill
VanTassel		Dutch	Tessel or Texel, an island in North Holland
VanTessel		Dutch	Tessel or Texel, an island in North Holland
VanTiel		Locality	town of Tiel, in Holland
VanVechten		Dutch	Vechten, on the river Vecht, in Holland
VanVleck		Dutch	town of Vleck, in Holland
VanVolkenburg		Locality	Valkenburgh, a town on the river Geuse, Netherlands
VanVoorst		Locality	town of Vorst, in Holland
VanVorst		Locality	town of Vorst, in Holland
VanVranken		Dutch	Frankenburgh, an old town of the Franki
VanWinkle		Locality	town of Winkel, in Holland
VanWoert		Locality	Woert, a town in Holland
VanWorden		Locality	Woerden, a town in Holland
VanWort		Locality	Woert, a town in Holland
VanWyck		Locality	Wyck, a town on the river Lech, in Holland
VanZant		Dutch	Zante, an island in the Mediterranean
Vasser		French	Vavasour, one who holds an estate next to a lord.
Vaughan		Welsh	Vychan, little, small in stature
Vazquez		Galician	patronymic from the personal name Vasco (Basque)
Vedder		Dutch	Father, or literally begetter, feeder
Veeder		Dutch	Father, or literally begetter, feeder
Velay		Locality	A town of France, in Languedoc, the ancient Velannia
Venton		Cornish-British	A spring well
Verbeck		Dutch	From ver, far, distant, and beek or beck, brook
Vernon		Locality	Vernon, a place in Normandy
Vesey		Locality	Wet or fenny land, near the water
Vibbard		Dutch and Danish	From vi, or wi, holy, sacred, and bard, a poet
Vickers		Cornish-British	Vicar, a sovereign lord.
Vielle		Locality	A town of France, in Languedoc, the ancient Velannia
Villiers		Locality	From a place so called, in France
Vine		Locality	Taken from the plant that bears the grape
Vipont			De Veteri Ponte, from the old bridge.
Virgo		Latin	A maid, a damsel
Vivian		Latin	A maid, a damsel
Vogel		Dutch	A bird, a duck
Voores		Dutch	From voorhuis, the fore-room of a house below, a hall
Voorhees		Dutch	From voorhuis, the fore-room of a house below, a hall
Vrooman		Dutch	From vroom, honest, valiant, religious

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