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22-647: Van Doren is a toponymic surname of Dutch origin and a variation of Van Doorn . Notable people with the surname include: Carl Clinton Van Doren (1885–1950), Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, brother of Mark Van Doren Charles Van Doren (1926–2019), quiz show contestant, professor and Encyclopædia Britannica editor, son of Mark Van Doren Dorothy Van Doren (1896–1993), American novelist, wife of Mark Van Doren Howard Van Doren Shaw (1869–1926), American architect Irita Bradford Van Doren (1891–1966), American literary figure and editor of

44-752: A certain, often quite distant, ancestor's place of origin or residence; for example, Ludwig van Beethoven "from Beethoven" (maybe Bettenhoven ) and Rembrandt van Rijn "from the Rhine ". Van is also a preposition in the Dutch and Afrikaans languages, meaning "of" or "from" depending on the context (similar to da , de , di and do in the Romance languages ). In surnames, it can appear by itself or in combination with an article (compare French de la , du , de l' ). The most common cases of this are van de , van der and van den , where

66-408: A form that varies significantly from the toponym that gave rise to them. Examples include Wyndham, derived from Wymondham , Anster from Anstruther , and Badgerly from Badgworthy . One must be cautious to interpret a surname as toponymic based on its spelling alone, without knowing its history. A notable example is the name of Jeanne d'Arc , which is not related to a place called Arc but instead

88-497: A particular place (e.g. Willem van Oranje "William of [the] Orange [family] "; Jan van Ghent "John [who hails] from Ghent "). The preposition " van " is the most widely used preposition in Dutch surnames, but many others are also used, although not always recognised as such if the whole surname is written as a single word. Just as " van " all these prepositions used to indicate geographical locations: Apart from these prepositions

110-438: Is a distorted patronymic (see " Name of Joan of Arc "). Likewise, it has been suggested that a toponymic cannot be assumed to be a place of residence or origin: merchants could have adopted a toponymic by-name to associate themselves with a place where they never resided. In Polish, a toponymic surname may be created by adding "(w)ski" or "cki" at the end. For example, Maliszewski is a toponymic surname associated with one of

132-672: Is a male given name, implying education. Where the "Van" is not of Dutch origin, such as in the Vietnamese middle name Wen or Van , (as in Dương Văn Minh , Nguyễn Văn Thiệu ), the "v" is not lowercase. In some names, usually those of the Flemish/Belgian ones, and also some of the names of people from outside the Low Countries (with Dutch-speaking immigrant ancestors), the prefixes are concatenated to each other or to

154-429: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Toponymic surname Some toponymic surnames originated as personal by-names that later were used as hereditary family names. The origins of toponymic by-names have been largely attributed to two non-mutually exclusive trends. One linked the nobility to their places of origin and feudal holdings and provided a marker of their status. The other related to

176-511: Is generally unknown and thus not followed. The painter's full name, however, having become commonplace, is usually spelled Vincent Van Gogh in Belgium. In Flemish surnames the "V" is always capitalised though a following interjected " de ", " den " ('the') or " der " ('of the', 'from the') usually stays lowercase. In South Africa the Afrikaans surname Van der Merwe would be listed under

198-693: The Netherlands and Suriname , names starting with " van " are filed under the initial letter of the following name proper, so Johannes van der Waals is filed under "W", as: "Waals, Johannes van der" or "van der Waals, Johannes". The "v" is written in lower case, except when the surname is used as standalone (when the first name or initials are omitted), in which case it is capitalised, as in " de schilder Vincent van Gogh " and " de schilder Van Gogh " ("the painter Van Gogh"). In compound terms like " de Van Goghtentoonstelling " ("the Van Gogh exhibition")

220-412: The aristocratic societies of Europe, both nobiliary and non-nobiliary forms of toponymic surnames exist, as in some languages they evolved differently. In France, non-nobiliary forms tended to fuse the preposition, where nobiliary forms tended to retain it as the discrete particle , although this was never an invariable practice. Issues such as local pronunciation can cause toponymic surnames to take

242-584: The " van " is almost always capitalised in the United States, but in the British Isles some families of Dutch origin continue to use the Dutch form (e.g. Caroline van den Brul ). Names in other languages may contain a component "Van" that is unrelated to the Dutch preposition. The common Vietnamese middle name " Văn ", often spelled in English text without diacritics, as in " Pham Van Tra ",

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264-520: The "v" is capitalised, unless the connection between the person and the concept is or has become very weak. In Belgium , any surnames beginning with " Van " or " van " are filed under "V". So for example Eric Van Rompuy is listed under the "V" section, not under the "R". The lowercase spelling in a name from the Netherlands is respected but not necessarily differentiated in alphabetical ordering and its Dutch style capitalisation for certain usages

286-645: The "v" section as is done in Belgium and not under "m" as in "Merwe, J. van der"; however, South Africa follows the same capitalisation convention as the Netherlands (thus, one would refer in English or in Afrikaans to a "Jan van der Merwe" when the first name is included, but simply to "Van der Merwe" when the first name is omitted). In anglicised versions of Dutch names (as in Dick Van Dyke , George Vancouver , Martin Van Buren , Robert J. Van de Graaff ),

308-626: The 13th century, the use of toponymic surnames became dominant. Some forms originally included a preposition —such as by , in , at ( ten in Dutch, zu in German), or of ( de in French, Italian and Spanish, van in Dutch, von in German)—that was subsequently dropped, as in "de Guzmán" (of Guzman) becoming simply Guzmán. While the disappearance of the preposition has been linked to toponymic by-names becoming inherited family names, it (dropping

330-528: The New York Herald Tribune, wife of Carl Clinton Van Doren Philip Van Doren Stern (1900–1984), American author and Civil War historian Mamie Van Doren (b. 1931), American actress Mark Van Doren (1894–1972), Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and critic, brother of Carl Clinton Van Doren Paul Van Doren (1930–2021), American businessman Sally Van Doren , American poet See also [ edit ] Vandoren ,

352-453: The articles are all current or archaic forms of the article de "the". Less common are van het and van 't , which use the similar but grammatically neuter article het . The contraction ver- , based on van der , is also common and can be written as a single word with the rest of the surname; an example being Johannes Vermeer ( van der meer "of the lake "). Collation and capitalisation of names differs between countries. In

374-438: The growth of the burgher class in the cities, which partly developed due to migration from the countryside to cities. Also linked was the increased popularity of using the names of saints for naming new-borns, which reduced the pool of given-names in play and stimulated a popular demand (and personal desire) for by-names—which were helpful in distinguishing an individual among increasing numbers of like-named persons. In London in

396-603: The name proper and form a single-worded or two-worded surnames, as in Vandervelde or Vande Velde . Prominent examples include "Vandenberg" and " Vanderbilt ". The German " von " and English House of are a linguistic cognate of the Dutch " van "; however, unlike the German " von ", the Dutch " van " is not necessarily indicative of the person's nobility or royalty . Van has a history of being used by nobility and commoners alike to simply signify ancestral relation to

418-488: The places in Poland named Maliszew , Maliszewo , or Maliszów . In anthroponymic terminology, toponymic surnames belong among topoanthroponyms (class of anthroponyms that are formed from toponyms). Van (Dutch) van ( Dutch pronunciation: [vɑn] ) is a very common prefix in Dutch language surnames , where it is known as a tussenvoegsel . In those cases it nearly always refers to

440-408: The prefix "de" (not a preposition but an article, meaning "the") is also very common. They indicate a property, quality or origin, as in " de Lange " (the tall one), " de Korte " (the short one), " de Kleine " (the little one), " de Groot " (the big one), " de Zwart ", " de Wit ", " de Rode " (the one with black, white, red hair or skin), " de Rijke " (the rich one). The most widespread Dutch family name

462-430: The preposition) predates the trend of inherited family surnames. In England, this can be seen as early as the 11th century. And although there is some regional variation, a significant shift away from using the preposition can be seen during the 14th century. In some cases, the preposition coalesced (fused) into the name, such as Atwood (at wood) and Daubney (originating as de Albigni, from Saint-Martin-d'Aubigny ). In

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484-663: The reed manufacturing company Van Dooren Van Doorn Van Dorn [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Van Doren . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Van_Doren&oldid=1022012639 " Categories : Surnames Dutch-language surnames Surnames of Dutch origin Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

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