Luiken

Luiken is a Dutch patronymic surname based on the archaic spelling Luik of the given name Luuk, a short form of Lucas, or on the equally archai name Lui (from Ludo or Ludolph).[1] Among variants are Luijken, Luikens and Luyken. People with this surname include:

* Jan Luyken (1649–1712), Dutch poet, illustrator and engraver
* Johannes Gerardus Luyken [fr] (1742–1818), Dutch politician for the Batavian Republic
* Leda Luss Luyken (born 1952), Greek-American conceptual artist
* Nicole Luiken (born 1971), Canadian science fiction author
* Otto Luyken (1884–1953), German gardener
* Stefanie Luiken (born 1985), Dutch backstroke swimmer

## See also

[edit]

* Luyckx, Dutch surname of the same origin
* Luik, Estonian surname

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Luiken at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Luiken.
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.