Weijers

Weijers is a Dutch surname. Its origin may be patronymic (son of "Weijer", a now rare given name related to Wichard),[1] toponymic (from wijer, modern Dutch vijver, meaning "pond"), or occupational (related to modern Dutch weiden, i.e. to let graze, for a shepherd).[2] Variant forms are Waijers, Weijer, Weyers, Wijers and Wyers. People with the surname include:

* Bibiane Weijers (born 1988), Dutch tennis player
* Niña Weijers [de; nl] (born 1987), Dutch writer and journalist
* Robin Paul Weijers [de; hu] (born 1964), Dutch organiser of domino projects

Wijers

* Clemens Wijers (born 1983), Dutch heavy metal keyboardist and songwriter
* Hans Wijers (born 1951), Dutch executive and Minister of Economic Affairs 1994–98
* Louwrien Wijers (born 1941), Dutch contemporary artist and writer

## See also

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* Jeroen van de Weijer (born 1965), Dutch linguist
* Weyer (disambiguation)
* Wyer
* Guido Weijers, Dutch Stand-up comedian

## References

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1. ^ Weijer at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands
2. ^ Weijers at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.

Surname list

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