Surname

Molenaar

Molenaar is a surname from Dutch. It is used in English and Dutch.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Molenaar comes from Dutch.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Dutch Molenaar.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Molenaar’s family of names

In Dutch usage, Molenaar has a later derivative in MOLNAR. In Dutch usage, Molenaar as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Miller. In German usage, Molenaar as a surname has a related form in Müller.

Walk Molenaar’s family in the name graph

MolenaarMüllerMillerΜυλωνάς

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Molenaar has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Dutch roots to each of them.

Dutch

4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Mesker

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Molenaar’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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