Surname

Spaans

Spaans is a surname from Middle Dutch. It is used in Dutch.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Spaans comes from Middle Dutch.

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How it developed

From Middle Dutch spaensch, built from Dutch Spanje + -s.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Spaans’s family of names

In Dutch usage, Spaans as a surname has a related form in Spaansch. In Dutch usage, Spaans as a surname has a related form in Spaens. In Dutch usage, Spaans as a surname has a related form in Spaensch.

Walk Spaans’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 3

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

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German

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Dutch

Swart

“dark-haired, dark-skinned, swarthy”

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Sibling ideas

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