Surname · also Dutch
Veenstra
Veenstra is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from West Frisian. It is used in English and Dutch.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Veenstra comes from Dutch, and ultimately from West Frisian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Dutch Veenstra, from West Frisian Feenstra.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Veenstra’s family of names
In English usage, Veenstra as a surname was borrowed from the West Frisian form FEENSTRA.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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