Blaauw () is a

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surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. It is an archaic spelling of modern Dutch ''blauw'', meaning ''blue''. This may have referred to the pale skin, the eyes, or the clothes of the original bearer of the name or the surname may be

metonymic Metonymy () is a figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept. Etymology The words ''metonymy'' and ''metonym'' come from grc, μετωνυμία, 'a change of name' ...

, e.g. referring to a dyer or someone who produced bluing in a mill.Blaauw
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. People with this name include: Persons with the surname Blaauw include: *

Adriaan Blaauw Adriaan Blaauw (12 April 1914 – 1 December 2010) was a Dutch astronomer. Blaauw was born in Amsterdam to Cornelis Blaauw and Gesina Clasina Zwart, and studied at Leiden University and the University of Groningen, obtaining his doctorate at the ...

(1914–2010), Dutch astronomer ** 2145 Blaauw, his namesake asteroid *

David Theodore Blaauw David Theodore Blaauw is a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2012 ''for contributions to ada ...

(born c.1965), American engineer *

Gerrit Blaauw Gerrit Anne "Gerry" Blaauw (July 17, 1924 – March 21, 2018) was a Dutch computer scientist, known as one of the principal designers of the IBM System/360 line of computers, together with Fred Brooks, Gene Amdahl, and others. ...

(1924–2018), Dutch computer engineer and designer *

Marco Blaauw Marco Blaauw is a Dutch trumpet soloist known for his work in the field of new music and with Cologne-based contemporary music group Ensemble Musikfabrik. He plays a double bell trumpet, an invention that has allowed for numerous new compositions ...

(b. 1965), Dutch trumpet player *

Marieke Blaauw Marieke Blaauw (born 1979, in Hilversum) is a Dutch animator. Life Blaauw was born in 1979 in Hilversum. She studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands. She graduated in 2002. In 2005 she worked as an animator on the stop motion c ...

(b. 1971), Dutch animator *

Ron Blaauw (chef) Ron Blaauw (born 7 September 1967, in Hoorn) is a Dutch head chef and TV-personality, known for his cooking in the Michelin starred restaurant Ron Blaauw. Culinary career After finishing his secondary school he started working as cook in De K ...

(b. 1967), Dutch head chef at an eponymic restaurant and TV-personality *

Wicus Blaauw Wicus Blaauw (born 8 April 1986) is a South African rugby union footballer. He previously represented Edinburgh in the Pro12, Biarritz in the French Top 14 Championship, the Stormers in Super Rugby and Western Province in the Currie Cup and V ...

(b. 1986), South African rugby player *

William Henry Blaauw William Henry Blaauw (1793–1870) was an English antiquarian and historian, particularly active in Sussex. Life Blaauw was born in London on 25 May 1793. His father William Blaauw, of Queen Anne's Street, was a Dutch immigrant, from a line of ...

(1793–1870), English antiquarian and historian

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