Houtman or De Houtman is a Dutch surname. Translating as "(the) woodman", the origin of the name may be

toponymic Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of ''wikt:toponym, toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a p ...

("from the woods") or

occupational Employment is a relationship between two party (law), parties Regulation, regulating the provision of paid Labour (human activity), labour services. Usually based on a employment contract, contract, one party, the employer, which might be a co ...

(lumberman, carpenter, etc.).Houtman
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Notable people with the surname include: * Cornelis de Houtman (1565–1599), Dutch explorer who discovered a new sea route from Europe to Indonesia *

Frederick de Houtman Frederick de Houtman ( – 21 October 1627) was a Dutch explorer, navigator, and colonial governor who sailed on the first Dutch expedition to the East Indies from 1595 until 1597, during which time he made observations of the southern cel ...

(1571–1627), Dutch explorer who sailed along the Western coast of Australia to Batavia * (1917–1944), Dutch resistance member murdered during World War II *

Marques Houtman Marques Houtman (born 18 August 1979 in New Bedford, Massachusetts) is a Cape Verdean American basketball point guard. He is an alumnus and two-time Hall of Fame inductee at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where he played college ...

(born 1979), Cape Verdean American basketball point guard *

Peter Houtman Peter Houtman (born 4 June 1957 in Rotterdam) is a retired football striker from the Netherlands who obtained eight caps for the Netherlands national team in the 1980s, scoring seven goals. Houtman played for Feyenoord Rotterdam and FC Gron ...

(born 1957), Dutch football striker * Rinus Houtman (born 1942), Dutch Reformed Political Party politician * Anne M. Houtman, American academic administrator

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