Moens is a Dutch

patronymic surname A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic surnames. For example, early patronymic Welsh surnames were the result of th ...

meaning "son of "Mo(e)n", a short form of Simon particularly common in East Flanders

https://web.archive.org/web/20191022195142/http://www.familienaam.be/] People with this name include *

Adriaan Isebree Moens Adriaan Isebree Moens (15 November 1846 – 24 June 1891) was a Dutch physician and physiologist. He is known for his work on arterial stiffness and the propagation of waves in elastic tubes. Life and family Adriaan Isebree Moens was the son of ...

(1846–1891), Dutch physician and physiologist **

Moens–Korteweg equation In biomechanics, the Moens–Korteweg equation models the relationship between wave speed or pulse wave velocity (PWV) and the incremental elastic modulus of the arterial wall or its distensibility. The equation was derived independently by Adriaa ...

, biomechanic equation derived by Adriaan Isebree *

Alex Moens Alexander Moens (born 1959) is a professor of political science at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver and a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute in the Centre for Canadian-American Relations. He teaches American foreign policy and the political a ...

(born 1959), Canadian political scientist *

Cecilia Moens Cecilia Moens is a Canadian developmental biologist. Moens is part of the faculty at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, where she researches the vertebrate brain using zebrafish as a model organism. Early life ...

, American developmental biologist * (1899–1978), Belgian government minister * Jean-Baptiste Moens (1833–1908), Belgian philatelist, first dealer in stamps for collectors * Marc Moens (born 1959), Belgian sprint canoeist * Oscar Moens (born 1973), Dutch football goalkeeper *

Petronella Moens Petronella Moens (16 November 1762 – 4 January 1843) was a blind Dutch writer, editor, and feminist. She managed a paper in 1788–1797, in which she spoke for political issues such as slavery and women suffrage. Biography Petronella Moens w ...

(1762–1843), Dutch writer, editor and feminist * Roger Moens (born 1930), Belgian middle distance runner * Wies Moens (1898–1982), Belgian literary historian, poet and pamphleteer

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William John Charles Möens William John Charles Möens (1833–1904) was an English writer, known as an antiquarian dealing with Huguenot topics. Life Born at Upper Clapton on 12 August 1833, he was the second son of Jacob Bernelot Möens, a Dutch merchant who settled youn ...

(1833–1904), English writer and antiquarian

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