Van der Veen is a common

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surname, meaning "from the

fen A fen is a type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water. It is one of the main types of wetlands along with marshes, swamps, and bogs. Bogs and fens, both peat-forming ecosystems, are also known as mires. T ...

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peatland A mire, peatland, or quagmire is a wetland area dominated by living peat-forming plants. Mires arise because of incomplete decomposition of organic matter, usually litter from vegetation, due to water-logging and subsequent anoxia. All types ...

s". In the Netherlands 19,847 people carried the name in 2007, making it the 32nd most common surname there.The Top 100 Surnames in the Netherlands
at the Database of Dutch surnames Dutch surnames with the same origin and meaning are

Van Veen Van Veen is a Dutch language, Dutch toponymic surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anne van Veen (born 1983), Dutch cabaret artist, daughter of Herman * Anneloes van Veen (born 1990), Dutch competitive sailor * Babette van Veen (born ...

, Van de Ven/Van der Ven,

Van de Venne van de Venne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adriaen van de Venne (1589–1662), Dutch Golden Age painter * Delphine Van de Venne (born 1974), Belgian sprint canoer *Jan van de Venne Jan van de Venne or Jan van der Venne, a ...

Veen Veen may refer to: Surname * Hans-Joachim Veen (born 1944), German political scientist * Hendrik Veen (1823–1905), Dutch photographer in the Dutch East Indies * (born 1937), Dutch ballet dancer and actress * Stephan Veen (born 1970), Dutch fi ...

, and Veenstra/Feenstra. The name was often taken by peat workers, as harvest of

turf Sod, also known as turf, is the upper layer of soil with the grass growing on it that is often harvested into rolls. In Australian and British English, sod is more commonly known as ''turf'', and the word "sod" is limited mainly to agricultu ...

for fuel was abundant in the Netherlands. Since the early Middle Ages, the quarry of fens (''laagveen'', "low fen") in the north and west created, merged or extended many lakes, most of which have now been reclaimed as

polder A polder () is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as dikes. The three types of polder are: # Land reclaimed from a body of water, such as a lake or the seabed # Flood plains s ...

s. The harvest of turf from

bog A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, and muskeg; a ...

s (''hoogveen'', "high fen") in the east, like the large

Bourtange moor The Bourtanger Moor (Dutch: ''Bourtangerveen/Bourtangermoeras'', German: ''Bourtanger Moor'', Low Saxon: ''Boertanger Moor'') was a bog in eastern parts in the Dutch provinces of Drenthe and Groningen and the bordering German districts of Benth ...

, extended until the 20th century. Notable people with the surname include: Van der Veen * (born 1986), Dutch pop singer *

Balthasar van der Veen Balthasar (Baltazar) van der Veen (1596 – 1660) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. He was a son of Balthasar van der Veen, a merchant from Antwerp This merchant was the brother of Walewijn van der Veen the Notary Public in New Amsterdam a ...

(1596–1660), Dutch landscape painter *

Dave van der Veen Dave van der Veen is a Dutch mixed martial artist. He competed in the Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight divisions. He was a Dutch Power lifting champion and Shootfighter in RINGS. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 5-9 , ...

, Dutch mixed martial artist * (born 1982), Dutch volleyball player * Eelke van der Veen (born 1946), Dutch politician *

Fiel van der Veen Fiel van der Veen (born 18 February 1945, Nijmegen) is a Dutch illustrator. Career Van der Veen has illustrated books by various Dutch authors, including Paul Biegel, Jan Terlouw and Willem Wilmink. In 1974, Van der Veen illustrated the boo ...

(born 1945), Dutch illustrator *

Frans van der Veen Franciscus Christian van der Veen (25 March 1919 – 4 May 1975) was a Dutch football forward who played for the Netherlands in the 1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial internat ...

(1919–1975), Dutch footballer *

Gerrit van der Veen Gerrit van der Veen (26 November 1902, Amsterdam — 10 June 1944, Overveen) was a Dutch sculptor. He was a member of the Dutch underground, which resisted the German occupation of Amsterdam during World War II. The historian Robert-Jan van Pe ...

(1902–1944), Dutch sculptor * (1578–1659), Dutch poet *

Jan van der Veen Jan van der Veen (born 6 July 1948) is a Dutch retired professional footballer who played for Sparta Rotterdam, Royal Antwerp, Go Ahead Eagles, Willem II and Helmond Sport. He also played in the NASL between 1978 and 1983 for the San Diego S ...

(born 1948), Dutch footballer *

Jitse van der Veen Jitse van der Veen (2 November 1928 – 19 September 1976) was a Dutch swimmer. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games ...

(1928–1976), Dutch swimmer *

Marten van der Veen Air Vice Marshal Marten van der Veen (born 22 January 1946) is a former Royal Air Force officer who served as commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell. RAF career Educated at King's College School and Magdalen College, Oxford, Van der V ...

(born 1946), British air marshal *

Michael van der Veen Michael Thomas van der Veen (born September 16, 1963) is an American attorney who specializes in personal injury law. He represented former president Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial in the United States Senate, which resulted in ...

(born 1963), American attorney *

Paulus van der Veen Paul van der Veen Does (c. 1660 - 16 August 1733, Gorcum) was from 1696 to 1706 governor of Surinam, succeeding Johan van Scharphuizen. The next twenty-five years, until his death, he was a member of the board of the Society of Surinam. He was t ...

(c. 1660 – 1733), Dutch governor of Suriname *

Robert van der Veen Robert van der Veen (September 26, 1906 in Shanghai, Empire of China – March 18, 1996 in Jette, Belgium) was a Dutch field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten ou ...

(1906–1996), Dutch field hockey player *

Wim van der Veen Wim van der Veen from the Netherlands, is a Tenpin bowler. He finished in 24th position at the 2006 AMF World Cup 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathemat ...

, Dutch bowling player Van de Veen *

Adriaen van de Veen Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne (1589 – 12 November 1662), was a versatile Dutch Golden Age painter of allegories, genre subjects, and portraits, as well as a miniaturist, book illustrator, designer of political satires, and versifier. Bio ...

(1589–1662), Dutch Golden Age painter Vander Veen *

Richard Vander Veen Richard Franklin Vander Veen (November 26, 1922 – March 3, 2006) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Early life and education Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Vander Veen attended the local public schools and graduated from Muskego ...

(1922–2006), Michigan state politician

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