Prins (Dutch:

Prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. T ...

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Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

surname. In 2007, Prins was the 48th most common surname in the Netherlands (15,361 people).Leender Brouwer
The top 100 surnames in the Netherlands
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prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. T ...

. Instead, the original may have lived in or worked at a location, like a windmill or inn, with that name, or was called "the prince" as a nickname. Historical records note Sephardic Italian Jewish surname of Principe or Prinzi later being changed to the more locally accepted Prins (and then Prince once in England or Colonial America). People with the name Prins include: * Ada Prins (1879-1977), Dutch chemist * A. H. J. Prins (1921–2000), Dutch Africanist and maritime anthropologist * (1845–1919), Belgian jurist and criminologist *

Alwin de Prins Alwin de Prins (born 29 October 1978) is a former competitive swimmer who represented Luxembourg. Born in Dendermonde, Belgium, he first represented Luxembourg in 1995 at the European Championships in Vienna. He swam in the 50 metre, 100 metre a ...

(born 1978), Luxembourgish swimmer * Anna Prins (born 1991), American basketball player *

Anthony Winkler Prins Anthony Winkler Prins (30 or 31 January 1817 in Voorst – 4 January 1908 in Voorburg) was a Dutch writer. He is remembered mostly for being chief editor of the ''Winkler Prins'' encyclopedia. Besides being an encyclopedist, Winkler Prins ( ...

(1817–1903), author of

Winkler Prins The ''Winkler Prins'' is a Dutch-language encyclopedia, founded by the Dutch poet and clergyman Anthony Winkler Prins (1817–1908) and published by Elsevier. It has run through nine printed editions; the first, issued in 16 volumes from 1870 ...

a Dutch encyclopedia * (1816–1867), Dutch jurist and politician, twice interim Governor General of the Dutch East Indies * Benjamin Prins (1860–1934), Dutch genre painter * Celine Prins (born 11984), Dutch fashion model *

Co Prins Jacobus Theodorus Wilhelmus "Co" Prins (5 June 1938 – 26 September 1987) was a Dutch former association football player. He played 184 matches for football club Ajax Amsterdam from 1959 to 1966 where he scored 60 goals. He played for the Germ ...

(1938–1987), Dutch football player *

Dave Prins David Michael Prins (born 16 November 1968) is an English professional darts player. Career Prins reached the last 16 of the 2009 Winmau World Masters, where he lost to Tony O'Shea in three straight sets. Prins qualified for his first BDO Wo ...

(born 1968), English darts player * Denise Prins (born 1983), Dutch cricketer * Eliezer Liepman Philip Prins (1835-1915), Dutch merchant *

Gert-Jan Prins Gert-Jan Prins (born 1961, IJmuiden) is a Dutch musician active in free improvisation. Initially a free jazz percussionist, Prins now focuses on producing and manipulating sound, especially white and pink noise, using a collection of custom-buil ...

(born 1961), Dutch musician * Harald Prins (born 1951), Dutch anthropologist in the US * (1889–1958), Dutch chemist, discovered the Prins reaction *

Igor Prins Igor Prins (born 21 October 1966) is an Estonian football manager and former professional player. International career Prins made his international debut for the Estonia national team on 3 June 1992 in a historic 1–1 draw against Slovenia in ...

(born 1966), Estonian football player and coach * Jan Prins (1944–2008), Dutch newspaper editor and journalist *

Jeanfrançois Prins Jeanfrançois Prins (born February 18, 1967) is a Belgian jazz guitarist, composer, vocalist and record producer. He has spent many years between New York City and Berlin where he was leading the Jazz Guitar departments in both music universiti ...

(born 1967), Belgian jazz guitarist * Johannes Huibert Prins (1757–1806), Dutch painter * (1814–1898), Dutch theologian *

Laurens Prins Laurens Prins, anglicized as Lawrence Prince,Marley, David. ''Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present''. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 1998. (pp. 151, 158, 172) (c. 1630s, Amsterdam – ...

(born ca. 1640), Dutch buccaneer *

Lodewijk Prins Lodewijk Prins (27 January 1913, Amsterdam – 11 November 1999) was a Dutch chess player and referee of chess competitions. Prins was awarded the International Master title in 1950, and was made an International Arbiter in 1960. In 1982 FI ...

(1913–1999), Dutch chess player *

Marie Prins Marie Prins (born 1948, married name Marie Jordaan) is a South African people, South African Botany, botanist. Education and career Prins graduated from the Stellenbosch University, University of Stellenbosch with a BSc in Botany. She comp ...

(born 1948), South African botanist * Nomi Prins, American author and journalist * Pierre Prins (1838–1913), French painter * Piet Prins, pen name of Piet Jongeling (1909–1985), Dutch politician and children's book author * Ray Prins (born 1951), Canadian politician *

Sharon Prins Sharon Prins (also known by her married name Sharon Boxem-Prins; born 24 August 1988) is a former Dutch darts player who played in events of the British Darts Organisation (BDO). Career Prins was born in 1988 in Zoetermeer and became a darts p ...

(born 1988), Dutch darts player * Stanislav Prins (born 1988), Estonian footballer * Stefan Prins (born 1919), Belgian composer and performer * Vernon Prins (1924–2003), Ceylonese cricketer *

Yopie Prins Yopie Prins is Irene Butter Collegiate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan. Her research includes classical reception, comparative literature, historical poetics, lyric theory, translation studies, Nine ...

(born 1959), English professor

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