Dievoet (/ˈdiːvʊt/) is a place name from which the surnames Van Dievoet and Vandievoet are derived.
Surname
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As a surname, it is found mainly in Belgium as Van Dievoet or Vandievoet, and may refer to:
Members of the Van Dievoet family of Brussels (Vandive in Paris) (Divutius in Latin) such as:
- Philippe Van Dievoet called Vandive (1654–1738), goldsmith and jeweller
- Peter Van Dievoet (1661–1729), sculptor and designer of ornamental architectural features in London and Brussels
- Guillaume Van Dievoet (1680–1706), printer of the Dauphin
- Nicolas Felix Van Dievoet (1710–1792), counsellor of the king of France
- Augustus Van Dievoet (1803–1865), in Latin Augustus Divutius, Belgian jurist, lawyer, historian and Latin writer
- Jules Van Dievoet (1844–1917), Belgian jurist and lawyer
- Eugène Van Dievoet (1862–1937), Belgian architect
- Henri Van Dievoet (1869−1931), Belgian architect
- Gabriel Van Dievoet (1875–1934), Belgian decorator and sgraffitist
- Germaine Van Dievoet (1899–1990), Belgian olympic swimmer
- Florence Van Dievoet née Descampe (1969–), Belgian professional golfer
- Léon Van Dievoet (1907–1993), Belgian architect, painter, engraver and drawer.
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Members of the family of Belgian politician Baron Émile van Dievoet such as:
- Baron Émile van Dievoet (1886–1967), Belgian minister of Justice
- Guido van Dievoet (nl), Belgian law historian
- Walter van Dievoet (nl; fr), Belgian expert on goldsmithing ;
Members of the Vandievoet or Van Dievoet families, Brabantian families from the villages of Haren, Diegem, Evere, Schaerbeek, Meise, in Flemish Brabant such as:
- Jules Vandievoet (fr) (1885–1947), Belgian painter
- Jacques Vandievoet (fr) (1923–1993), Belgian poet
- Hendrik Van Dievoet (nl; fr), burgomaster of Meise from 1891 to 1904.
Place name
[edit]Dievoet is a place located in Uccle (Belgium).[1]
Etymologies
[edit]There are two possible etymologies :
- Diet + voorde, place name of Germanic origin.
- From Diet meaning people and voorde meaning ford. Dietvoorde thus meaning "public ford".
- Divo + ritum, place name of Celtic origin.
- Divoritum meaning "sacred ford".
For more informations about the etymologies of the name, see Dievoort.
Variations
[edit]- Dievoort, a related surname and place name
References
[edit]- ^ Nomina Geographica Neerlandica, 1936, vol. 10, p. 169.