Wynant

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Wijnands, Wynants and variants are Dutch patronymic surnames, meaning son of Wijnand (also spelled Wijnant, Winand, and, in Afrikaans, Wynand).[1] Among more common variant spellings in the Low Countries[2] are Wijnands (3442 + 108), Wynants (28 + 1985), Wijnants (429 + 1143), Wynant (<5 + 554), Wijnant (38 + 268), and Wijnand (280 + 13). The form Winant is more common in the United States.

Surname

People with these surnames include:

Wijnands

  • Ad Wijnands (born 1959), Dutch racing cyclist
  • Onno Wijnands (1945–1993), Dutch botanist

Wijnants

Winant

Winants

Wynand

  • Patrecia Wynand, stagename of Patrecia Scott (1940–1977), American model and actress
  • Paul Wynand (1879–1956), German sculptor and medalist

Wynant

  • H. M. Wynant (born 1927), American film and television actor

Wynants

Given name

See also

  • Wynants Kill, a stream in New York named after Wijnant Gerritsen van der Poel (1617–1699)
  • Wilbur Wynant House, in Indiana
  • Gail Wynand, character in the novel The Fountainhead
  • Wijnen, a Dutch surname of similar origin
  • Winans (disambiguation), a similar surname
  • All pages with titles containing Wijnants
  • All pages with titles containing Winant
  • All pages with titles containing Wynant
  • All pages with titles containing Wynants

References

  1. ^ Wijnands at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
  2. ^ Numbers given are individuals in the Netherlands in 2007 + in Belgium in 2008.[1]
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