Nawijn is a Dutch surname which was changed from the French name Navin. The family descends from the French Huguenot Firmin Navin who moved to Amsterdam in 1696,http://twente.ngv.nl/Documenten/TG-nr.%204-2008.pdf one of the many Huguenots fleeing religious oppression after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV.
People Hilbrand Nawijn, a Dutch politician and former Member of the Dutch House of Representatives, and until June 22, 2005, a member of Pim Fortuyn List.
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