Wijnen or Wynen is a Dutch patronymic surname. The given name Wijn is a now rare short form of names like Boudewijn and Wijnand.Wijnen at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. The patronym has a large number of variants,Variants of Wijnen at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. including Weijnen, Wienen, Wijn, Wijne, Wijns, Wynen, and Wyns. The name Van Wijnen is possibly a toponymic surname instead, indicating an origin in Wijnen, either a former hamlet near Nistelrode in North Brabant or a Dutch name for the town Guînes in Northern France.Van Wijnen at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. People with these names include:
Wijnen/Wynen Alphons Wijnen (1921–2001), Dutch East Indies Army officer and war criminal (1923–2007), Belgian physician and World War II resistance fighter Arrienne Wynen (born 1955), Australian lawn bowler Martin Wijnen (born 1966), Dutch Vice Chief of Defence Tiemen Wijnen (born 2000), Belgian football player
Wienen Jos Wienen (born 1960), Dutch politician, mayor of Haarlem
Wijn Jan Wijn (1934–2022), Dutch pianist and piano pedagogue Joop Wijn (born 1969), Dutch politician, Minister of Economic Affairs 2006–2007 Piet Wijn (1929–2010), Dutch comics creator Sander de Wijn (born 1990), Dutch field hockey player
Wijns/Wyns David Wijns (born 1987), Belgian football defender François-Jean Wyns de Raucour (1779–1857), Belgian liberal politician, burgomaster of Brussels Lode Wyns (born c.1950), Belgian molecular biologist Lode Wyns (athlete) (born 1946), Belgian javelin thrower
Van Wijnen Domenicus van Wijnen (1661–1695), Dutch allegorical painter Hans van Wijnen (1937–1995), Dutch volleyball player
See also Wijnants, related patronymic surname
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