Bloem (Dutch pronunciation: [blum]) is a Dutch name, meaning "flower" as well as "flour". As a feminine given name, also rendered Bloeme, it signifies flower, youth, and beauty. [1] The surname can have a variety of origins; besides a matronymic, the surname can have originated as descriptive (e.g. finest) or metonymic occupational (gardener, miller, baker). [2] The variants Bloeme and Bloemen are thought to be primarily matronymic. [3] People with the name include:
Given name
- Bloeme Evers-Emden (1926–2016), Dutch Jewish teacher and child psychologist
- Bloem de Ligny (born 1978), Dutch singer/songwriter and visual artist
Surname
Bloem
- Adriaen Bloem or Adriaen van Bloemen (1639–c.1697), Flemish painter active in Austria
- An Bloem, eponymous character from the 1983 Dutch movie
- Arend Bloem (born 1947), Dutch sprint canoer
- J. C. Bloem (1887–1966), Dutch poet and essayist, grandson of Jacobus Cornelis Bloem
- Jacobus Cornelis Bloem (1825–1902), Dutch politician, Minister of Finances 1885–88
- Jamie Bloem (born 1971), Australian rugby player and referee
- Marion Bloem (born 1952), Dutch writer and film maker
- Walter Bloem (1868–1951), German novelist and soldier
- Walter Julius Bloem (1898–1945), German writer and soldier, son of the above
Bloemen
- Adriaen van Bloemen or Adriaen Bloem (1639–c.1697), Flemish painter active in Austria
- Johannes Bloemen (1864–1939), Dutch swimmer
- Karin Bloemen (born 1960), Dutch actress and singer
- Ted-Jan Bloemen (born 1986), Dutch-Canadian speed skater
Three brothers Van Bloemen:
- Jan Frans van Bloemen (1662–1749), Flemish landscape painter active in Italy
- Norbert van Bloemen (1670–1746), Flemish painter active in Holland
- Pieter van Bloemen (1657–1720), Flemish landscape and animal painter
Places
- The nickname and shortened form of Bloemfontein, a city in South Africa
See also
- Blom (surname), Dutch surname of the same origin
- Bloom (surname), English surname of the same origin
- Blum (disambiguation), German surname of the same origin
References
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Bloem (Dutch pronunciation: [blum]) is a Dutch name, meaning "flower" as well as "flour". As a feminine given name, also rendered Bloeme, it signifies flower, youth, and beauty. [1] The surname can have a variety of origins; besides a matronymic, the surname can have originated as descriptive (e.g. finest) or metonymic occupational (gardener, miller, baker). [2] The variants Bloeme and Bloemen are thought to be primarily matronymic. [3] People with the name include:
Given name
- Bloeme Evers-Emden (1926–2016), Dutch Jewish teacher and child psychologist
- Bloem de Ligny (born 1978), Dutch singer/songwriter and visual artist
Surname
Bloem
- Adriaen Bloem or Adriaen van Bloemen (1639–c.1697), Flemish painter active in Austria
- An Bloem, eponymous character from the 1983 Dutch movie
- Arend Bloem (born 1947), Dutch sprint canoer
- J. C. Bloem (1887–1966), Dutch poet and essayist, grandson of Jacobus Cornelis Bloem
- Jacobus Cornelis Bloem (1825–1902), Dutch politician, Minister of Finances 1885–88
- Jamie Bloem (born 1971), Australian rugby player and referee
- Marion Bloem (born 1952), Dutch writer and film maker
- Walter Bloem (1868–1951), German novelist and soldier
- Walter Julius Bloem (1898–1945), German writer and soldier, son of the above
Bloemen
- Adriaen van Bloemen or Adriaen Bloem (1639–c.1697), Flemish painter active in Austria
- Johannes Bloemen (1864–1939), Dutch swimmer
- Karin Bloemen (born 1960), Dutch actress and singer
- Ted-Jan Bloemen (born 1986), Dutch-Canadian speed skater
Three brothers Van Bloemen:
- Jan Frans van Bloemen (1662–1749), Flemish landscape painter active in Italy
- Norbert van Bloemen (1670–1746), Flemish painter active in Holland
- Pieter van Bloemen (1657–1720), Flemish landscape and animal painter
Places
- The nickname and shortened form of Bloemfontein, a city in South Africa
See also
- Blom (surname), Dutch surname of the same origin
- Bloom (surname), English surname of the same origin
- Blum (disambiguation), German surname of the same origin
References
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.