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, [1] one of the many Huguenots fleeing religious oppression after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV.
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, [1] one of the many Huguenots fleeing religious oppression after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV.