Venhuizen

Borrowed from Dutch Venhuizen.

Venhuizen (plural Venhuizens)

1. A surname from Dutch.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Venhuizen is the 41799^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 520 individuals. Venhuizen is most common among White (95.38%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Venhuizen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

First attested as veinhusen around 1312. Compound of Middle Dutch veen (“peat bog, marsh”) and the plural form of huus (“house”). The first element was gradually reinterpreted to ven (“pasture”).

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• Hyphenation: Ven‧hui‧zen

Venhuizen n

1. a village and former municipality of Drechterland, North Holland, Netherlands

• Venhuizenaar
• Venhuizer

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “venhuizen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN