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Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...
toponymic surname A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,
meaning "bridgeman". It could refer to someone living near a bridge, or as an occupational name to a bridge keeper. In some cases it refers to someone originally from
Bruges Bruges ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is in the northwest of the country, and is the sixth most populous city in the country. The area of the whole city amoun ...
(Brugge) in
West Flanders West Flanders is the westernmost province of the Flemish Region, in Belgium. It is the only coastal Belgian province, facing the North Sea to the northwest. It has land borders with the Dutch province of Zeeland to the northeast, the Flemis ...
.Brugman
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Notable people with the surname include: *
Alyssa Brugman Alyssa Brugman (born May 1974) is an Australian author of fiction for young adults. She was born in Rathmines, a suburb of Lake Macquarie, Australia and attended five public schools before completing a Marketing Degree at the University of Ne ...
(born 1974), Australian author *
Gastón Brugman Gastón Brugman Duarte (born 7 September 1992) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Nashville SC Club career Early career Born in Rosario, Uruguay, Brugman began playing football in ...
(born 1992), Uruguayan football midfielder * Jaycob Brugman (born 1992), American baseball player *
John Brugman John Brugman, was a 15th-century Franciscan friar who became a renowned preacher in the Netherlands. Biography Brugman was born at Kempen in the Electorate of Cologne, towards the end of the preceding century. He became a lector of theology, Vi ...
(c.1400–1473), Franciscan preacher in the Low Countries *
Mathias Brugman Mathias Brugman (birth name: Mathias Brugman Duliebre) (January 3, 1811 – September 30, 1868), a.k.a. Mathias Bruckman, was a leader in Puerto Rico's independence revolution against Spain known as El Grito de Lares (English: ''The Cry of Lares' ...
(1811–1868), Puerto Rican revolutionary leader *
Til Brugman Mathilda (Til) Brugman (16 September 1888, Amsterdam – 24 July 1958, Gouda, South Holland, Gouda) was a Dutch author, poet, translator, and linguist. Biography From 1926 to 1936, she lived in The Hague and later in Berlin with the German Dada ...
(1888–1958), Dutch poet and linguist


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Brugmann Brugmann is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bruce B. Brugmann, editor and publisher of the San Francisco Bay Guardian * Georges Brugmann (1829–1900), Belgian banker and philanthropist * Karl Brugmann (1849–1919), G ...
* Brugmans * Bruggeman


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