Moerman is a
Dutch surname. ''Moer'' was the name for a bog where peat was harvested. A ''moerman'' could have referred to a peat harvester or trader, or a person living near such a region.
Moerman
in the Middle Dutch dictionary Notable people with this surname include:
*Adrien Moerman
Adrien Rene Moerman (born 7 August 1988) is a French professional basketball player who plays for BC Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. He is also a member of the senior French national team.
Early years
Moerman was born in Font ...
(born 1988), French basketball player
* (1893–1988), Dutch physician
** Moerman Therapy, a diet he claimed to be a cancer treatment
*Daniel Moerman
Daniel Ellis Moerman (born 1941) is an American medical anthropologist and ethnobotanist, and an emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He is known for his work relating to Native American ethnobotany and the pla ...
(born 1941), American medical anthropologist
* Ernst Moerman (1897–1944), Belgian writer and film director
*Fientje Moerman
Joséphine Rebecca Marie Julienne Bertha "Fientje" Moerman (born 19 October 1958) is a Belgian liberal politician and currently a judge on the Constitutional Court of Belgium.
Education
In 1981 Fientje Moerman obtained a master's degree in law. ...
(born 1958), Belgian liberal politician
* (1936–2010), Belgian-born French gypsy jazz guitarist
* Gerben Moerman, (born 1959) Dutch sociologist
* (1850–1896), Belgian genre painter
* Jean-Paul Moerman (born 1952), Belgian Walloon politician
See also
* Moorman (disambiguation)
* Morman
Morman (also spelled Morvan, Morwan, or Moruuan) (died 818) was a Breton chieftain who was declared king (''rex'') after the death of the Bretons' Frankish overlord Charlemagne in 814. He is the first person known by name to be described as a Bret ...
* Mormon (disambiguation)
* Murman (disambiguation)
References
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Dutch-language surnames
Occupational surnames