Nieuwland (surname)
Nieuwland or Van Nieuwland is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "(from) new land", indicating that a person may have lived on newly recovered land or that he came from any number of places named such.[1] Archaic spellings include Nieuland, Nieulandt and Nijland. Equivalent surnames are Scandinavian Nyland, German Neuland, and English Newland. People named (van) Nieuwland include:
- Julius Nieuwland (1878–1936), Belgian-born American chemist and priest
- Nicolaas van Nieuwland (1510–1580), Dutch bishop of Haarlem and abbot of Egmond Abbey
- Pieter Nieuwland (1764–1794), Dutch nautical scientist, chemist, mathematician, and poet
- Rens Nieuwland (born 1953), Dutch jazz-guitarist
- Sandra van Nieuwland (born 1977), Dutch singer
- (van) Nieuland(t)
- Adriaen van Nieulandt the younger (1587–1658), Dutch painter and engraver, brother of Willem
- Freddy Nieuland (1944–2008), Belgian drummer and pop rock singer
- Willem van Nieulandt II (1584–1635), Dutch painter and engraver, brother of Adriaen
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