Van Zyl is an Afrikaans toponymic surname. It derives from the Dutch surname Van Zijl, meaning "from Zijl" where Zijl is an archaic term for a waterway.
Van Zyl
Annette Van Zyl (born 1943), South African tennis player; Anton van Zyl (born 1980), South African rugby player; Carina van Zyl (born 1975), South African field hockey player; Corniel van Zyl (born 1979), South African Italian rugby player; Corrie van Zyl (born 1961), South African cricketer; Eben van Zijl (1931–2009), Namibian politician; Frederik van Zyl Slabbert (1940–2010), South African politician; Gerard van Zijl (1607–1665), Dutch portrait and genre painter; Gideon Brand van Zyl (1873–1956), South African politician; Ian van Zyl (born 1980), Namibian cricketer; Irvette van Zyl (born 1987), South African long-distance runner; Jaco van Zyl (born 1985), South African golfer; Japie van Zyl (1957–2020), Namibian-born NASA electrical engineer; Kayle van Zyl (born 1991), South African rugby player; Lizzie van Zyl (1894–1901), a child inmate of Bloemfontein concentration camp, whose photo was used as propaganda to convince the British public that Boer children were neglected by their parents; L. J. van Zyl (born 1985), South African hurdler; Marina van Zyl, South African politician; Paul van Zyl, South African lawyer and human rights activists; Piet van Zyl (born 1979), Namibian rugby union player; Riaan van Zyl (born 1972), South African born American rugby player; Sindisiwe van Zyl (1976–2021), Zimbabwe-born South African physician, columnist, health activist and broadcaster; Stiaan van Zyl (born 1987), South African cricketer. Van der Zijl/Zyl Annejet van der Zijl (born 1962), Dutch writer; Nikki van der Zyl (1935–2021), German voice actress; Werner van der Zyl (1902–1984), rabbi in Berlin and London, father of Nikki van der Zyl. Van Zijll Theodoor Johan Arnold van Zijll de Jong (1836–1917), Dutch East Indies Army generals. Verzijl Jan Franse Verzijl (1599–1647), Dutch portrait painter.
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