Bloem () is a Dutch name, meaning "flower" as well as "flour". As a feminine given name, also rendered Bloeme, it signifies flower, youth, and beauty.Bloem at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands. The surname can have a variety of origins; besides a matronymic, the surname can have originated as descriptive (e.g. finest) or metonymic occupational (gardener, miller, baker).Bloem at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. The variants Bloeme and Bloemen are thought to be primarily matronymic.Bloemen at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. People with the name include: __NOTOC__ Given name Bloeme Evers-Emden (1926–2016), Dutch Jewish teacher and child psychologist Bloem de Ligny (born 1978), Dutch singer/songwriter and visual artist
Surname Bloem Adriaen Bloem or Adriaen van Bloemen (1639–c.1697), Flemish painter active in Austria An Bloem, eponymous character from the 1983 Dutch movie Arend Bloem (born 1947), Dutch sprint canoer J. C. Bloem (1887–1966), Dutch poet and essayist, grandson of Jacobus Cornelis Bloem Jacobus Cornelis Bloem (1825–1902), Dutch politician, Minister of Finances 1885–88 Jamie Bloem (born 1971), Australian rugby player and referee Marion Bloem (born 1952), Dutch writer and film maker Nico Bloem (born 1994), German politician Walter Bloem (1868–1951), German novelist and soldier Walter Julius Bloem (1898–1945), German writer and soldier, son of the above Bloemen Adriaen van Bloemen or Adriaen Bloem (1639–c.1697), Flemish painter active in Austria Johannes Bloemen (1864–1939), Dutch swimmer Karin Bloemen (born 1960), Dutch actress and singer Ted-Jan Bloemen (born 1986), Dutch-Canadian speed skater Three brothers Van Bloemen: Jan Frans van Bloemen (1662–1749), Flemish landscape painter active in Italy Norbert van Bloemen (1670–1746), Flemish painter active in Holland Pieter van Bloemen (1657–1720), Flemish landscape and animal painter
Places The nickname and shortened form of Bloemfontein, a city in South Africa
See also Blom (surname), Dutch surname of the same origin Bloom (surname), English surname of the same origin Blum (disambiguation), German surname of the same origin
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