Baan (surname) explained

Baan is a Dutch surname with a variety of origins. Variant forms are Baans, Baen, De Baan, De Baen and Van der Baan. It can be patronymic, where Baan or Bane may be, among others, a short form of Urbanus.^[1] Alternatively, given that Dutch baan can mean "lane" or "track", it may be a toponymic or metonymic occupational surname, referring e.g. to a kaatser or road maker.^[2] People with this name include:

Baan

• David Baan (1908–1984), Dutch boxer
• Fiona Baan (1938–1994), Scottish-born American sports administrator
• Iwan Baan (born 1975), Dutch photographer
• Jan Baan (born 1946), Dutch entrepreneur and venture capitalist, brother of Paul
• Paul Baan (born 1951), Dutch entrepreneur and venture capitalist, brother of Jan
  • Baan Corporation, software company founded by Jan and Paul Baan
• (1912–1975), Dutch forensic psychiater, namesake of the Pieter Baan Centre
• Rob Baan (born 1943), Dutch football coach

Baans

• Madelon Baans (born 1977), Dutch breaststroke swimmer

Baen

• Jim Baen (1943–2006), American science fiction publisher and editor (Baen Books)

De Baan and De Baen

• Jan de Baan or de Baen (1633–1702), Dutch portrait painter
• Jacobus de Baan or de Baen (1673–1700), Dutch portrait painter, son of Jan

See also

• Baan (disambiguation)
• Huda al-Baan (born ca. 1960), Yemeni politician
• László Baán (born 1961), Hungarian economist and museum curator
• Willem-Alexander Baan, an artificial rowing lake in the Netherlands

Notes and References

1. http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Baan Baan
2. http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=baan&gba_naam=Baan&nfd_naam=Baan&operator=eq&taal= Baan