Nieuwland (surname) explained

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.http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Nieuwland&nfd_naam=Nieuwland&info=documentatie&operator=eq&taal= 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

See also

• Six places in the Netherlands named Nieuwland