Teun Explained

Teun is a Dutch masculine given name. It is a short form of Teunis, itself a derivative of Antonius (Anthony).^[1] It is also considered a diminutive form of Antonius, Anton, Antoon, Anthonis, Anthoon, Antonie, and Antonis used in Belgium, Netherlands, Suriname, South Africa, Namibia, and Indonesia.^[2] As a birth name it has risen in popularity since the 1980s.^[3] People with the name include:

• Teun Beijnen (1899–1949), Dutch rower, Olympic competitor in 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics
• Teun Buijs (born 1960), Dutch volleyball player
• Teun van Dijck (born 1963), Dutch politician and former management consultant, restaurateur and civil servant
• Teun A. van Dijk (born 1943), scholar in text linguistics, discourse analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis
• Teun Eikelboom (born 1940), Dutch composer, musician and writer known by the pseudonym Tonny Eyk
• (1947–2022), Dutch photographer
• (1927–2014), Dutch Old Catholic bishop
• Teun Jacob (1927–2009), Dutch wall painter and sculptor who lived and worked in Rotterdam
• Teun van de Keuken (born 1971), Dutch television and radio producer
• Teun Kloek (born 1934), Dutch economist, Emeritus Professor of Econometrics at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
• Teun Koolhaas (1940–2007), Dutch architect and urban planner
• Teun Koopmeiners (born 1998), Dutch footballer
• Teun Luijkx (born 1986), Dutch actor
• Teun Mulder (born 1981), Dutch track cyclist
• Teun de Nooijer (born 1976), field hockey player from the Netherlands who twice became Olympic champion
• Teun Sprong (1889–1971), Dutch long-distance runner
• Teun Struycken (1906–1977), Dutch politician and a member of the Catholic People's Party
• Teun Tolman (1924–2007), Dutch politician
• Teun van Vliet (born 1962), retired Dutch road bicycle racer
• Teun Voeten (born 1961), international photojournalist specializing in war and conflicts

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• Theun de Vries (1907–2005), Dutch writer and poet

See also

• Teun Island in the Barat Daya Islands, a group of islands in the Maluku province of Indonesia
• Teun language or Te'un language (Teun), an Austronesian language originally spoken on Teun Island in Maluku, Indonesia
• Little Tony (film) (Dutch: Kleine Teun), a 1998 Dutch comedy film drama

Notes and References

1. Book: Gauche, Isebell . The A to Z of Names (Revised and Expanded Edition): Discover the promise your name holds! . Struik Christian Media . Cape Town . 2012 . 978-1-4153-1626-9 . 779141315 . 328–329 . 2018-12-18.
2. Web site: Teun. Name-doctor.com. 2019-10-27.
3. https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/teun Teun