Van den Bosch explained

Van den Bosch is a Dutch toponymic surname, originally indicating either an association with a forest ("bosch", modern Dutch "bos"), with a place/dwelling named "Den Bosch" or with the city Den Bosch. In the Netherlands about 10,200 carried the name in 2007,^[1] while in Belgium 3,755 people were named Van Den Bosch and another 3,164 were named Vandenbosch, Vandebosch or Vanden Bosch in 2008.^[2] Other variant spellings are Van der Bosch and Van den Bos.

People with this surname include:

• Antal van den Bosch (born 1969), Dutch language researcher
• Dirk van den Bosch (1906–1994), Dutch sports shooter
• (1789-1851), Dutch admiral and Minister of Colonies
• François Van Den Bosch (born 1934), Belgian cyclist
• Hippolyte Van den Bosch (1926-2011), Belgian footballer
• Jean Van Den Bosch (1898-1985), Belgian cyclist
• Jean van den Bosch (1910-1985), Belgian diplomat
• Jean Van den Bosch, guitarist and vocalist of The Vipers Skiffle Group
• Johannes van den Bosch (1780-1844), Dutch Minister of State and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
• Johannes van den Bosch (1906-1994), Dutch chess player
• Johannes Adrianus van den Bosch (1813-1870), Dutch officer and politician; Minister of War from 1866 to 1868
• Kyle Vanden Bosch (b. 1978), American football player
• Linde van den Bosch (b. 1963), Dutch linguist
• Monique van den Bosch (b. 1964), Dutch wheelchair tennis player
• Pieter van den Bosch (1612–1673), Dutch painter
• Pieter Van den Bosch (1927-2009), Belgian footballer
• Rinus van den Bosch (1938-1996), Dutch artist
• Robert Vandenbosch (1932–), American chemist
• Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch (1810-1862), Dutch botanist
• Tjalling van den Bosch (b. 1958), Dutch strongman
• (b. 1985), Belgian cyclo-cross racer

Van der Bosch

• Peter van der Bosch (1686-1736), Flemish Jesuit hagiographer

Vandebosch

• Ingrid Vandebosch (b. 1970), Belgian model

See also

• Van den Bos, Dutch surname
• Van den Bossche, Flemish surname
• Van den Bosch (noble family), Dutch noble family
• Bosch (surname), both a Dutch and Catalan surname.
• Fort van den Bosch a fort on Java named after Governor General Johannes van den Bosch
• Vandenboschia, fern genus named after Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch

Notes and References

1. http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=van%20den%20Bosch&nfd_naam=Bosch,%20van%20de%20/%20den%20/%20der&info=aantal%20en%20verspreiding Bosch, van de / den / der
2. http://www.familienaam.be/ van den bosch