Quirijn

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Quirijn is a Dutch masculine given name. It is a form of Quirinus. The name Quirinus became popular in the Low Countries due to the veneration of Saint Quirinus of Neuss.[1] The name took many different forms from the 15th century on: Corijn, Crijn, Krijn, Quirijn and Quiringh. Among female versions are Krijntje and Quirine. People with these names include:

Quirijn
Crijn / Krijn
  • Krijn, name given to a Neanderthal man, whose fossil was discovered off the Dutch coast
  •  [nl] (born 1941), Dutch actor and television director
  •  [de] (1917–1943), Dutch resistance fighter in World War II
  • Crijn Fredericks, chief engineer of the New Netherland colony in 1625 and 1626
  • Crijn Hendricksz Volmarijn (1601–1645), Dutch painter
  •  [de; nl] (1940–2006), Dutch radio presenter
Quirine

References[]

  1. ^ Quirinus at the Meertens Institute database of given names in the Netherlands.
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