Thijs

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Thijs is a common Dutch given name and surname. It is a short form of Matthijs (Dutch form of Matthew) or Timothijs or Timotheus (Dutch forms of Timothy). The ij is pronounced [ɛi].

Some notable people with this name are:

Given name[]

  • Thijs Al (born 1980), Dutch mountain biker
  • Thijs Berman (born 1957), Dutch politician
  • Thijs Libregts (born 1941), Dutch football coach
  • Thijs Maris (1839–1917), Dutch painter, etcher and lithographer
  • Thijs van Leer (born 1948), Dutch singer-songwriter, composer and producer, lead singer, flautist and keyboardist with the band Focus
  • Thijs Westbroek, Dutch DJ and producer
  • , Dutch DJ and producer, member of the trio Noisia
  • Thijs Zonneveld, (born 1980) Dutch journalist and a retired cyclist
  • All articles beginning with Thijs

Surname[]

  • Bernd Thijs (born 1978), Belgian footballer
  • Erika Thijs (1960–2011), Belgian politician
  • Erwin Thijs (born 1970), Belgian road bicycle racer
  • Jan Thijs (Johannes Thysius) (1621–1653), Dutch book collector
  • Jim Thijs (born 1980), Belgian triathlete
  • Lutgarde Thijs (born 1962), Belgian sprint canoeist
  • Paul Thijs (born 1946), Belgian long-distance runner
  • Pieter Thijs (1624–1677), Flemish painter

See also[]

  • Tijs, an even shorter Dutch form of Matthew
  • Thys, spelling variant, common in the Belgian province of Antwerp
  • Thijs is one of the first two satellites of the Galileo global navigation satellite system, named after a Belgian boy who won a drawing competition
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