Etymology

Van Buren

Today it means: A surname from Dutch. Full definition →

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The story

Dutch and Jewish surname, from van + several places in the Netherlands (such as Buren in Gelderland) containing the Middle Dutch word buur (“house, shed”), which is also related to buur (“neighbor”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.