Dievoet

Dievoet () is a place name from which the surnames Van Dievoet and Vandievoet are derived.

Surname

As a surname, it is found mainly in Belgium as Van Dievoet or Vandievoet, and may refer to:

Members of the Van Dievoet family of Brussels (Vandive in Paris) (Divutius in Latin) such as:

• Philippe Van Dievoet called Vandive (1654–1738), goldsmith and jeweller
• Peter Van Dievoet (1661–1729), sculptor and designer of ornamental architectural features in London and Brussels
• Guillaume Van Dievoet (1680–1706), printer of the Dauphin
• Nicolas Felix Van Dievoet (1710–1792), counsellor of the king of France
• Augustus Van Dievoet (1803–1865), in Latin Augustus Divutius, Belgian jurist, lawyer, historian and Latin writer
• Jules Van Dievoet (1844–1917), Belgian jurist and lawyer
• Eugène Van Dievoet (1862–1937), Belgian architect
• Henri Van Dievoet (1869−1931), Belgian architect
• Gabriel Van Dievoet (1875–1934), Belgian decorator and sgraffitist
• Germaine Van Dievoet (1899–1990), Belgian olympic swimmer
• Florence Van Dievoet née Descampe (1969–), Belgian professional golfer
• Léon Van Dievoet (1907–1993), Belgian architect, painter, engraver and drawer.

Members of the family of Belgian politician Baron Émile van Dievoet such as:

• Baron Émile van Dievoet (1886–1967), Belgian minister of Justice
• Guido van Dievoet (), Belgian law historian
• Walter van Dievoet (; ), Belgian expert on goldsmithing ;

Members of the Vandievoet or Van Dievoet families, Brabantian families from the villages of Haren, Diegem, Evere, Schaerbeek, Meise, in Flemish Brabant such as:

• Jules Vandievoet () (1885–1947), Belgian painter
• Jacques Vandievoet () (1923–1993), Belgian poet
• Hendrik Van Dievoet (; ), burgomaster of Meise from 1891 to 1904.

Place name

Dievoet is a place located in Uccle (Belgium).

Etymologies

There are two possible etymologies :

1. Diet + voorde, place name of Germanic origin.
2. * From Diet meaning people and voorde meaning ford. Dietvoorde thus meaning "public ford".
3. Divo + ritum, place name of Celtic origin.
4. * Divoritum meaning "sacred ford".

For more informations about the etymologies of the name, see Dievoort.

Variations

• Dievoort, a related surname and place name

References