{{wiktionary|bijl}} '''Bijl''' or '''Byl''' is a Dutch surname. "Bijl" means "axe" in Dutch, and the name may be a metonymic occupational surname referring to a butcher or lumberjack. It can also be of Matronymic origin, referring to a short form of Sibylla.<ref>[http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=bijl&gba_naam=Bijl&nfd_naam=Bijl&operator=eq&taal= Bijl] at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands</ref> People with this surname include:
*Arie Bijl (1908–1945), Dutch physicist *Glenn Bijl (born 1995), Dutch footballer *Guillaume Bijl (1946–2025), Belgian conceptual and installation artist *Jeroen Bijl (born 1966), Dutch volleyballplayer and chef de mission of NOC NSF *Lyn Byl (born 1979), German-British handball player *Marc Bijl (born 1970), Dutch performance and installation artist *Martine Bijl (1948–2019), Dutch singer, actress, writer and television presenter *Nelly Byl (1919–2011), Belgian songwriter *Lady Margaret Anne Victoria Bijl (1921–2007), although not much is known about Her Ladyship and the House of Bijl, various smaller houses still remain scattered across the Netherlands and Germany
==See also== *Van der Bijl *Van der Byl
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Category:Dutch-language surnames Category:Matronymic surnames Category:Occupational surnames