# Bijl

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'''Bijl''' or '''Byl''' is a Dutch surname. "Bijl" means "axe" in Dutch, and the name may be a [metonymic](/source/metonymic) [occupational surname](/source/occupational_surname) referring to a butcher or lumberjack. It can also be of [Matronymic](/source/Matronymic) origin, referring to a short form of [Sibylla](/source/Sibylla_(disambiguation)).<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](/source/Arie_Bijl) (1908–1945), Dutch physicist
*[Glenn Bijl](/source/Glenn_Bijl) (born 1995), Dutch footballer
*[Guillaume Bijl](/source/Guillaume_Bijl) (1946–2025), Belgian conceptual and installation artist
*[Jeroen Bijl](/source/Jeroen_Bijl) (born 1966), Dutch volleyballplayer and chef de mission of NOC NSF
*[Lyn Byl](/source/Lyn_Byl) (born 1979), German-British handball player
*[Marc Bijl](/source/Marc_Bijl) (born 1970), Dutch performance and installation artist
*[Martine Bijl](/source/Martine_Bijl) (1948–2019), Dutch singer, actress, writer and television presenter
*[Nelly Byl](/source/Nelly_Byl) (1919–2011), Belgian songwriter
*[Lady Margaret Anne Victoria Bijl](/source/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](/source/Van_der_Bijl)
*[Van der Byl](/source/Van_der_Byl)

==References==
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Category:Dutch-language surnames
Category:Matronymic surnames
Category:Occupational surnames

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