# Broers

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**Broers** is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch-language) [patronymic surname](/source/Patronymic_surname) meaning "Broer's (son)".[1] *Broer* and *Broeder* mean "brother" in Dutch. A nickname for a younger sibling is likely the origin of the given name, which is by now rare in the Netherlands.[2] The surname may sometimes have originated from any of the other meanings of "[brother](/source/Brother_(disambiguation))".[1] Variant forms are *Broeders*, *Broer*, *Broere*, *Broerse* and *Broersen*. People with this surname include:

- [Alec Broers, Baron Broers](/source/Alec_Broers,_Baron_Broers) (born 1938), Australian electrical engineer
- [Frank Broers](/source/Frank_Broers) (born 1977), Dutch football defender
- [Frans Broers](/source/Franciscus_Wilhelmus_Maria_Broers) (1944–2013), Dutch writer known as Jacq Vogelaar
- [Huub Broers](/source/Huub_Broers) (born 1951), Belgian New Flemish Alliance politician
- [Jasper Broers](/source/Jasper_Broers) (1682–1716), Flemish landscape and battle painter
- [Johnny Broers](/source/Johnny_Broers) (born 1951), Dutch racing cyclist
- [Leonard Broers](/source/Leonard_Broers) (born 1906), Belgian long-distance runner

**Broeders**

- [Ben Broeders](/source/Ben_Broeders) (born 1995), Belgian pole vaulter
- [Ilse Broeders](/source/Ilse_Broeders) (born 1977), Dutch bobsledder

**Broer**

- [Bert Broer](/source/Bert_Broer) (1916–1991), Dutch physicist and mathematician, e.g. known for the [Broer–Kaup equations](/source/Broer%E2%80%93Kaup_equations)
- [Christa Broer](/source/Christa_Widlund-Broer) (born 1945), Dutch writer known as Anna Enquist
- [Jan-Martin Bröer](/source/Jan-Martin_Br%C3%B6er) (born 1982), German rower

**Broerse or Broersen**

- [Joost Broerse](/source/Joost_Broerse) (born 1979), Dutch football defender
- [Nadine Broersen](/source/Nadine_Broersen) (born 1990), Dutch heptathlete and high jumper

## See also

- [Broers (band)](/source/Broers_(band)), South African music band
- [Broer](/source/Broer)
- [Broeren](/source/Broeren)

## References

1. [Broers](http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Broers&nfd_naam=Broers&info=documentatie&operator=eq&taal=) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.

1. [Broer](http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/verspreiding/naam/Broer) at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands

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