'''De Rijke''' is a Dutch surnames meaning "the rich (one)".<ref>[http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=de%20rijke&gba_naam=de%20Rijke&nfd_naam=Rijke,%20de&operator=eq&taal=eng Rijke, de] at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.</ref> Other forms include ''De Rijk'', ''De Rijck'' and ''De Rijcke'', while in Belgium the "ij" can be replaced with a "y" and the article can be merged with the adjective. The variants without an article (''Rijke'') can also be of patronymic origin ("son of Rijk").<ref>[http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Rijke&nfd_naam=Rijke&info=analyse+en+verklaring&operator=eq&taal= Rijke] at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.</ref> People with such surnames include:
;De Rijck / De Rijk / De Ryck / De Ryk / Derijck *An de Ryck (born 1960s), Belgian brewster *Beatrix de Rijk (1883–1958), Dutch aviator *Cornelia de Rijck (1653 – 1726), Dutch painter *Luc De Rijck (1965–1991), Belgian footballer *Rudolf de Rijk (1937–2003), Dutch linguist *Timothy Derijck (born 1987), Belgian footballer ;De Rijcke / De Rijke / De Ryke / Derycke *Abraham de Rijcke (1566–1599), Flemish historical and portrait painter, son of Bernaert *Alex de Rijke (born 1960), British architect *Antonius de Rijcke (c.1475–c.1530), Flemish composer *Bernaert de Rijcke (c.1535-1590), Flemish historical and portrait painter *Germain Derycke (1929–1978), Belgian racing cyclist *Johannis de Rijke (1842–1913), Dutch civil engineer and foreign advisor to Japan *Luc Beyer de Ryke (1933–2018), Belgian journalist and politician *Maarten de Rijke (born 1961), Dutch computer scientist ;Rijke *Pieter Rijke (1812–1899), Dutch experimental physicist *Robine Rijke (born 1996), Dutch cricketer *Sjaak Rijke (born 1960), Dutch Al-Qaeda kidnapping victim
==As a nickname== People in the Low Countries nicknamed "the rich" include: *Beatrix de Rijke (1421–1468), Dutch foundling ("Lucky the Rich"), who survived a flood allegedly because a cat balanced her cradle in the flood waters *Maria de Rijke (1457–1482), Mary of Burgundy *Otto de Rijke (c.1060–1113), Otto II, Count of Zutphen *Willem de Rijke (1487–1559), Count of Nassau-Siegen, father of William the Silent *Willem de Rijke (1516–1592), William of Cleves
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