'''Teun''' is a Dutch masculine given name. It is a short form of Teunis, itself a derivative of Antonius (Anthony).<ref name="Gauche 2012">{{cite book |last=Gauche |first=Isebell |title=The A to Z of Names (Revised and Expanded Edition): Discover the promise your name holds! |publisher=Struik Christian Media |publication-place=Cape Town |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-4153-1626-9 |oclc=779141315 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h4npAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT328 |pages=328–329 |access-date=2018-12-18}}</ref> It is also considered a diminutive form of Antonius, Anton, Antoon, Anthonis, Anthoon, Antonie, and Antonis used in Belgium, Netherlands, Suriname, South Africa, Namibia, and Indonesia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.name-doctor.com/name-teun-meaning-of-teun-13315.html|title=Teun|website=Name-doctor.com|access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref> As a birth name, it has risen in popularity since the 1980s.<ref>[https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/teun Teun] at the Meertens Institute database of given names in the Netherlands.</ref> People with the name include:
* Teun Beijnen (1899–1949), a Dutch rower, Olympic competitor in 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics. * Teun Buijs (born 1960), a Dutch volleyball player. * Teun van Dijck (born 1963), a Dutch politician and former management consultant, restaurateur and civil servant. * Teun A. van Dijk (born 1943), a scholar in text linguistics, discourse analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis. * Teun Eikelboom (born 1940), a Dutch composer, musician and writer known by the pseudonym Tonny Eyk. * {{illm|Teun Hocks|fr || nl|}} (1947–2022), a Dutch photographer. * {{illm|Teun Horstman|de|Teunis Johannes Horstman|it|Teunis Horstman|nl || pl|Teunis Horstman}} (1927–2014), a Dutch Old Catholic bishop. * Teun Jacob (1927–2009), a Dutch wall painter and sculptor who lived and worked in Rotterdam. * Teun van de Keuken (born 1971), a Dutch television and radio producer. * Teun Kloek (born 1934), a Dutch economist, Emeritus Professor of Econometrics at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. * Teun Koolhaas (1940–2007), a Dutch architect and urban planner. * Teun Koopmeiners (born 1998), a Dutch footballer. * Teun Luijkx (born 1986), a Dutch actor. * Teun Mulder (born 1981), a Dutch track cyclist. * Teun de Nooijer (born 1976), a field hockey player from the Netherlands who twice became an Olympic champion. * Teun Sprong (1889–1971), a Dutch long-distance runner. * Teun Struycken (1906–1977), a Dutch politician and a member of the Catholic People's Party. * Teun Tolman (1924–2007), a Dutch politician. * Teun van Vliet (born 1962), a retired Dutch road bicycle racer. * Teun Voeten (born 1961), an international photojournalist specializing in war and conflicts. ;Theun * Theun de Vries (1907–2005), a Dutch writer and poet.
== See also == * Teun Island in the Barat Daya Islands, a group of islands in the Maluku province of Indonesia * Teun language or Te'un language (Teun), an Austronesian language originally spoken on Teun Island in Maluku, Indonesia * ''Little Tony'' (film) (Dutch: ''Kleine Teun''), a 1998 Dutch comedy film drama * {{look from}} * {{intitle}}
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