Schrijver
surname · Latin script
Meaning: writer, author
/sxrɛi̯vər/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Schrijver is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the Netherlands.
- NLNetherlands
- BEBelgium
- DEGermany
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
writer, author
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Willem Schrijverb. 1608(1608-1661)
- Cornelis Schrijverb. 1687Dutch naval officer (1687–1768)
- Alexander Schrijverb. 1948NLDutch mathematician and computer scientist
- Nico Schrijverb. 1954NLDutch jurist and politician
- Loretta Schrijverb. 1956USDutch television host (1956–2025)
- Carolus J. Schrijverb. 1958USresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-6010-8182
- Lara Schrijverb. 1971USArchitectural researcher
- Jetske Schrijverb. 1977NLDutch television presenter
- Oren Schrijverb. 1978NLDutch actor
- Tim Schrijverb. 1992CACanadian rower
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 16 sources across 11 countries.
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Schrijver mean, and where does it come from?
- writer, author Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Schrijver?
- A machine transcription gives /sxrɛi̯vər/ (IPA) for Dutch.
- In which country does Schrijver have the most bearers?
- Schrijver is most frequently recorded in the Netherlands.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/schrijverThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Schrijver”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.