Weijers is a Dutch surname. Its origin may be patronymic (son of "Weijer", a now rare given name related to Wichard),Weijer at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands toponymic (from wijer, modern Dutch vijver, meaning "pond"), or occupational (related to modern Dutch weiden, i.e. to let graze, for a shepherd).Weijers at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Variant forms are Waijers, Weijer, Weyers, Wijers and Wyers. People with the surname include:
Bibiane Weijers (born 1988), Dutch tennis player (born 1987), Dutch writer and journalist (born 1964), Dutch organiser of domino projects Wijers Clemens Wijers (born 1983), Dutch heavy metal keyboardist and songwriter Hans Wijers (born 1951), Dutch executive and Minister of Economic Affairs 1994–98 Louwrien Wijers (born 1941), Dutch contemporary artist and writer
See also Jeroen van de Weijer (born 1965), Dutch linguist Weyer (disambiguation) Wyer
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