Teun

Teun is a Dutch masculine given name. It is a short form of Teunis, itself a derivative of Antonius (Anthony).[1] 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.[2] As a birth name it has risen in popularity since the 1980s.[3] People with the name include:

• Teun Beijnen (1899–1949), Dutch rower, Olympic competitor in 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics
• Teun Buijs (born 1960), Dutch volleyball player
• Teun van Dijck (born 1963), Dutch politician and former management consultant, restaurateur and civil servant
• Teun A. van Dijk (born 1943), scholar in text linguistics, discourse analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis
• Teun Eikelboom (born 1940), Dutch composer, musician and writer known by the pseudonym Tonny Eyk
• Teun Hocks (born 1947), Dutch photographer
• Teun Horstman (1927–2014), Dutch Old Catholic bishop
• Teun Jacob (1927–2009), Dutch wall painter and sculptor who lived and worked in Rotterdam
• Teun van de Keuken (born 1971), Dutch television and radio producer
• Teun Kloek (born 1934), Dutch economist, Emeritus Professor of Econometrics at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
• Teun Koolhaas (1940–2007), Dutch architect and urban planner
• Teun Luijkx (born 1986), Dutch actor
• Teun Mulder (born 1981), Dutch track cyclist
• Teun de Nooijer (born 1976), field hockey player from the Netherlands who twice became Olympic champion
• Teun Sprong (1889–1971), Dutch long-distance runner
• Teun Struycken (1906–1977), Dutch politician and a member of the Catholic People's Party
• Teun Tolman (1924–2007), Dutch politician
• Teun van Vliet (born 1962), retired Dutch road bicycle racer
• Teun Voeten (born 1961), international photojournalist specializing in war and conflicts

Theun

• Theun de Vries (1907–2005), Dutch writer and poet