Dievoet

Dievoet is a place name from which the surnames Van Dievoet and Vandievoet are derived.

Surname
As a surname, it is found mainly in Belgium as Van Dievoet or Vandievoet, and may refer to:

Members of the Van Dievoet family of Brussels (Vandive in Paris) (Divutius in Latin) such as:


 * Philippe Van Dievoet called Vandive (1654–1738), goldsmith and jeweller
 * Peter Van Dievoet (1661–1729), sculptor and designer of ornamental architectural features in London and Brussels
 * Guillaume Van Dievoet (1680–1706), printer of the Dauphin
 * Nicolas Felix Van Dievoet (1710–1792), counsellor of the king of France
 * Augustus Van Dievoet (1803–1865), in Latin Augustus Divutius, Belgian jurist, lawyer, historian and Latin writer
 * Jules Van Dievoet (1844–1917), Belgian jurist and lawyer
 * Eugène Van Dievoet (1862–1937), Belgian architect
 * Henri Van Dievoet (1869−1931), Belgian architect
 * Gabriel Van Dievoet (1875–1934), Belgian decorator and sgraffitist
 * Germaine Van Dievoet (1899–1990), Belgian olympic swimmer
 * Florence Van Dievoet née Descampe (1969–), Belgian professional golfer
 * Léon Van Dievoet (1907–1993), Belgian architect, painter, engraver and drawer.

Members of the family of Belgian politician Baron Émile van Dievoet such as:


 * Baron Émile van Dievoet (1886–1967), Belgian minister of Justice
 * Guido van Dievoet (nl), Belgian law historian
 * Walter van Dievoet (nl; fr), Belgian expert on goldsmithing ;

Members of the Vandievoet or Van Dievoet families, Brabantian families from the villages of Haren, Diegem, Evere, Schaerbeek, Meise, in Flemish Brabant such as:


 * Jules Vandievoet (fr) (1885–1947), Belgian painter
 * Jacques Vandievoet (fr) (1923–1993), Belgian poet
 * Hendrik Van Dievoet (nl; fr), burgomaster of Meise from 1891 to 1904.

Place name
Dievoet is a place located in Uccle (Belgium).

Etymologies
There are two possible etymologies :


 * 1) Diet + voorde, place name of Germanic origin.
 * 2) * From Diet meaning people and voorde meaning ford. Dietvoorde thus meaning "public ford".
 * 3) Divo + ritum, place name of Celtic origin.
 * 4) * Divoritum meaning "sacred ford".

For more informations about the etymologies of the name, see Dievoort.

Variations

 * Dievoort, a related surname and place name