Maes (surname)

Maes or Maës is a Dutch and Spanish (Maes/e) patronymic surname. It is the third most common surname in Belgium (25,683 people). Notable people with the surname include:

Maes

 * Andreas Maes (1514-1573), Flemish priest, humanist and student of Syriac
 * Brian Maes (born 1956), American musician
 * Camillus Paul Maes (1846–1915), Belgian-born bishop in the United States
 * Caroline Maes (born 1982), Belgian tennis player
 * Femke Maes (born 1982), Belgian footballer
 * Friedrich-Wilhelm Maes (1913–1945), German military commander
 * Gino Maes (born 1957), Belgian footballer
 * Godfried Maes (1649 – 1700), Flemish painter
 * Hermine Maes, Belgian behavior geneticist
 * Isaak Maes (born 2001), American musician
 * Jef Maes (1905–1996), Belgian composer and violinist
 * Jules Maes (1882-?), Belgian fencer
 * Kristof Maes (born 1988), Belgian football goalkeeper
 * Lieve Maes (born 1960), Belgian politician
 * Louis Maes (born 1913, date of death unknown), Belgian canoer
 * Natacha Maes (born 1964), Belgian racing cyclist
 * Nelly Maes (born 1941), Belgian politician
 * Nicolaes Maes (1634–1693), Dutch Baroque painter
 * Nikolas Maes (born 1986), Belgian racing cyclist
 * Pattie Maes (born 1961), Media Arts professor at MIT
 * Peter Maes (born 1964), Belgian footballer
 * Romain Maes (1913–1983), Belgian cyclist, winner of Tour de France 1935
 * Sven Maes (born 1973), Belgian DJ and trance music producer
 * Sylvère Maes (1909–1966), Belgian cyclist, winner of Tour de France 1936 and 1939
 * Virginia Orr Maes (1920–1986), American malacologist

Maës

 * Eugène Maës (1890–1945), French footballer
 * Tove Maës (1921–2010), Danish actress of stage, television and film

Others
Maes is also a Welsh or Brythonic word for "field". It is pronounced “Mize”, and is a possible etymological source of that name as well.