Dievoet
# Dievoet

Dievoet (/ˈdiːvʊt/) 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 :

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

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

## Variations

* Dievoort, a related surname and place name
