Serena van der Woodsen 这个名字是不是荷兰语转变过来的？

van der 是荷兰人姓的prefix,前缀呢, 意思是 X的儿子，X的后代，古代德语也有过van的如：Ludwig van Beethoven（德国作曲家贝多芬）同于法国人的：de, 或 英国贵族的 "of":德国贵族的"von": Duke of Marlborough, etc

荷兰足球明星Edwin van der Saar, Marco van Basten 等等
前缀de常见: de Witt, de Laange 是来由法语的

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The Dutch term "van" or the German term "von" were used at the beginning of the phrase. Sometimes in Dutch phraseology, "de," "der," or "ter" was inserted, meaning "of" or "of the"—Van der Water meaning of the water. In the French language prefixes "de," "des," "du," or "le" meant of. The Dutch preposition 'van' before family names answers to the French "de", "of" and was in early times seldom borne but by nobles, being placed before the names of their castles or estates.
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"In later days, however, when family names came more generally into use, many added to their Christian names their places of birth or residence, which were retained as family names