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Bijlsma
Bijlsma
is a
hybrid
Dutch-Frisian
metonymic
originally meaning "axe man".
Documented
origins
involve a
carpenter
and
butcher
.
People
with this
surname
, often
spelled
Bylsma
abroad, include:
Anner Bijlsma
,
Dutch
cellist
Carine Bijlsma
,
Dutch documentary film
maker
and
photographer
Gerrit Bijlsma
, Dutch
Olympic
water polo player