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 toponymic name referring to one who lived or worked “in or near a field”. In this usage it is pronounced “Mize”, and is a possible etymological source of that name as well.

See also

• Maas (surname)
• Maëlys, French feminine name of Breton origin