Mol (surname)
Mol is a Dutch surname. Meaning "mole" in Dutch, it may be descriptive in origin, or metonymic for a mole catcher. The name could also be patronymic (from the archaic name Molle) or toponymic, referring to the town Mol, Belgium in Antwerp province or a location named "the mole(s)". Among variant forms are De Mol ("the mole"), Demol (a West Flemish variant), Moll, Mols (a patronymic form), and Van Mol ("from the town Mol"). Notable people with these surnames include: Alarda Mol (born 1982), Dutch cricketer Albert Mol (1917–2004), Dutch author, actor and TV personality Anders Mol (born 1997), Norwegian volleyball player Annemarie Mol (born 1958), Dutch ethnographer and philosopher Christelle Mol (born 1972), French badminton player Dick Mol (born 1955), Dutch paleontologist and mammoth expert Geert-Maarten Mol (born 1983), Dutch cricketer, brother of Hendrik-Jan Gretchen Mol (born 1972), American model and actress Hans Mol (1922–2017), Dutch-born Australian sociologist Hendrik-Jan Mol (born 1977), Dutch cricketer, brother of Geert-Maarten Jaap Mol (1912–1972), Dutch football forward Leo Mol (1915–2009), Ukrainian-Canadian artist and sculptor Michael Mol (born 1971), South African doctor and TV personality Michiel Mol (born 1969), Dutch businessman and Formula One team director Pieter Laurens Mol (born 1946), Dutch contemporary artist