title: Douwe
text: # Douwe
  
  Douwe or Douw is a Dutch given name of West Frisian origin and probably meaning "dove" (Frisian:dou). Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Douwe Amels (born 1991), Dutch track and field athlete
  * Douwe Aukes (1612–1668), Frisian sea captain of the Dutch East India Company
  * Douwe Blumberg, Dutch sculptor
  * Douwe Bob (born 1992), Dutch singer-songwriter
  * Douwe Breimer (born 1943), Dutch pharmacologist
  * Douwe Juwes de Dowe (1608–1662), Dutch Golden Age painter
  * Douwe Eisenga (born 1961), Dutch composer
  * Douwe Korff (born 1951), Dutch professor of international law at London Metropolitan University
  * Douwe Sirtema van Grovestins (1710–1778), Frisian courtier at the court of stadtholder William IV
  * Douw Steyn (born 1952), South African billionaire businessman
  * Douwe de Vries (born 1982), Dutch marathon and long track speed skater
  