De Vries is one of the most common Dutch surnames. It indicates a geographical origin: "Vriesland" is an old spelling of the Dutch province of Friesland (Frisia). Hence, "de Vries" means "the Frisian". The name has been transcended abroad to "DeVries", "deVries", or "Devries".
People named De Vries:
Abraham de Vries (ca.1590–1649 or 1650) — Dutch painterAdriaen de Vries (1556–1626) — Dutch sculptorAlbert de Vries (born 1955) — Dutch politicianAli de Vries (1914–2007) — Dutch athleteAndré de Vries (1911-1996) — Israeli physician, toxicologist, hematologist, and rector of Tel Aviv UniversityAnne de Vries (1904–1964) — Dutch authorAukje de Vries (born 1964) — Dutch politicianBenjamin de Vries (1905–1966) — Israeli Rabbi, scholar and educatorBibi de Vries (born 1963) — Dutch politicianCasper de Vries (born 1964) — South African comedianDavid Devriès (1881–1936), — French lyric operatic tenorDavid Pietersen de Vries (born c. 1593) — Dutch patroon of Zwaanendael ColonyDolf de Vries (born 1937) — Dutch actorDorus de Vries (born 1980) — Dutch goalkeeperFeike de Vries (born 1943) — Dutch water polo playerGerrit de Vries (cyclist) (born 1967) — Dutch road cyclistGerrit de Vries (1818–1900) — Dutch prime ministerGijs de Vries (born 1956) — Dutch politicianGreg de Vries (born 1973) — Canadian hockey playerGustav de Vries (1866–1934) — Dutch mathematicianHan de Vries (born 1941) — Dutch oboist [1]Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527–1607) — Dutch architectHerman de Vries (born 1931) — Dutch artistHessel de Vries (1916–1959) — Dutch physicistHugo de Vries (1848–1935) — Dutch biologistIlan de Vries (born 1952) — Israeli filmmakerJan de Vries (linguist) (1890–1964) — Dutch linguistJan de Vries (1896–1939) — Dutch athleteJan-Lodewijk de Vries (born 1972) — Dutch water polo playerJared DeVries (born 1976) — American football playerJeroen de Vries (born 1971) — Dutch speed skaterJill De Vries (born 1953) — American modelJohn de Vries (born 1966) — Australian racecar driverKeith DeVries (1937–2006) — American archaeologistKelly DeVries (born 1956) — American medievalist historianKlaas de Vries (born 1944) — Dutch composerKlaas de Vries (born 1943) — Dutch politicianLeondre Devries (born 2000) - Welsh RapperMaarten Gerritsz Vries (or "de Vries") (fl. 1643) — Dutch explorerManfred F.R. Kets de Vries (born 1943) — Dutch author and researcherMarc de Vries (born 1958) — Dutch physicistMarion De Vries (1865–1939) — American politicianMarius De Vries (born 1961) — English music producerMark de Vries (born 1975) — Dutch footballerMatt DeVries (born 1977) — American guitaristMered de Vries (born 1977) — Dutch volleyballerNina de Vries (born 1961) — Dutch sex workerPascal de Vries — Swiss network expertPeter De Vries (1910–1993) — American editor and comic novelistPeter R. de Vries (born 1956) — Dutch journalistPhilip James DeVries (born 1952) — American entomologist and evolutionary ecologistRheta Devries — American educatorRyan De Vries (born 1992) — New Zealand footballerSimon Philip de Vries (1870-1944) — Dutch rabbiSimon Frisius (de Vries) (1570–75 - 1628/29) — Dutch engraverStefan de Vries (born 1970), Dutch journaliatTheun de Vries (1907–2005) — Dutch writer and poetWilliam DeVries (born 1943) — American surgeon who performed first permanent artificial heart transplantAbigail DeVries (born 1990) — Youngest Harvard graduate. Founder of Pinterest