Vermeiren is a Dutch toponymic surname mostly found in Belgium. It is a dialectical and contracted version of the surname Van der Meer ("from the lake").[1] Vermeiren is most common in the province of Antwerp, while the variant Vermeire is most abundant in East Flanders.[2] Notable people with the surname include:
- Annie Vermeiren (born 1942), Belgian racing cyclist
- Francis Vermeiren (born 1936), Belgian PVV politician
- Goedele Vermeiren (born 1962), Belgian N-VA politician
- Jan Vermeiren (born 1949), Belgian-born South-African painter
- Didier Vermeiren (born 1951), Belgian sculptor
- Katleen Vermeiren (born 1978), Belgian racing cyclist
- Leopold Vermeiren (1914–2005), Belgian children's book author
- Paul Vermeiren (born 1963), Belgian archer
- Remi Vermeiren (born 1940), Belgian banker and businessman
- Vermeir / Vermeire
- Bert Vermeir (born 1977), Belgium Paralympic equestrian
- Katrien Vermeire (born 1979), Belgian artist
- Manuel Vermeire (born 1987), Belgian printmaker
- Robert Vermeire (born 1944), Belgian cyclo-cross rider