Van der Woude

Van der Woude is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the forest". The dative form of the particle indicates that the first people carrying the name came from a place called ''Het Woud'' of ''De Woud(e)'' ("the forest"). Less common variants are ''Van der Wouden'' and ''Van der Woud''. People with this name include:

*Adriaan van der Woude (1930–2017), Dutch physicist *Elizabeth van der Woude (1657–1694), Dutch traveller and writer *Hatte van der Woude (born 1969), Dutch politician *John Vander Woude, American politician *Marc van der Woude (born 1960), Dutch jurist *Willem van der Woude (1876–1974), Dutch mathematician Provided by Wikipedia