Van der Aa (surname)

Van der Aa is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the Aa (river)", of which there are a few dozen in the Low Countries alone.

Those bearing this name include:


 * Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792–1857), Dutch author of biographical and geographical dictionaries of the Netherlands
 * Christianus Carolus Henricus van der Aa (1718–1793), Dutch pastor and secretary of science society
 * Christianus Robidé van der Aa (1791–1851), Dutch jurist and writer
 * Cornelis van der Aa (1749–1816), Dutch historian
 * Dirk van der Aa (1731–1809), Dutch painter
 * Hubertus Antonius van der Aa (1935–2017), Dutch mycologist
 * Jan III van Gruuthuse en van der Aa (1368–1420), Flemish-Burgundian knight
 * Michel van der Aa (born 1970), Dutch composer
 * Petrus van der Aa (1530-1594), Brabantine jurist
 * Philips van der Aa (died after 1586), Dutch politician
 * Pieter van der Aa (1659–1733), Dutch publisher
 * Sandra van der Aa (born 1972), Dutch athlete