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
 * John Vander Woude, American politician
 * Marc van der Woude (born 1960), Dutch jurist
 * Willem van der Woude (1876–1974), Dutch mathematician