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. Less common variants are Van der Wouden and Van der Woud. People with this name include:
- Adriaan [van der Woude], Dutch physicist
- Elizabeth [van der Woude], Dutch traveller and writer
- Hatte van der Woude, Dutch politician
- John [Vander Woude], American politician
- Marc van der Woude, Dutch jurist
- Willem van der Woude, Dutch mathematician