Family name origins & meanings
- Dutch (Van der Woude) : most probably a variant of Vanderwoud, topographic name for someone who lived in a wood or forest, Dutch woud, equivalent of German Wald.
- Dutch (Van der Woude) : according to Debrabandere, it may be a topographic name for someone living by a patch of weld (a plant yielding a yellow dye), from Middle Dutch woude, wou(we) ‘weld’.