Family name origins & meanings
- Dutch : literally ‘from the sea’, a topographic name for someone who lived by the sea, Middle Dutch zee, or a name for a child born at sea.
- Storm van der Zee (1636–c.1679), son of Albert Andriessen <xref>Bradt</xref>, was born aboard the ship Rensselaerwyck during a violent storm off the coast of England, en route to New Netherland. He adopted the surname Van der Zee in adult life, and had numerous prominent descendants.