Van Aert is a

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,

meaning "from Aert", whereby ''Aert'' and ''Aart'' are spelling variants of the toponym ''Aard'' (cf. aarde "earth") with the meaning "cultivated land, ground". ''Aert'' and ''Aart'' can also be reduced forms of the French male given name Arnout, which gives rise to the etymologically unrelated patronymic surnames

Aerts The Aerts (also spelled ''Aarts'') was a Dutch automobile manufactured in 1899; a small number of cars are known to have been built at Dongen Dongen () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and village in North Brabant, in the sout ...

and

Aarts Aarts is a Dutch language, Dutch patronymic surname ("son of Aart"). Notable people with the surname include: * Harry Aarts (1930–2020), Dutch politician * Johannes Josephus Aarts (1871–1934), Dutch artist * Kees Aarts (footballer), Kees Aarts ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *

André van Aert André van Aert (born 23 May 1940) is a Dutch former racing cyclist. He rode in the 1964 Tour de France and the 1964 Vuelta a España The 19th ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand ...

(1940), Dutch racing cyclist * Jos van Aert (1962), Dutch racing cyclist *

Wout van Aert Wout van Aert (born 15 September 1994) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racing, road and cyclo-cross Cycle sport, racer who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Van Aert won three consecutive men's races at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in ...

(1994), Belgian road and cyclo-cross racer * Bernard Van Aert (1997), Indonesian road and track cyclist

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