given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
popular in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the Dutch equivalent of the English name Walter and French name Gauthier, both of Germanic origin, meaning "ruler of the army", "army of the forest" or "bright army". Wouter is sometimes shortened to Wout. The patronymic surname of Wouter is
Wouters Wouters is a Dutch patronymic surname, meaning son of Wouter, and corresponding to Walters in English. In 2007/2008 there were about 8700 people in the Netherlands and 15700 people in Belgium with that name.Wouter olde Heuvel, Dutch speed skater
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Wouter Claes
Wouter Claes (born 28 October 1975 in Leuven, Belgium) is a male left-handed Belgian badminton player. He won 20 Belgian titles, 10 in men's doubles with Fréderic Mawet and Ruud Kuijten, 10 in mixed doubles with Manon Albinus, Corina Herrle ...
Wouter Degroote
Wouter Degroote (born 28 January 1978) is a Belgian footballer.
He previously played for clubs including FCV Dender EH
Football Club Verbroedering Dender Eendracht Hekelgem, also simply known as Dender or Verbroedering Dender, is a Belgian ...
, Belgian footballer
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Wouter Scheelen
Wouter Scheelen (born 16 October 1985) is a Belgian football player currently playing for Bocholt in the Belgian Second Amateur Division
The Belgian Division 2, commonly referred to as simply Tweede Afdeling (in Dutch) or Division 2 (in Frenc ...
, Belgian footballer
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Wouter Artz
Wouter is a Dutch masculine given name popular in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the Dutch equivalent of the English name Walter and French name Gauthier, both of Germanic origin, meaning "ruler of the army", "army of the forest" or "bright ...
, Dutch professional footballer
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Wouter Gudde
Wouter Gudde (born 5 August 1984) is a Dutch former footballer.
Club career
Gudde is a defender who was born in Schiedam and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Sparta Rotterdam
Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch profess ...
, Dutch footballer
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Wouter Vrancken
Wouter Vrancken (born 3 February 1979) is a Belgian football manager and a former defensive midfielder. He is the manager of Genk.
Playing career
Wouter Vrancken started his playing career as a youth at lower division clubs, beginning at FC Oud ...
, Belgian footballer
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Wouter Vandenhaute
Wouter Vandenhaute (born 16 February 1962) is a Belgian Entrepreneur, Television producer and former sports-journalist. He is currently managing director of the Belgian media holding De Vijver, which includes the TV production company Woestijnvis ...
, Belgian sports journalist
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Wouter Sybrandy
Wouter Sybrandy (born 20 February 1985) is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally for between 2009 and 2013.
Biography
Sybrandy was born in the Netherlands but spent most of his career in the United Kingdom. Alt ...
, Dutch professional road racing cyclist
* Wout Wagtmans, Dutch road racing cyclist
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Wouter Leefers
Wouter Leefers (born 12 January 1953) is a retired field hockey player from the Netherlands. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, where his teams finished in fourth place on both occasions. He missed the 1980 Games which were boycotted b ...
, Dutch field hockey player
* Wout Weghorst, Dutch footballer
Wouter Barendrecht
Wouter Barendrecht (November 5, 1965, The Netherlands – April 5, 2009, Bangkok, ThailandObituary ...
, Dutch film producer
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Wouter Janssen
Showtek is a Dutch electronic dance music duo consisting of two brothers from Eindhoven, Sjoerd (born 6 April 1984) and Wouter Janssen (born 20 August 1982). The duo regularly manages to reach the top of multiple music charts and work with artis ...
, Dutch musician
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Wouter Kellerman
Wouter Kellerman (born 20 September 1961) is a GRAMMY® Award-winning South African flautist, producer and composer who has won eight South African Music Awards. Using his classical training as a foundation, Kellerman has focused his attention ...
Wouter Van Bellingen
Wouter Van Bellingen (born 20 April 1972) is a Rwandan-born Belgian politician for the Sociaal-Liberale Partij. He was previously employed by the city of Sint-Niklaas as a civil servant working on youth and developing world issues.
Since 2 Janu ...
, Flemish politician
Art
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Wouter Crabeth I
Wouter Pietersz Crabeth (1510–1590) was a Dutch Renaissance glass painter. He was employed by the Sint Janskerk (Gouda) during the Protestant Reformation, where he created six of the stained glass windows during the years 1555 to 1571. His wi ...
, Dutch Renaissance glass painter
* Wouter Crabeth II, Dutch Golden Age painter and grandson of Wouter Crabeth I
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Wouter Knijff
Wouter Knijff (1605, Wesel – 1694, Bergen op Zoom), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography
According to the RKD he was the nephew of Janneke Knijff who married Jan Vermeer van Ham, the grandparents of the Haarlem painter Jan Ver ...
, Dutch Golden Age landscape painter
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Wouter Abts
Wouter Abts (in French, Gautier Abts) was born at Lier, near Antwerp, possibly in 1582. He was a pupil of Willem de Vos (Guillaume de Vos in French). Little is known about his life. He was admitted as a master to the Guild
A guild ( ) is an a ...
, Belgian painter
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Wouterus Verschuur
Wouterus Verschuur (11 June 1812 – 4 July 1874) was a Dutch painter of animal subjects – mainly horses – and of landscapes. He is one of the later representatives of Romanticism in Dutch art.
Life and career
Born to an Amsterdam jewell ...
, Dutch painter
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Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk
Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk (28 May 1782, Amsterdam - 20 September 1810, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter and etcher. Most of his works are landscapes (featuring cattle) or cityscapes.
Biography
He was born into a wealthy family. His father, ...
Wouter Biesiot Wouter Biesiot (3 January 1951 – 27 April 1998) was an associate professor and the head of the Energy and Materials Group at the IVEM, Interfacultaire Vakgroep Energie en Milieukunde at the University of Groningen.
Biesiot studied technical physi ...
(1951–1998), Dutch head of the Energy and Materials Group
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Wouter Deelen Wouter Deelen ( en, Walter Deloenus, la, Gualterus Delenus, french: Gualtier Delvin) (–1563) was a Dutch Anabaptist, Greek and Hebrew scholar, for a time librarian of Henry VIII, and then preacher at the Dutch church in London.
Biography
Wouter ...
(c.1500–1563), Dutch Anabaptist
* Wouter den Haan (born 1962), Dutch Professor of Economics
* Wouter Hanegraaff (born 1961), Dutch Professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy
* Wouter Lutkie (1887–1968), Dutch Catholic priest and fascist
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Wouter Schievink Wouter Ingmar Schievink (born 1963, Amsterdam) is a neurological surgeon noted for expertise in brain and spinal cord vascular disorders.Wouter I. Schievink Director, Microvascular Neurosurgery http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Bios---Physician/P-Z/Wouter ...
(born 1963), Dutch neurological surgeon
* Wouter Snijders (1928–2020), Dutch judge and legal scholar
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Wouter Tebbens
Wouter Tebbens, (born 6 May 1974) is a Dutch activist, researcher and social entrepreneur on Free Knowledge.
Career
Tebbens received a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Twente, Netherlands. His final research projec ...
(born 1974), Dutch activist
* Wouter van Twiller (1606–1654), Dutch West India Company employee