Wouter is a Dutch masculine

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 f ...

popular in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the Dutch equivalent of the English name

Walter Walter may refer to: People and fictional characters * Walter (name), including a list of people and fictional and mythical characters with the given name or surname * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–19 ...

and French name Gauthier, both of Germanic origin, meaning "ruler of the army", "ruler of the forest" or "bright army". Wouter is sometimes shortened to Wout. The

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

surname of Wouter is

Wouters Wouters is a Dutch language, Dutch patronymic surname, meaning son of Wouter, and corresponding to Walters (surname), Walters or Watts (surname), Watts in English. In 2007/2008 there were about 8700 people in the Netherlands and 15700 people in Belg ...

People named Wouter

Sports

* Wouter olde Heuvel, Dutch speed skater * Wouter Claes, Belgian badminton player * Wouter Mol, Dutch professional road racing cyclist * Wouter Toledo, Dutch figure skater * Wouter Poels, Dutch professional road 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 ...

, Belgian professional road cyclist * Wouter Wippert, Dutch professional road cyclist * Wouter Jolie, Dutch field hockey player * Wouter Brouwer, Dutch fencer * Wouter van Pelt, Dutch field hockey player * Wouter Corstjens, Dutch-Belgian footballer * Wouter D'Haene, Belgian sprint canoer * Wouter Biebauw, Belgian footballer * Wouter Marinus, Dutch professional footballer * Wouter de Vogel, Dutch footballer * Wouter Weylandt, Belgian professional cyclist * Wouter van der Steen, Dutch professional footballer * Wouter Degroote, Belgian footballer * Wouter Scheelen, Belgian footballer * Wouter Artz, Dutch professional footballer *

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 profes ...

, Dutch footballer * Wouter Vrancken, Belgian footballer * Wouter Vandenhaute, Belgian sports journalist * Wouter Sybrandy, Dutch professional road racing cyclist * Wout Wagtmans, Dutch road racing cyclist * Wouter Leefers, Dutch field hockey player *

Wout Weghorst Wout François Maria Weghorst (born 7 August 1992) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for Eredivisie club AFC Ajax, Ajax and the Netherlands national football team, Net ...

, Dutch footballer *

Wouter ter Maat Wouter ter Maat (born 7 May 1991) is a Dutch professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Ziraat Bankası S.K., Ziraat Bankası Ankara and the Netherlands men's national volleyball team, Netherlands national team. Honours ...

, Dutch volleyball player

Entertainment

* Wouter "Wally" De Backer, Belgian-Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, known as Gotye * Wouter Deprez, Belgian comedian *

Wouter Hamel Wouter Hamel (born 1977) is a Dutch Pop singer. He released his debut album ''Hamel'' in March 2007. Hamel's style has been compared to Jamie Cullum's.

, Dutch pop singer * Wouter Barendrecht, Dutch film producer * Wouter Janssen, Dutch musician * Wouter Kellerman, South African flautist * Wouter van der Goes, Dutch radio DJ

Politics

* Wouter Koolmees, Dutch politician * Wouter Beke, Belgian politician * Wouter De Vriendt, Belgian politician *

Wouter Bos Wouter Jacob Bos (; born 14 July 1963) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and businessman. Bos attended the Christian Gymnasium in Zeist from June 1975 until July 1980 and applied at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in ...

, Dutch politician * Wouter Van Besien, Belgian politician * Wouter Van Bellingen, Flemish politician

Art

* Wouter Crabeth I, Dutch Renaissance glass painter * Wouter Crabeth II, Dutch Golden Age painter and grandson of Wouter Crabeth I * Wouter Knijff, Dutch Golden Age landscape painter * Wouter Abts, Belgian painter * Wouterus Verschuur, Dutch painter * Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk, Dutch 19th century painter

Other

* Wouter Basson (born 1950), South African cardiologist *

Wouter Berthout van Ranst Wouter Berthout van Ranst was a 13th-century nobleman, living in feudal times, and a vassal of the Duke of Brabant. He was given land near the Escaut River, which he named ''Bergheem'' (now : Berchem in Flanders). His descendants possessed the la ...

, Belgian nobleman * Wouter Biesiot (1951–1998), Dutch head of the Energy and Materials Group * Wouter Deelen (c.1500–1563), Dutch Anabaptist *

Wouter den Haan Wouter J. den Haan (or Denhaan) (born 22 July 1962) is a professor of economics at the London School of Economics, research fellow and programme director of the CEPR, and co-director of the Centre for Macroeconomics. Currently, his main areas o ...

(born 1962), Dutch Professor of Economics *

Wouter Hanegraaff Wouter Jacobus Hanegraaff (born 10 April 1961) is professor of the History of Hermetic Philosophy and related currents at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. He served as the first president of the European Society for the Study of West ...

(born 1961), Dutch Professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy *

Wouter Lutkie Wouterus Leonardus Lutkie (23 February 1887 in 's-Hertogenbosch – 23 January 1968 in Nuland) was a Dutch Catholic priest and fascist. Biography Lutkie came from a wealthy business family and initially was influenced by the idealism of Ernest He ...

(1887–1968), Dutch Catholic priest and fascist * Wouter Schievink (born 1963), Dutch neurological surgeon *

Wouter Snijders Wouter Snijders (26 May 1928 – 21 July 2020) was a Dutch judge and legal scholar. He was justice on the Supreme Court of the Netherlands between 1970 and 1986 and served as vice president from 1986 to 1998. Snijders also served as chair of the C ...

(1928–2020), Dutch judge and legal scholar * Wouter Tebbens (born 1974), Dutch activist *

Wouter van Twiller Wouter van Twiller (May 22, 1606 – buried August 29, 1654) was an employee of the Dutch West India Company and the fourth Director of New Netherland. He governed from 1632 until 1638, succeeding Peter Minuit, who was recalled by the Dutch ...

(1606–1654), Dutch West India Company employee

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