Wouter

Wouter

Pronunciation	[ˈʋʌutər]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Old Dutch
Meaning	"ruler of the army", "bright army"
Region of origin	Low Countries
Other names
Nickname(s)	Wout
Related names	Valter, Valtyr, Walter, Gauthier, Gualterio, Gualtierre

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", "ruler of the forest" or "bright army". Wouter is sometimes shortened to Wout. The patronymic surname of Wouter is Wouters.

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, 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, 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, Dutch footballer
• Wouter ter Maat, Dutch volleyball player

Entertainment

• Wouter "Wally" De Backer, Belgian-Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, known as Gotye
• Wouter Deprez, Belgian comedian
• Wouter Hamel, 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, 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, Belgian nobleman
• Wouter Biesiot (1951–1998), Dutch head of the Energy and Materials Group
• Wouter Deelen (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
• Wouter Schievink (born 1963), Dutch neurological surgeon
• Wouter Snijders (1928–2020), Dutch judge and legal scholar
• Wouter Tebbens (born 1974), Dutch activist
• Wouter van Twiller (1606–1654), Dutch West India Company employee

See also

• Walter
• Walters
• Wolter
• Walther