Wouter
Appearance
Pronunciation | [ʋʌutər] |
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Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Old Dutch |
Meaning | "ruler of the 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, both of Germanic origin, meaning "ruler of the army" or "ruler of the forest"[citation needed]. 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 bicycle racer
- Wouter Wippert, Dutch professional road racing cyclist
- Wouter Jolie, Dutch field hockey player
- Wouter Brouwer, Dutch fencer
- Wouter van Pelt, Dutch field hockey player
- Wouter Corstjens, Dutch-Belgian football defender
- Wouter D'Haene, Belgian sprint canoer
- Wouter Biebauw, Belgian foobtall goalkeeper
- 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 Verhelst, Belgian volleyball player
- Wouter Soomer, Dutch professional footballer
- Wouter Sybrandy, Dutch professional road racing cyclist
- Wout Wagtmans, Dutch road racing cyclist
- Wouter Leefers, Dutch field hockey player
Entertainment
- Wouter Andre 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 van der Goes, Dutch radio DJ
- Wouter Janssen, Dutch musician
- Wouter Kellerman, South African flautist
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 van Twiller, Dutch West India Company employee
- Wouter Hanegraaff, Dutch Professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy
- Wouter Lutkie, Dutch Catholic priest and fascist
- Wouter Schievink, Dutch neurological surgeon
- Wouter Tebbens, Dutch activist
- Wouter den Haan, Dutch Professor of Economics
- Wouter Besiot, Dutch head of the Energy and Materials Group
- Wouter Deelen, Dutch Anabaptist
- Wouter Basson, South African cardiologist
- Wouter Berthout van Ranst, Belgian nobleman