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Wouter

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Pronunciation
  
[ʋʌutər]

Word/name
  
Old Dutch

Region of origin
  
Low Countries

Gender
  
Male

Meaning
  
"ruler of the army"

Nickname(s)
  
Wout

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". Wouter is sometimes shortened to Wout. The patronymic surname of Wouter is Wouters.

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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 football 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

    • References

    Wouter Wikipedia
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