# Vedder

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**Vedder** is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) and [Low German](/source/Low_German) surname. *Vedder*, related to Dutch *vader* ('father'), meant 'uncle' (father's or mother's brother) in [Middle Dutch](/source/Middle_Dutch) and Eastern dialects of Dutch.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

- [Adam Swart Vedder](/source/Adam_Swart_Vedder) (1834–1905), New York state born British Columbian politician, son of Volkert
- [Amy Vedder](/source/Amy_Vedder) (born 1951), American ecologist and primatologist
- [Buddy Vedder](/source/Buddy_Vedder) (born 1994), Dutch actor and television presenter
- [Commodore P. Vedder](/source/Commodore_P._Vedder) (1838–1910), New York politician
- [Eddie Vedder](/source/Eddie_Vedder) (born 1964), American rock musician, singer, and songwriter
- [Edward Bright Vedder](/source/Edward_Bright_Vedder) (1878–1952), U.S. Army physician, researcher of deficiency diseases, and medical educator
- [Elihu Vedder](/source/Elihu_Vedder) (1836–1923), American painter, book illustrator, and poet
- [Eva Vedder](/source/Eva_Vedder) (b. 1999), Dutch tennis player
- Harmen Albertse Vedder (1635–1715), Dutch settler in New Netherland, forebear of nearly all Vedders in North America[2]
- [Heinrich Vedder](/source/Heinrich_Vedder) (1876–1972), German missionary, linguist, ethnologist, and historian
- [Henry Clay Vedder](/source/Henry_Clay_Vedder) (1853–1935), American Baptist church historian
- [Jake Vedder](/source/Jake_Vedder) (born 1998), American snowboarder
- [Jill Vedder](/source/Jill_Vedder) née McCormick (born 1977), American philanthropist, activist and fashion model; wife of Eddie Vedder
- [John F. D. Vedder](/source/John_F._D._Vedder) (1789–1863), New York politician
- [Lou Vedder](/source/Lou_Vedder) (1897–1990), American baseball and football player
- [Ria Vedder-Wubben](/source/Ria_Vedder-Wubben) (1951–2016), Dutch politician
- [Richard Vedder](/source/Richard_Vedder) (born 1940), American economist and college professor
- [Shirley Vedder](/source/Shirley_Vedder) née Matthews (1942–2013), Canadian pop singer
- [Yvette Iola Vedder](/source/Yvette_Iola_Vedder) (1928–2010), American actress, pin-up model and singer

## See also

- [Vedder River](/source/Vedder_River), [Vedder Mountain](/source/Vedder_Mountain), and [Vedder Crossing](/source/Vedder_Crossing,_Chilliwack), British Columbia, Canada, named for Volkert Vedder and family from Schenectady, New York, who arrived in the area ca. 1860[\[1\]](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/24376.html)
- [Vedder Sand](/source/Vedder_Sand), geologic formation in California
- [Vedder Van Dyck](/source/Vedder_Van_Dyck) (1889–1960), American Episcopal bishop

## References

1. [Vedder](http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Vedder&nfd_naam=Vedder&info=documentatie&operator=eq&taal=) at the [Meertens Institute](/source/Meertens_Institute) database of surnames in the Netherlands.

1. Edwin Henry Vedder, [The Vedder family in America, 1657-1973](https://books.google.com/books?id=MfZZAAAAMAAJ&q=1657), 1974

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