# Wouters

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**Wouters** is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) [patronymic surname](/source/Patronymic_surname), meaning son of [Wouter](/source/Wouter), and corresponding to [Walters](/source/Walters_(surname)) or [Watts](/source/Watts_(surname)) in English. In 2007/2008 there were about 8700 people in the Netherlands and 15700 people in Belgium with that name.[1][2] People with this name include:

- [Ad Wouters](/source/Ad_Wouters) (born 1944), Dutch sculptor active in Belgium
- [Aloïs Wouters](/source/Alo%C3%AFs_Wouters) (born 1962), Belgian racing cyclist
- [Cas Wouters](/source/Cas_Wouters) (1943–2025), Dutch sociologist
- [Chase Wouters](/source/Chase_Wouters) (born 2000), Canadian ice hockey player
- [Dries Wouters](/source/Dries_Wouters) (born 1997), Belgian football defender
- [Enzo Wouters](/source/Enzo_Wouters) (born 1996), Belgian racing cyclist
- [Frans Wouters](/source/Frans_Wouters) (1612–1659), Flemish painter
- [G. Henry Wouters](/source/G._Henry_Wouters) (1802–1872), Flemish church historian
- [Hendrina Wouters](/source/Hendrina_Wouters) (1718–1746), Dutch murderer
- [Hugo Wouters](/source/Hugo_Wouters) (1931–1975), Flemish poet with the pseudonym "Hugues C. Pernath"
- [Jan Wouters](/source/Jan_Wouters) (born 1960), Dutch football midfielder
- [Jan Wouters (legal scholar)](/source/Jan_Wouters_(legal_scholar)) (born 1964), Belgian legal scholar
- [Jean de Wouters](/source/Jean_de_Wouters) (1905–1973), Belgian inventor and aerodynamics engineer
- [Jean Claude Wouters](/source/Jean_Claude_Wouters) (born 1956), Belgian dancer, film maker and painter
- [Josee Wouters](/source/Josee_Wouters) ([fl.](/source/Floruit) 1947), Belgian table tennis player
- [Joseph Wouters](/source/Joseph_Wouters) (born 1942), Belgian racing cyclist
- [Jürgen Wouters](/source/J%C3%BCrgen_Wouters) (born 1981), Dutch badminton player
- [Leon Wouters](/source/Leon_Wouters) (1930–2015), Belgian football defender and coach
- [Liliane Wouters](/source/Liliane_Wouters) (1930–2016), Belgian poet, playwright, anthologist and essayist
- [Lode Wouters](/source/Lode_Wouters) (1929–2014), Belgian racing cyclist
- [Michaelina Wouters](/source/Michaelina_Woutiers) (ca. 1620–after 1682), Flemish painter
- [Rik Wouters](/source/Rik_Wouters) (1882–1916), Belgian painter and sculptor
- [Rolf Wouters](/source/Rolf_Wouters) (born 1963), Dutch television show host
- [Sieben Wouters](/source/Sieben_Wouters) (born 1996), Dutch racing cyclist
- [Stefan Wouters](/source/Stefan_Wouters) (born 1972), Belgian visual artist and curator
- [Thierry Wouters](/source/Thierry_Wouters) (born 1979), Belgian swimmer
- [Veerle Wouters](/source/Veerle_Wouters) (born 1974), Belgian politician
- [Wayne Wouters](/source/Wayne_Wouters) (born 1951), Canadian Clerk of the Privy Council

## See also

- [Wauters](/source/Wauters), homonymic surname
- [Wouters v Algemene Raad van de Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten](/source/Wouters_v_Algemene_Raad_van_de_Nederlandse_Orde_van_Advocaten), European Court of Justice decision concerning competition law

## References

1. [Wouters](http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=wouters&gba_naam=Wouters&nfd_naam=Wouters&operator=eq&taal=) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.

1. [Wouters](https://familienaam.be/Wouters) at familienaam.be

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