Van de Wetering is a Dutch toponymic surname, meaning "from/of the (drainage) channel".Wetering, van de at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Among spelling variants are Watering, Weetering and Weteringh. Many waters in the Netherlands have the name as well a number of towns, themselves named after a wetering, e.g. Wetering, Nieuwe-Wetering, Nieuwe-Wetering, and Oude Wetering. Forms without the article (Van Wetering etc.) likely refer to such a settlement. People with these names include:
Van de Wetering Ernst van de Wetering (1938–2021), Dutch Rembrandt expert Henricus van de Wetering (1850–1929), Dutch archbishop Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008), Dutch–American author of detective novels Marlon van de Wetering (born 2007), Jamaican footballer Peter Van de Wetering (1931–2014), Dutch–American horticulturist Van Wetering Bo van Wetering (born 1999), Dutch handball player Ineke van Wetering (1934–2011), Dutch anthropologist and Surinamist
Van de Weetering (1929–2017), Dutch ballet dancer and choreographer Myrthe van de Weetering (born 1988), Dutch violinist and composer
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