Van der Made

van der Made is a Dutch toponymic surname. The name is first found in the records of a crusade in the 11th century. Bartolomeus van der Made donated land in the mid 14th century to what is now the Oude Kerk in Delft.^[1] "Van der Made" means "from the meadow", but the name is also particularly common around the village Made in North Brabant.^[2]

People with the name "van der Made" include:

• Sacco van der Made (1918–1997), Dutch actor
• Simon van Groenewegen van der Made (1613–1652), Dutch jurist
• Tilly van der Made (1938–2019), Dutch middle distance runner

People with the concatenated version Vandermade include:

• Jordan Vandermade (born 1987), New Zealand television presenter
• Lenny Vandermade (born 1981), American football coach

A street in Amsterdam is named van der Madeweg and a metro station is in turn named after that street.

References

1. "Old Church History". oudenieuwekerkdelft.nl. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
2. Made, van de / der at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands