Family name origins & meanings
- Dutch (Van der Werf) : topographic name from Middle Dutch werve, wereft, denoting an uncultivated area of land surrounding a house, farm, dike, or the like, or a place where willows grew, or a habitational name for someone from a place named with this word.
- Dutch (Van der Werf) : topographic name for someone who lived by a wharf, Middle Dutch werf.