van de velde, vande velde, or vandevelde is a dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the field". van de velde is the 32nd most common name in belgium, with 8,903 people in 2008, while in 2007 there were 3,319 people named "van de velde" in the netherlands. among other variations on this name are van der velde, vandevelde, van velde, van de velden, and van der velden.