VanderWaal
VanderWaal is a surname of Dutch origin, a variant of van der Waal, meaning “from the Waal.” It is a toponymic surname that would originally denote origin from a place associated with the Waal, a river in the Netherlands. The spelling is sometimes concatenated as VanderWaal in the United States, and other variants include Van der Waal and Vanderwaal. The name is found among people of Dutch ancestry and their descendants, particularly in the United States and Canada, due to immigration and assimilation.
Notable people with the surname include Grace VanderWaal (born 2004), an American singer-songwriter who gained prominence
VanderWaal is relatively uncommon as a surname, and there are no widely recognized fictional characters by
See also: Van der Waals, a related but distinct surname with its own notable bearers, and Vanderwaal