Van der Heide is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the heath". The surnames Van der Heijden and Verheijen have the same origin. People with this surname include:
Henning van der Heide (ca. 1460 - 1521), German late Gothic sculptor Jan van der Heide (died 1959), Dutch tennis player Joop van der Heide (1917–1980), Dutch footballer Petra van der Heide (born 1971), Dutch harpist Rogier van der Heide (born 1970), Dutch lighting designer Sandor van der Heide (born 1978), Dutch footballer Willy van der Heide, pseudonym of Willem van den Hout (1915–1985), Dutch children's writer Van der Heiden Abraham van der Heiden (1597–1678), Dutch Calvinist minister and controversialist Jan van der Heiden (1637–1712), Dutch painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and inventor Mischa van der Heiden (born 1971), Dutch DJ Van Heiden Frederick Maurice van Heiden (1821–1900), Russian governor of Finland, son of Lodewijk Lodewijk van Heiden (1772–1850), Dutch admiral and Imperial Russian Navy admiral
See also Van der Heijden Heiden (surname)