Hoek (surname)

Hoek is a Dutch surname. It may have a patronymic origin, as Hoek was a West Frisian form of the name Hugo. It can also be a shortened form of names like Van den Hoek ("from the corner").[1][2] People with the surname include:

Hoek

  • Evert Hoek (1933–2024), South African-Canadian geotechnical engineer
  • Frans Hoek (born 1956), Dutch football goalkeeper and coach
  • Henry Hoek (1878–1951), German pioneering ski mountaineer, namesake of the Hoek Glacier
  • Martin Hoek (1834–1873), Dutch astronomer and experimental physicist
  • Milan Hoek (born 1991), Dutch football defender
  • Paulus Peronius Cato Hoek (1851–1914), Dutch ichthyologist
  • Sylvia Hoeks (born 1983), Dutch film and television actress

Hoeck

  • Horst Hoeck (1904–1969), German Olympic rower
  • Johann Hoeck (1499–1553), German Lutheran theologian known as "Johannes Aepinus"
  • Karl Hoeck (1794–1877), German classical historian and philologist

Fictional characters

  • Ren Höek, chihuahua from The Ren & Stimpy Show

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hoek at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
  2. ↑ Hoek at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands
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