Hoek (surname)

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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:

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Hoeck[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • Ren Höek, chihuahua from The Ren & Stimpy Show

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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