Van 't Hof and Van 't Hoff are Dutch toponymic surnames meaning "from the homestead".[1] Other variants are Van Hoff, Van den Hof, Van der Hoff, Van't Hof and Vanthof. Notable people with these surnames include:
- Van 't Hof / Van't Hof
- Erik Van't Hof (born 1960), Dutch-born American tennis player
- Jasper van 't Hof (born 1947), Dutch jazz pianist and keyboard-player
- Kaes Van't Hof (born 1986), American tennis player
- Robert Van't Hof (born 1959), American tennis player
- Van 't Hoff
- Dilano van 't Hoff (2004–2023), Dutch racing driver
- Ernst van 't Hoff (1908–1955), Dutch jazz pianist and bandleader
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852–1911), Dutch physical chemist and Nobel Prize laureate
- among others known for the van 't Hoff equation, van 't Hoff factor and Le Bel-van't Hoff rule
- Robert van 't Hoff (1887–1979), Dutch architect and furniture designer
- Van der Hoff
- Dirk Van der Hoff (1814–1891), Dutch-born South African Protestant minister
- Frans van der Hoff (born 1939), Dutch missionary who launched the first Fairtrade label
- Ron van der Hoff (born 1978), Dutch archer
- Van Hoff
- Arthur van Hoff (born 1963), Dutch computer scientist and businessman
- Nestor Nielsen van Hoff (born 1972), Uruguayan show jumping rider
- Vanthof
- John Vanthof (born 1963), Canadian (Ontario) politician
See also
edit- van't Hoff (crater), a lunar crater named for Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
- Gerard 't Hooft
- Hof (surname)
- Hoff (surname)
- von Hoff surname
References
edit- ^ "Hof, van 't". Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Archived from the original on 2023-01-14. Retrieved 2018-04-05.