Hoek is a

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

surname. It may have a

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...

origin, as ''Hoek'' was a West Frisian form of the name

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. It can also be a shortened form of names like

Van den Hoek Van den Hoek is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the corner".

("from the corner"). Hoek
at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands People with the surname include:

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* Evert Hoek (born 1933), South African-Canadian geotechnical engineer * Frans Hoek (born 1956), Dutch football goalkeeper and coach * (1878–1951), German pioneering ski mountaineer, namesake of the

Hoek Glacier Hoek Glacier () is a glacier flowing into Dimitrov Cove northeast of Veshka Point on the northwest coast of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, southward of the Llanquihue Islands. It was charted by the British Gra ...

Marga Hoek Margaretha (Marga) Jeannette Elizabeth Hoek (born 1965), is a Dutch businesswoman, speaker, and author. She is a global sustainability thought leader, Board Member, and Chairwoman. Following a career as a three-time CEO, she dedicated herself to ...

(born 1965), Dutch businesswoman * Martin Hoek (1834–1873), Dutch astronomer and experimental physicist * Milan Hoek (born 1991), Dutch football defender * (1851–1914), Dutch ichthyologist *

Sylvia Hoeks Sylvia Hoeks (; born 1 June 1983) is a Dutch actress and former model, best known internationally for her roles in ''Blade Runner 2049'' (2017) and ''The Girl in the Spider's Web'' (2018). Early life and education Hoeks was raised in Maarheeze, ...

(born 1983), Dutch film and television actress

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* 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 Marland T. "Ren" Höek and Stimpson J. "Stimpy" Cat, created by John Kricfalusi, are the title characters in the Nickelodeon animated series ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', and its 2003 reboot ''Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"''. Kricfalusi creat ...

, chihuahua from The Ren & Stimpy Show

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{{Surname Dutch-language surnames

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