Van 't Hof explained

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

• van't Hoff (crater), a lunar crater named for Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
• Gerard 't Hooft
• Hof (surname)
• Hoff (surname)
• von Hoff surname

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hof, van 't . Database of Surnames in The Netherlands . 2018-04-05 . 2023-01-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230114002843/https://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=van%20%27t%20hof&gba_naam=van%20%27t%20Hof&nfd_naam=Hof,%20van%20%27t&operator=eq&taal= . live .