Kerkhof (surname)

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Kerkhof is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "church garden”, Pronounced Kerik-hof. Largely a historically Catholic name in the Netherlands. Alternative spellings include: Kerekhoff, Kerkhoff, Van Kerkhof.

An ancestor may have lived near or worked in the church yard, or have come from a number of villages and hamlets named Kerkhove or Kerkhoven.[1] Among variant forms of the surname are Kerckhoff(s), Kerkhoff(s), Kerkhove(n), and Van (de) Kerkhof(f). Notable people with the surname include:

Kerkhoff(s)

Van Kerkhof

Van de(n) Kerkhof

See also[edit]

  • John Kerkhof Park, a venue for football matches in Cambridge, New Zealand, named after the Dutch immigrant former president of the Cambridge Football Club

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kerkhof at the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands