In the world, Hof (Hoff 
, Hof , Hov 
, among others...) is a rare mostly boy's, but seldom female given name. The first name Hof is habitual in Armenia, where it is a rare male name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare female name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, China, and Saudi Arabia. Predominantly, Hof is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Hof, Hoff | Germany, Norway, United States, Brazil, Netherlands |
| Hov | Germany, Norway, United States, France, Netherlands |
| هوف | Iraq |
| Хоф | Russia, Ukraine |
Abshoven, Aldenhof, Beethoven, Berghof, Boshoven, Broekhoven, Daalhof, Eindhoven, Friedhof, Frithof, Geenhoven, Haff, Heufke, Hoffmann, Hofland, Hofs, Hoof, Hooff, Hoov, Hovel, Hoveling, Hovi, Hôf, Höfke, Höflich, Hübsch, Im Hof, Kerkhoven, Molenhof, Ophoven, Papenhoven, Riethoven, Tempelhof, Vanderhoff, Vlokhoven, Vroenhof, Westerhoven, Wyckoff, Гоф, Хофф, הוף, הופ, ฮ, ฮอฟ, and โฮฟ
Hof is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| honorat peyer im hof CH (b. 1716) |
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| hagen hof (b. 1947) |
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| reinhardt m. von hof (born 1978) (b. 1978) |
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| malon van den hof researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-4058-0487) |
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| bas van 't hof Ph. D. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven 1998 |
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| kaes van't hof American tennis player, US (b. 1986) |
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| rink hof |
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| medi van't hof |
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| fraser hof researcher |
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