Kerkhof (surname)

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. 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
 * Ian Kerkhof (since 1999 Aryan Kaganof; born 1964), South African-Dutch film maker, novelist, and poet
 * Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs (1878–1962), Roman Catholic bishop
 * Nikki Kerkhof (born 1983), Dutch singer
 * Tim Kerkhof (born 1993), Dutch racing cyclist
 * Bernd Kerkhoff (fl. 1975), German rower
 * Guido Kerkhoff (born 1967), German business executive
 * Pierre Kerkhoffs (1936–2021), Dutch football striker
 * Bram van Kerkhof (born 1948), Dutch football midfielder and manager
 * Sanne van Kerkhof (born 1987), Dutch short track speed skater, sister of Yara
 * Yara van Kerkhof (born 1990), Dutch short-track speed-skater, sister of Sanne
 * Kevin Van Den Kerkhof (born 1996), French professional footballer
 * René van de Kerkhof (born 1951), Dutch football winger, twin brother of Willy
 * Willy van de Kerkhof (born 1951), Dutch footballer midfielder, twin brother of René