Given name & surname · also Dutch

Hoon

“dangerous”

Hoon is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from Old Dutch.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Hoon goes back to Middle Dutch hoon, meaning “dangerous.”

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Where it comes from

Hoon comes from Dutch, and ultimately from Old Dutch.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle Dutch hoon (“dangerous”), from Old Dutch *honi (“despicable”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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“round hill, mound”

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Sibling ideas

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