Kerckhoff

Kerckhoff or Kerckhoffs is a Dutch and Low German toponymic surname meaning "church yard" (modern Dutch 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] Variant forms of the surname are Kerkhof, Kerkhoff(s), Kerkhove(n), and Van (de) Kerkhof(f). Notable people with the surname include:

  • Auguste Kerckhoffs (1835–1903), Dutch linguist and cryptographer
    • Kerckhoffs' principle, a cryptographic principle named for him
  • Hermann Kerckhoff (born 1937), German-born Canadian slalom canoeist
  • Steven Kerckhoff (born 1952), American mathematician
  • Sylvia Kerckhoff (born 1928), American mayor of Durham, North Carolina
  • William G. Kerckhoff (1856–1929), American businessman
    • Kerckhoff Dam, a reservoir dam in California named after him
    • Kerckhoff Marine Lab, southern California marine station owned and operated by Caltech named after him

See also

References
  1. Kerkhoff at the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands
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