Hayek

Hayek, Hayki or AlHayki is a surname:

  • As a variant spelling of the Czech name Hájek, which originally meant "a grove", it commonly occurs in Czech place names. It occurs among Polish Jews in a Polish language spelling as Chajek.
  • The family name AlHayki, Haiki, Hayek, Hayeck or Haiek, Arabic: حايك‎ or Arabic: الحايكي‎, variants of Howayek Arabic: حوايك‎, is also common in the Arab world. It occurs among Arab Muslims and Christians in countries such as Palestine, Lebanon, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The name means "weaver" in Arabic.

Notable people with the surname include:

European-based surname
  • Gustav von Hayek (1836–1911), Czech-born Austrian naturalist, father of botanist August von Hayek
  • Frank Forest (born Frank Hayek, 1896–1976), American singer and actor
  • Julie Hayek (born 1960), American beauty queen and actress
  • Peter Hayek (born 1957), retired American ice hockey player
  • Thaddaeus Hagecius ab Hayek (1525–1600), Czech physician and astronomer
  • Peter Hajek, British psychologist

Arabic surname
  • Antoine Hayek (1928–2010), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baniyas of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church 1989–2006
  • Dina Hayek (born Collet Bou Gergis, 1982), popular Lebanese singer
  • Gebran Hayek (1927–1992), Lebanese journalist and editor in chief of Lisan-al-Hal the oldest Lebanese daily newspaper
  • Ignace Antoine II Hayek (Antun Hayek, 1910–2007), Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriac Catholic Church 1968–1998
  • Nicolas Hayek (1928–2010), Swiss-Lebanese co-founder of the Swatch Group
  • Renée Hayek, Lebanese writer and novelist
  • Rita Hayek (born 1987), Lebanese actress
  • Salma Hayek (born 1966), Mexican actress of Lebanese descent
  • Samuel Hayek (born 1953), Israeli real-estate businessman of Iraqi-Jewish descent

See also
  • Hájek, the original Czech form of the name
  • Haik (disambiguation)
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