Hout

Hout, van Hout and van den Hout are Dutch surnames meaning "wood", "timber" or "of the wood". Notable individuals surnamed Hout, van Hout or van den Hout include but not limited to:

Hout

Van Hout

Van den Hout

Al-Hout

(Al-)Hout is a common romanization of the Arabic surname ال)حوت) (al)-ḥūt, meaning "(the) whale". Those with such a name include but not limited to:

  • Shafiq al-Hout (1932 – 2009), Palestinian writer, politician and one of the founders of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)