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hoff·man

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Hoffman, Malvina Hoffmannoun

    United States sculptor (1887-1966)

  2. Hoffman, Dustin Hoffmannoun

    versatile United States film actor (born in 1937)

Wikipedia

  1. Hoffman

    Hoffman is a surname of German and Jewish origin. The original meaning in medieval times was "steward", i.e. one who manages the property of another. In English and other European languages, including Yiddish and Dutch, the name can also be spelled Hoffmann, Hofmann, Hofman, Huffman, Hofmans.

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  1. hoffman

    Hoffman is a popular surname of German origin. The literal meaning is "steward" or "manager". The name can also refer to Hoffman's method or Hoffman apparatus, used in chemistry for electrolysis. Additionally, Hoffman can refer to several notable persons, places or businesses such as actor Dustin Hoffman or the Hoffman Estates in Illinois. The context in which the name is used would specify its exact reference.

Wikidata

  1. Hoffman

    The Hoffman had two prototype vehicles built by the R.C. Hoffman company of Detroit, Michigan in 1931. They were front-drive vehicles, powered by Lycoming straight-8 engines. The wheels were carried on solid load-bearing axles. Semi-elliptical springs were equipped on the front end, along with torque arms.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HOFFMAN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hoffman is ranked #224 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Hoffman surname appeared 131,401 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 45 would have the surname Hoffman.

    94% or 123,622 total occurrences were White.
    2.1% or 2,786 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.3% or 1,761 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.2% or 1,656 total occurrences were Black.
    0.6% or 828 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.5% or 736 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Hoffman in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Hoffman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Hoffman in a Sentence

  1. Bill Hemmer:

    The US military deserve better than this after 20 years serving in that war. And this was a C-17 US Air Force rolling down the tarmac in Kabul, with 20-year-old men bouncing off the side, the scene was bad. I don't know where it leads, I don't know what happens as a consequence. Dan Hoffman was with us on 'America's Newsroom' earlier in the month, and he talked about dictatorships being on the march in 2021 into 2022. And what he talked about was perhaps at a rate that we have not seen since World War II.

  2. Meryl Streep:

    He came up to me and said, ‘I’m Dustin — burp — Hoffman,’ and he put his hand on my breast, what an obnoxious pig, I thought.

  3. Burt Ward:

    The studio said ‘[ABC] doesn’t want you to do it… We’ve got the hottest show on television, and we don’t want to dilute you doing something else, so you can’t do it,’ i was really dejected. I thought I should do this. So I called Larry and... I told him I wanted to do it so badly, but I can’t. He said, ‘Don’t worry about it. It’s a small movie.’ By the way, the name of the movie was ‘The Graduate.’ When they couldn’t get me, they got another young actor name Dustin Hoffman.

  4. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella:

    I have always had a great admiration for LinkedIn, i have been talking with Reid Hoffman and Jeff Weiner for a while... I have been thinking about this for a long time.

  5. Ian Hoffman:

    I'll see a Lamborghini or a really nice Mercedes or a Bentley and stop — ‘ Oh, wow, that’s a really cool car,' i can appreciate a nice car and recognize the difference between a nice car and a crappy car, but if somebody asked me if I was Ian Hoffman, I wouldn't say yes.

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