What is koekoek?

Koekoek, also spelled Koekoeck, is a surname of Dutch and German origin, meaning "cuckoo". It is derived from the Middle Dutch and Middle Low German word "koekoek" (cuckoo).

Famous people with this surname include:

  • The Koekkoek family, a 19th-century family of Dutch landscape painters including Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek, and Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek the Elder.

  • Friedrich Koekoek (1872–1951), a German engineer.

The name is also associated with various places and things, often related to the cuckoo bird.