Hayek is a surname, the Germanised form of the Czech name Hájek, which originally meant "a grove" and commonly occurs in Czech place names.

The family name Hayek or Hayyek (Arabic: حايك) is also found in the Levant.

Notable people with this name

• Antoine Hayek (1928–2010), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baniyas of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church 1989–2006
• August von Hayek (1871–1928), Austrian botanist, father of economist Friedrich Hayek
• Dina Hayek (born Collet Bou Gergis, 1982), popular Lebanese singer
• Frank Forest (born Frank Hayek, 1896–1976), American singer and actor
• Friedrich Hayek (1899–1992), Austrian-British economist and political philosopher
• Ignace Antoine II Hayek (Antun Hayek, 1910-2007), Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriac Catholic Church 1968–1998
• Julie Hayek (born 1960), American beauty queen and actress
• Nicolas Hayek (1928–2010), Swiss-Lebanese co-founder of the Swatch Group
  • Nick Hayek, Jr. (born 1954), his son and successor
• Peter Hayek (born 1957), retired American ice hockey player
• Renée Hayek, Lebanese writer and novelist
• Rita Hayek (born 1987), Lebanese actress
• Salma Hayek (born 1966), Mexican actress
• Samuel Hayek (born 1953), Israeli real-estate businesman
• Thaddaeus Hagecius ab Hayek (1525–1600), Czech physician and astronomer

See also

• Hájek, the original Czech form of the name
• Hayek Society

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