Etymology
The surname is an anglicization of German Huber or Low German Hufer, originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small-scale farmer. The common noun and verb are taken from the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners (see hoover).
Proper noun
Hoover
- An American surname from German (shared by several famous people including J. Edgar Hoover and Herbert Hoover).
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city in Jefferson County and Shelby County, Alabama, incorporated in 1967 and named after William H. Hoover.
- An unincorporated community in Adams Township, Cass County, Indiana, named after founder Riley Hoover.
- An unincorporated community in Platte County, Missouri, named after merchant James Hoover.
- An unincorporated community in Garvin County, Oklahoma, named after physician Daniel H. Hoover.
- An unincorporated community in Butte County, South Dakota, named after cattleman John Hoover.
Derived terms
- after Herbert Hoover, US president during the Depression:
Translations
surname
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 胡佛 (zh) (Húfó)
- Hebrew: הובר (he) (húver)
- Japanese: フーバー (Fūbā)
- Russian: Гу́вер (ru) m or f (Gúver)
- Ukrainian: Гу́вер m or f (Húver)
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Verb
Hoover (third-person singular simple present Hoovers, present participle Hoovering, simple past and past participle Hoovered)
- Alternative letter-case form of hoover.
1984 February 22, Hunter Davies, “Father’s Day”, in Punch, volume 286, number 7473, Punch Publications Ltd., page 33, column 3:After another hour, I had Hoovered the carpet and emptied the dustbin, and we all sat down to watch vintage home movies.
1995, Peter Lovesey, The Summons, Thorndike, Me.: Thorndike Press; Bath: Chivers Press, →ISBN, page 84:He was left with a pounding headache and a mouth that tasted as if it had Hoovered the carpet.
2018, Elissa Brent Weissman, The Length of a String, Dial Books for Young Readers, →ISBN:I’d also picked up all the clothes and junk from my bedroom floor, and—for the first time ever—“Hoovered” the carpet without being asked.