Phonetic transliteration of a Dutch "Van der Hoff/Vanderhoff" surname pattern.
范 (fàn) catches "Van-,"
德 (dé) the "-der-,"
霍夫 (huòfū) the "-hoff/Hof." Vanderhoff appears as a name in You Can't Take It With You (1936 play, 1938 film) and as a real Boer/Dutch surname. Note that
霍夫 is also the standard rendering of German "-hof."
