Hayek, Hayki or AlHayki is a surname:As a variant spelling of the Czech name Hájek, which originally meant "a grove", it commonly occurs in Czech place names. It occurs among Polish Jews in a Polish language spelling as Chajek. The family name AlHayki, Haiki, Hayek, Hayeck, Haiek or Haick, Arabic: حايك or Arabic: الحايكي, variants of Howayek Arabic: حوايك, is also common in the Arab world. It occurs among Arab Muslims and Christians in countries such as Palestine, Lebanon, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The name means "weaver" in Arabic.