Van Hees is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from Hees". Hees may refer to a number of places, including Heeze (in the past also spelled "Hees") near Eindhoven, Hees (Nijmegen) , a former village and now a neighborhood of Nijmegen, Hees (Soest) , a former village near Utrecht, or Heesch/Heeswijk, a village near Oss. [1] People with this name include: