Kooning Kooning is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Willem de Kooning (1904–1997), Dutch American artist Elaine de Kooning (1918–1989), American artistFamily names derived from the word "king"Germanic West Germanic: De Coninck, De Koninck, King, König, Koning, Konings, Konink, Kooning Romance Latin: Rex Iberian: Rey Slavic East Slavic: Korol, Korolchuk, Korolenko, Korolev/Korolyov, Karolik/Korolik, Korolyuk South Slavic: Kralj, Kraljević West Slavic: Král, Kráľ, Król Borrowed into other languages: Kral Other Arabic: Malek, Malik Baltic: Karalius Estonian: Kuningas Finnish: Kuningas Hungarian: Király Chinese: Wang Vietnamese: Vương Persian: Shah