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Surname Etymology and Meaning of HACK

Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. North German: occupational name for a peddler (see Haack 1).
2. North German: topographic name for someone who lived by a hedge (see Heck 2).
3. North German: perhaps also a topographic name from hach, hack ‘dirty, boggy water’.
4. Frisian, Dutch, and North German: from a Frisian personal name, Hake.
5. Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name from Yiddish hak ‘axe’.
6. English: variant of Hake 1.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)