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Surname Etymology and Meaning of HACKMAN

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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. English: occupational name for a servant (Middle English man) of a man named Hake (see Hake).
2. Respelling of German Hackmann, or a Jewish spelling variant of this name.
3. Respelling of German Hachmann, topographic name for someone living near a hedge or enclosure, from Middle Low German hach ‘hedge’, ‘enclosure’, ‘fenced pasture or woodland’, or habitational name from a place called Hachum (dialect Hachen) in Lower Saxony.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)