Given name & surname · also German
Hack
“enclosure, hedge”
Hack is a surname with more than one origin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a German and Dutch surname, Hack goes back to a word meaning “enclosure, hedge.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Hack has more than one origin: as a German and Dutch surname, it comes from German; as a north/Low German surname, it comes from German; as an English surname, it comes from Old Norse Áskell.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Hack as a surname developed from Áskell.
Hack’s family of names
In English usage, Hack has a later derivative in Hackett. In English usage, Hack as a surname has a related form in HAACK. In English usage, Hack as a surname has a related form in HECK.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hack
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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