Given name & surname

Hak

“hook”·“peace”

Hak is a surname with more than one origin.

Meaning & origin

What it means

As a Czech surname Hák, it goes back to a word meaning “hook.” As a Cambodian surname, it goes back to a word meaning “peace.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Hak has more than one origin: as a Czech surname Hák, it goes back to a word meaning “hook”; as a Cambodian surname, it comes from Khmer ហាក់.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Hak’s family of names

In English usage, Hak as a surname has a related form in HAACK. In English usage, Hak as a surname was borrowed from the Bengali form হক. In Khmer usage, Hak as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ហាក់.

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Around the world

Hak has relatives in 3 languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Haackvariant · English

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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