Given name & surname · also Dutch

Heck

Heck is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from German. It is used in English and German.

Original GermanHeckele

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Heck comes from Dutch, and ultimately from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Heck’s family of names

In English usage, Heck as a surname has a related form in HACK. In German usage, Heck as a surname has a related form in Heckele. In German usage, Heck as a surname has a related form in HECKLE.

Walk Heck’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 3

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

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