English Explanatory Dictionary

Hackett

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States.
  3. A town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States.

Word forms

Hackett Hacketts Haggett

Etymology

Several etymologies: * A variant of the Scottish surname Halkett. * English surname, from a pet form of the medieval personal name Hack. * From Middle English haket (“kind of fish”), hence perhaps a nickname for someone supposed to resemble such a fish, or a metonymic occupational surname for a fisherman or fish seller. * It could also be a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eachaidh, from which also the surnames Caughey and McGaffey.

Related words

Beer Hackett Cofton Hackett
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