Hackett

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proper noun

A surname.

OriginMiddle English haket ← Irish Mac Eachaidh →
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Meanings

proper nounHackett (countable and uncountable, plural Hacketts)

plural Hacketts · alternative Haggett

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

Origin

  1. IrishMac Eachaidh
  2. Middle Englishhaket“kind of fish”
  3. EnglishHackett

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.

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