Last name: HACKETT

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HACKETT : This last name is indexed 81,753 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

HACKETT : 1: English (of Norman origin): from a Norman French personal name Haket a pet form of Old Norse Haki Hake; see Hack.2: English: possibly from Middle English hacaed (haket) a kind of fish hence perhaps a nickname for someone supposed to resemble such a fish or a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller.3: Irish: the Norman surname (see 1 above) is also common in Ireland where it has been Gaelicized as Haicéid. It has also sometimes been adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eachaidh (see Caughey McGaffey).

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