English: occupational name for a servant (Middle English
man) of a man named Hake (see Hake).
Respelling of German Hackmann, or a Jewish spelling variant
of this name.
Respelling of German Hachmann,
topographic name for someone living near a hedge or enclosure, from
Middle Low German hach ‘hedge’, ‘enclosure’, ‘fenced pasture or
woodland’, or habitational name from a place called Hachum (dialect
Hachen) in Lower Saxony.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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