The hatcher Surname
hatcher Name Meaning and History
Southern English: topographic name for someone who lived by a gate,
from Middle English hacche (Old English hæcc) + the
agent suffix -er. This normally denoted a gate marking the
entrance to a forest or other enclosed piece of land, sometimes a
floodgate or sluice-gate.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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