German and Dutch: from Middle High German hech(e)t,
Middle Dutch heect, hecht ‘pike’, generally a nickname
for a rapacious and greedy person. In some instances it may have been
a metonymic occupational name for a fisher and in others it may be a
habitational name from a house distinguished by a sign depicting this
fish.Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German
Hecht or Yiddish hekht ‘pike’, one of the many
Ashkenazic ornamental names taken from vocabulary words denoting
wildlife.
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