Haack
Haack is a German and Dutch occupational surname, deriving from a maker or seller of tools or implements.[1] Haacke is a variant form.[2] They are derived from the Old German word haak, meaning "hook" or "crook",[3] or the Old German word hak, meaning a hoe or mattock. The name is first recorded in the 14th century, in the area around present-day Saxony and Thuringia.[1]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Bruce Haack (1931–1988), Canadian musician and composer
- Dieter Haack (born 1934), German politician
- Fred C. Haack (c. 1873–1944), American politician
- Günther Haack (1929–1965), German actor
- Matt Haack (born 1994), American football player
- Morton Haack (1924–1987), American costume designer
- Käthe Haack (1897–1986), actress
- Susan Haack (born 1945), English philosopher
- Wolfgang Haack (1902–1994), German aerodynamicist
- Christina Hall, née Haack (born 1983), American TV personality
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Haack last name popularity, history, and meaning". Name Census. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "Haacke Surname Meaning & Haacke Family History". Ancestry. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "Haacke last name popularity, history, and meaning". Name Census. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
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