Haack

Last updated October 20, 2025

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

References

1 2 "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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[census-1] 1 2 "Haack last name popularity, history, and meaning". Name Census. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.

[2] "Haacke Surname Meaning & Haacke Family History". Ancestry. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2025.

[3] "Haacke last name popularity, history, and meaning". Name Census. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.

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