Hackers Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Long before computers fixed spellings, Hackers and Hacker were used side by side. Name scholars give the meaning as “Woodcutter, hoe maker”.

• The extra ending in Hackers is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to Hacker's family.

Arms associated with the name

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