Just What Does Hackett Mean!
The Hackett Coat of Arms should have 3 vertical Hake Fish with 3 green shamrocks on top. The Hackett motto is "Fortitude and Prudence"
What does Hackett mean? sic, english, "Man with an axe". Spelled Hacket circa 1000AD. Also an a.k.a of M'Gaoghey, County tyrone Ireland.
The Hackett family name is one which arrived with the Norman Invasions in the latter half of the 12th century in Ireland. A Norman family name, Hackett is taken from "Haket" a common personal name of Norman origins.
The name is soon found in several counties. In Waterford and Tipperary they are cited as a chief family of English descent.
The place names of Hacketstown, Hackettsland, and BallyHackett are numerous, being found in Carlow, Derry, Dublin, Antrim, Cork and Waterford.
Castle Hacket is to be found in Co. Galway in the barony of Clare near Tuam and served as a set of power for the family in the early days.
In the 17th century Hackett was a principal name of Tipperary and found in Westmeath as well. Despite the widespread areas the name has been found in the earlier days, the 1890 birth index shows the name only in Tyrone, Dublin and Kilkenny.
The Irish Book of Arms is given Hackett of Riverton Co, Tipperary. descended from Robert Hackett of English, Kings County.
Other spellings: MacHackett,
Hakett,
Haket
Hackett is an Irish, English and Swedish surname.