Hawk
proper nouncommon in dialogue
A surname; variant forms Hauke, Hawke.
proper noun
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A surname; variant forms Hauke, Hawke.
Etymology
* As an English surname, occupational surname for a hawker. This may have been inherited from Middle English hauek (“hawk”), from Old English hafoc. * Also as an English surname, from Middle English halke (“isolated nook”), from Old English healh (“nook”) + diminutive suffix -oc.
Forms
- plural
- Hawks
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Hawk · A surname; variant forms Hauke, Hawke.
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