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HATCHETT

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There are approximately 665 people named Hatchett in the UK. That makes it the 9,108th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 11 are named Hatchett.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Diminutive

Related and similar surnames

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The Hatchett surname in historical dictionaries

HATCHETT. Voltaire mentions _a grand vizier of Turkey called Alep Baltagi, so named from balta which signifies a hatchet— iht being the Turkish designation of the .slaves who cut wood for the princes of Ottoman blood. " Ce vizir avait ete baltagi dans sa jeunesse, et en avait toujours reteuu le nom, selon la coutume des Turcs, que prennent sans rougir le nom de leur premiere profession, ou celle de leur pcre, ou du lieu de leur naissance." Voltaire, Charles XII. Our English family may also have deri-ed their name from the use of the instrument. Hachet without prefix is found in H.R.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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