Hawk
A surname; variant forms Hauke, Hawke.
Proper noun
- A surname; variant forms Hauke, Hawke.
Origin
* 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.