Hackleton
village · West Northamptonshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Hackleton is an Old English place name, possibly meaning 'Haca's hill settlement'. 'Haca' is a personal name, and '-ton' means settlement, with 'hill' possibly implied or from an earlier element.
Word origins
- Hack-
- Old Englishpersonal name(from Haca "personal name")
- -ton
- Old EnglishAttestedtown, settlement(from tūn "settlement, farmstead")