Shackleton
hamlet
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Shackleton likely means 'the settlement of Haca's people'. It combines an Old English personal name with the word for a settlement or farmstead.
Word origins
- Shack
- Old EnglishAttestedHaca's people(from Haca "a personal name", -ingas "people of")
- ton
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement, farmstead(from tūn "enclosure, settlement, farmstead")
Historical forms
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