as a Last Name
- 8,531
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Hecht
Meaning & Origins
German and Dutch: from Middle High German hech(e)t, Middle Dutch heect, hecht ‘pike’, generally a nickname for a rapacious and greedy person. In some instances it may have been a metonymic occupational name for a fisher and in others it may be a habitational name from a house distinguished by a sign depicting this fish.
| 4,205th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,531
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New York
- has the most people named Hecht per capita
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