Hauk Coat of Arms, Crest and Name Facts

Hauk is best understood alongside Hauck: both are German spellings of one family name. At root, the name means “Hug- / trader”. Records show Hauk as one of the forms Hauck took over time. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: Hauke and Haug.

Hauk ranked 13,603 in the 2010 US Census, with 2,227 people answering to the name. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Hawk and Hack.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Hauk, so the heraldry linked to Hauck is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Hauk report, with a museum-style coat of arms.