Family name origins & meanings
- German (Hässig) : from an adjectival form of the regional name Hesse, denoting someone from that territory (see Hess).
- German (Hässig) : from a short form of a Germanic personal name, possibly one formed with hadu ‘strife’ or from a pet form of Hermann or Heinrich.
- German (Hässig) : unflattering nickname from Middle High German hazzec, hezzec ‘hostile’, ‘malevolent’.