Hatala Family History
Hatala Name Meaning
Finnish (Hätälä): habitational name from farms so named from hätä ‘hurry scurry’ + the locative suffix -lä. Many of these dwellings were crofts and small homesteads reportedly constructed urgently hastily or from bad materials. The name may also refer to the precarious viability of the farms as a means of making a living.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022