The name “Haschbach” may derive from the Old High German "hase", which meant – as the same word in Modern High German still means – “hare”, which would mean that the name as a whole means “Harebrook”. Indeed, a pattern is seen in other placenames combining an animal's name with the very common "—bach" ending: Rehbach, Hirschbach, Fuchsbach (“Hindbrook”, “Hartbrook”, “Foxbrook”), etc. It was, however, the brook ("Bach") itself that first bore the name. Only later was the name given the village that sprang up alongside.