Unidentified last name/family name?

Question

My husband's granddad was adopted, but didn't tell any of his children until right before he died a few years ago. His biological mother's family/maiden name (my husband's great-grandmother) was Hagar. Could this be of Hebrew/Semitic origin?

Answer 1

Possibly. I am doing historical DNA research and I think that everybody should. It gives a good idea of your historical background.

Answer 2

Name variants,Hagger, Haggar, Hagar and Hager .

Origin of the surname

There is no verified information on the origins of the Hagger name. However, the most likely explanation is that the name is derived from Hacker, which was old German for woodcutter. An article on possible origins appear at  http://www.hagger.info/

http://www.one-name.org/profiles/hagger....

Answer 3

It is a variant of Hager.

Hager Name Meaning and History

Dutch and North German: from a Germanic personal name composed of hag ‘hedge’, ‘enclosure’ + hari, heri ‘army’.

from a Germanic personal name, Hadugar, composed of the elements hadu- ‘combat’, ‘strife’ + gari, from garwa ‘ready’, ‘eager’.

German (also Häger): topographic name for someone who lived by a hedged or fenced enclosure, Middle High German hac.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a thin man, from Middle High German, German hager ‘thin’, ‘gaunt’.

English: occupational name for a woodcutter, from an agent derivative of Middle English haggen ‘to cut or chop’.

Place of

Origin Hagar Immigrants

Germany 16

Ireland 14

England 12

Bavaria 5

Great Britain 5

Sweden 4

Compiled by Ancestry.com from the New York Passenger Lists.