English (Kent): of uncertain origin. Reaney suggests that it may be
a metonymic occupational name for a fish seller or a baker, from
Middle English fagge, Old English facg, which denoted a
kind of flatfish, and perhaps also a flat loaf. Another Middle English
word fagge apparently denoted a fault in the weave of a piece
of cloth.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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