The haag Surname
haag Name Meaning and History
- German and Dutch: topographic name from Middle High German hac ‘enclosure’, ‘hedge’, Middle Dutch haghe, or a habitational name from any of the many places named with this word.
- Shortened form of Dutch Van den Haag, a habitational name from The Hague.
- South German and Swiss German: from the Germanic personal name Hago, a short form of any of the various compound names beginning with hagan ‘enclosure’, ‘protected place’, ‘scrub’.
- Swedish: probably an ornamental adoption of the German name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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