The hanger Surname
hanger Name Meaning and History
English: topographic name from Middle English hanger,
hangre ‘wood on a steep hillside’, or habitational name from a
place named with this word, as for example Hanger in Netley Marsh,
Hampshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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