The hunger Surname
hunger Name Meaning and History
- German and Dutch: from a Germanic personal name, Hun(e)ger, composed of the elements hun ‘bear cub’ + ger, gar ‘spear’.
- German: ethnic name from Ungar, Unger ‘Hungarian’.
- German: from Middle High German hunger ‘hunger’; a nickname for a thin or undernourished person, or sometimes a topographic name from a piece of land named with this word with reference to the infertility of the soil.
- English: probably from an Old English personal name, Hungar.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| John P. Hunger |
 ShirleyWeil
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| HUNGER~ BONNET Newark NJ |
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| Information on Quentin Hunger | James Hunger | 0 |
| F. Wilhelm Hunger |
AnnKluge
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| Andrew & Margaret Hunger |
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| Hunger-Jehli | Heather | 1 |
| Anna M. HUNGER & Johannes Anton BIERMANN; from Hannover to St. Louis, MO? |
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| Rolf Hunger | Robert Nussbaumer | 0 |
| Johann Hunger Marie Ilsabein Bockermann |
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| looking for lost father nicolas fontana | marie | 0 |
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