The jaeger Surname
jaeger Name Meaning and History
German (mostly Jäger) and Jewish (Ashkenazic):
occupational name for a hunter, Middle High German jeger(e),
Middle Low German jeger(e) (agent derivatives of jagen
‘to hunt’); as a Jewish surname, it is mainly ornamental, derived from
German Jäger. The surname is also established in Scandinavia
(Swedish Jäger; Danish and Norwegian Jæger) and
has been Latinized as Venator.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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