The praeger Surname
praeger Name Meaning and History
- German (also Präger) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a minter, from an agent derivative of Middle High German præch(en), bræchen, German prägen ‘to coin or mint’.
- Jewish: variant of Prager 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 5 - Messages: 6
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| prager |
 bendiks54
| 1 |
| praeager |
loeyw
| 0 |
| Edith Praeger of Victoria Co., Tx. in 1899 |
BasketLady420
| 0 |
| Obit-Walter Dittmar Praeger |
| 0 |
| PREAGER and ASHBURN | Deby Spaetzel | 0 |
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