Dutch (de Sager),
and North German: occupational name from Dutch, Low German
sager ‘sawyer’.
French: from the Germanic
personal name Sagher, composed of the elements sag- (an
element related to Gothic and Old High German words meaning ‘quarrel’,
‘law-suit’) + hari, heri ‘army’.
Jewish
(Ashkenazic): nickname from an agent derivative of German sagen
‘to say’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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