Hartog Family History
Hartog Name Meaning
Dutch: from hertog ‘duke’ applied as a nickname for someone who adopted airs and graces or as an occupational name for someone who served in the household of a duke. Compare Den Hartog . North German: variant of Herzog a cognate of 1 above. Jewish (Ashkenazic from the Netherlands): from the personal name Hartog used by Dutch Jews because its phonetic similarity to the Yiddish name Hirsh (see Hirsch ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022