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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Norwegian : habitational name from any of various farms so called in eastern Norway, which may have originally derived their name from a river name meaning ‘roaring’, ‘thundering’.
  • South German (Bräger) : habitational name for someone from Bräg in Bavaria.
  • Altered spelling of Swiss German Bräg(g)er, a habitational name for someone from Bräg in Toggenburg district.

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