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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Probably an altered spelling of Swiss German Hägi, Haegi, Hägy, or Hegi, topographic names or, in the case of Hegi, also a habitational name derived from Middle High German hac ‘briar hedge’ or ‘enclosure (for habitation)’. Compare Hagey and Heagy.

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