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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (also Höger) : variant of Heger.
  • North German : from the Germanic personal name Hucger, composed of the elements hug ‘head’, ‘mind’, ‘spirit’ + gēr ‘spear’.
  • South German : nickname for a hunchback, from Middle High German hoger ‘hump’.
  • French : variant of Ogier.

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