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Updated March 27, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • German (mostly Jäger) and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a hunter, Middle High German jēger(e), Middle Low German jeger(e) (agent derivatives of jagen ‘to hunt’); as a Jewish surname, it is mainly ornamental, derived from German Jäger. The surname is also established in Scandinavia (Swedish Jäger; Danish and Norwegian Jæger) and has been Latinized as Venator.

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