Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English, Dutch, and German : occupational name for a retail trader, Middle English manger, monger, Middle Dutch manger, menger, Middle High German mangære, mengære (from Late Latin mango ‘salesman’, with the addition of the Germanic agent suffix).
  • Norwegian : habitational name from a farmstead in southwestern Norway named as Mángr in Old Norse, perhaps from már ‘sea gull’ + angr ‘fjord’.

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe