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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Dutch : nickname for a careworn individual or for a guardian or caregiver, from Middle High German, Middle Low German sorge, Middle Dutch zorghe ‘care’, ‘concern’, ‘worry’, ‘anxiety’.
  • German : habitational name from any of several places named Sorge or Sorga.
  • Italian (Sicily) : dialectal variant of Sorce.

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