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Jaeger indeed means "hunter". But its use as a given name in the USA is undoubtedly a transfer from the use of Jaeger as a German surname, rather than directly from the modern German word.

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In addition to the sportswear company, famous Americans with the surname of Jaeger include the tennis player Andrea Jaeger:

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http://freenet-homepage.de/andreajaeger/

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and football player Jeff Jaeger:

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http://www.hitrunscore.com/jeff-jaeger-biography.html

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