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I saw the name, Jaeger, somewhere and I just want so badly to find out it's origins and it's meaning...can anyone help me? Thank you so much! I'm sorry that I don't have much information to give about the name. It's a complete mystery for me. It could be a made up name? I don't know...
-Niamh Belle
Dilly, dally - shilly, shally.
-Niamh Belle
Dilly, dally - shilly, shally.
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Do you mean as a first name or a last name? I've never heard it as a first, but the German last name Jäger (pronounced YAY-ger) means "Hunter". Jagr is the last name of a Czech hockey player, but I looked it up and it has no relation to Jäger.
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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.
In addition to the sportswear company, famous Americans with the surname of Jaeger include the tennis player Andrea Jaeger:
http://freenet-homepage.de/andreajaeger/
and football player Jeff Jaeger:
http://www.hitrunscore.com/jeff-jaeger-biography.html
In addition to the sportswear company, famous Americans with the surname of Jaeger include the tennis player Andrea Jaeger:
http://freenet-homepage.de/andreajaeger/
and football player Jeff Jaeger:
http://www.hitrunscore.com/jeff-jaeger-biography.html
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In America, Jagermeister is a strong alcoholic beverage that is often called by just Jager.
This message was edited 3/19/2007, 6:54 AM
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Jaeger, or moreover Jäger with an "umlaut", is the common German word for "hunter". It occurs as a family name in German-speaking countries, but is not used as a given name there.
I think it is hard to really prove that the use of Jaeger as a given name in English is taken from the German word, but on the other hand it would be a strange coincidence if the two are not etymologically related at all, just written in the same way.
I think it is hard to really prove that the use of Jaeger as a given name in English is taken from the German word, but on the other hand it would be a strange coincidence if the two are not etymologically related at all, just written in the same way.
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