English: from Middle English bagge ‘bag’, hence a
metonymic occupational name for a maker of bags and sacks of various
kinds, including wallets and purses.
English: from the Germanic
personal name Bac(c)o, Bahho (see Bacon
1).
Swedish: nickname or soldier’s name from Swedish bagge
‘ram’.
Danish: from a personal name of uncertain
derivation.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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