Gager Family History
Gager Name Meaning
English (Essex Surrey): occupational name from Middle English Old French gauger (Anglo-Norman French gaugeour) ‘one who measures or gauges’ specifically an exciseman who measured the depth of wine in barrels. English: possibly a variant of Wager . German: probably a topographic name from Tyrolean Gagen ‘alpine dairy hut’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022