Hilger Family History
Hilger Name Meaning
German Dutch French (mainly Lorraine and Alsace) and English: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements hild ‘strife battle’ + gār gēr ‘spear’. The Middle English form of the personal name was Ilger. English: from the Old Danish personal name Hildiger found in East Anglia of the same ultimate origin as 1 above and not easy to distinguish from it.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022