Jaeger Family History
Jaeger Name Meaning
German (mainly Jäger) and Jewish (Ashkenazic; also Jäger): occupational name for a hunter from Middle High German jeger(e) Middle Low German jeger(e) (agent derivatives of jagen ‘to hunt’); as a Jewish surname it is mainly artificial derived from German Jäger. The surname is also established in Scandinavia (Swedish Jäger; Danish and Norwegian Jæger). Compare Jager 1 Yaeger and Yeager .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022