Egger Family History
Egger Name Meaning
South German: topographic name for someone who lived on a corner (either a street corner or the corner of a valley running around a mountain) from an altered form of Eck + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant. German and Dutch: variant of Eggert with loss of the final -t. South German (Swabia): occupational name for a farmer from an agent derivative of eggen ‘to harrow’. English (London): variant of Eager .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022