Trager Family History
Trager Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (mainly Träger): from an agent derivative of Middle High German tragen ‘to carry’ (German Träger Yiddish treger) hence an occupational name for someone who carried a load a peddler or porter or in the case of the German name a legal guardian or guarantor. Compare Traeger and Tregre . Swiss German: status name for a representative of the feudal lord who levied the tithe (tax) a tribute in kind to be delivered by the farmers. German (Träger): variant of Dreher . Compare Draeger .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022