Wragg Family History
Wragg Name Meaning
English (West Yorkshire and Derbyshire):: from the Old Norse (Old Danish) personal name Wraghi of uncertain origin and meaning. variant of Ragge from Middle English ragge ‘scrap of cloth flap (of a garment) rag’ perhaps for someone who wore tattered clothing or clothes ornamented with strips of fabric. Alternatively ragge might have been a shortened form of Middle English ragged ‘tattered shaggy’. Perhaps occasionally a habitational name from Rag Field in Wonersh (Surrey). The placename probably derives from Middle English ragge ‘moss lichen’ (Old English ragge a side-form of ragu).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022