Zager Family History
Zager Name Meaning
German: habitational name from Zager a place near Wollin. Americanized form of Slovenian and Croatian Žagar ‘sawyer’ (see Zagar ). Slovenian: German-influenced form of Žagar ‘sawyer’ (see Zagar compare Sager ). Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from a place called (in Russian) Zhagory now in Lithuania.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022