Tiger Family History
Tiger Name Meaning
Native American (Creek): from a translation into English of the Muscogee Creek clan name Katcvlke (‘Tiger clan’) derived from a word meaning ‘tiger (i.e. cougar)’. Native American: translation into English (and shortening) of any other personal name based on a word such as Lakota Sioux igmu meaning generically ‘cat’ but more specifically denoting a ‘tiger (i.e. panther)’. Compare Panther . Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Tiger Yiddish tiger ‘tiger’. Probably a variant of Dygert a surname of German origin. Compare Tyger .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022