Karg Family History
Karg Name Meaning
German: nickname from Middle High German karc ‘cunning’ ‘sly’, ‘tricky’. Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a mean person, from Yiddish karg(er) ‘stingy’, ‘niggardly’ (from Middle High German karc ‘cunning’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press