Manger Family History
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Manger Name Meaning
English, Dutch, and German: occupational name for a retail trader, Middle English manger, monger, Middle Dutch manger, menger, Middle High German mangære, mengære (from Late Latin mango ‘salesman’, with the addition of the Germanic agent suffix). Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead in southwestern Norway named as Mángr in Old Norse, perhaps from már ‘sea gull’ + angr ‘fjord’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Menger, Mander, Sanger, Ranger, Monger, Mager, Zanger, Fanger, Manser