Dager

See also: dager and dǎgér

English

Etymology

• As a Catalan surname, variant of Daguer, from the noun daguer (“knifesmith”).
• As a Hispanic (Spanish) surname, variant of Basque (Gipuzkoa) Daguer, a variant of French Daguerre, a habitational name from de + Aguerre, a place in Béarn, itself from Basque. See Aguirre.

Proper noun

Dager (plural Dagers)

1. A surname from Catalan.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dager is the 37492^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 594 individuals. Dager is most common among White (74.07%) and Hispanic/Latino (23.06%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dager”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 402.

Anagrams

• grade, garde, Degar, EDGAR, radge, raged, Agder, Gared, greda, Edgar, Adger, Gerda