Släkthistoria för Langer
Langer Vad efternamn betyder
German Dutch Danish French (Alsace and Lorraine) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a tall man from an inflected form of Lang. In the Franconian dialect of German this was also a term for an unskilled laborer (shortened from Handlanger). Compare Longer and Longie. French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Landgari composed of the elements lant ‘land territory’ + gari (from garwa) ‘ready eager’ or gari ‘spear’.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
