Släkthistoria för Schager
Schager Vad efternamn betyder
German: occupational name for a sawyer dialect variant of Sager. As a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola Slovenia (see Kocevar) and at least in part also as an Austrian surname it developed from Slovenian žagar ‘sawyer’ (see Zagar compare 2 below). Germanized form of Slovenian and Croatian Žagar ‘sawyer’ (see Zagar compare 1 above). Dutch: habitational name for someone from Schagen North Holland.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
