Last name origin & meaning: German (mostly Jäger) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a hunter, Middle High German jēger(e),
Middle Low German jeger(e) (agent derivatives of jagen
‘to hunt’); as a Jewish surname, it is mainly ornamental, derived from
German Jäger. The surname is also established in Scandinavia
(Swedish Jäger; Danish and Norwegian Jæger) and
has been Latinized as Venator.
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