The hagen Surname

hagen Name Meaning and History

North German and Dutch: topographic name from Middle Low German hage(n), Middle Dutch haghe ‘enclosure’, ‘hedge’.
German, Dutch, and Danish: from a Germanic personal name, a short form of the various compound names formed with hag ‘enclosure’, ‘protected place’ as the first element.
German: nickname from Middle High German hagen ‘breeding bull’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): of uncertain origin; perhaps the same as 1.
English: from an Old Scandinavian or continental Germanic personal name Hogni ‘protector’, ‘patron’ (Old Norse), Haghni (Old Danish), Hagano (Old Germanic).
Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads so named, from the definite singular form of hage, from Old Norse hagi ‘enclosure’.
Swedish: ornamental or topographic name from the definite singular form of hage ‘enclosed pasture’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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hagen Family Facts

Distribution of hagen Families in the US in 1920

Number of hagen families

257-511

86-256

1-85

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Looking for Hagens around Washington, US	genealogy1773	0
Eulalie Hagen of Yoakum, TX 1917	drbrownlee	0
Norman Hagen (aka Olson) son of Noble and Cornelia of Wisconsin	BarbaraCady73	2
Pastor William Martin Hagen, Sandvik,Norway and Christine Samuelson, MINNEAPOLIS	jantiller	2
Lilah Hagen is my grandmother anyone no that name?	terrasemailforyou	3
Erick & Jorand Hagen - bio	ccountr1	0
anton or alvin hagen family from minneapolis 1920 circa	jahd53	1
Hagen's buried in Cass Cty, North Dakota	sleuthesthedead	0
Hagen Farm/Surname, Vest Agder County	mlhtutor	0
Hagen's in the Brink Cemetery, Horace, North Dakota	sleuthesthedead	0

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