Haag

The story

1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*haggju“hedge”
2. English todayHaag

* As a German and Dutch surname, from the noun Hecke (“hedge”). * Also as a Dutch surname, shortened from Van den Haag, a name derived from the Hague. * As a south German and Alemannic German surname (and Swedish adoption of it), from the personal name Hago, from a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *haggju (“hedge”) and thus related to the first sense.

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