Given name
Jaegar
“a mighty hunter”
Jaegar is used as a given name. One German interpretation is “a mighty hunter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “a mighty hunter.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jaegar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 99
- 99 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2002.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jaegar’s family of names
Jaegar has a related form in Jaeger. Jaegar has a related form in Jager. Jaegar has a related form in Jacar.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jaegervariant
- Jagervariant
- Jaygervariant
- Jagarvariant
- Jacervariant
- Jaicervariant
- Jaycervariant
- Jaecervariant
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