Given name & surname
Mager
“an attendant”
Mager is a variant of Magar. One Armenian interpretation is “an attendant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mager is a variant of Magar. One Armenian interpretation is “an attendant.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mager is a variant of Magar. An origin associated with Magar is Armenian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mager through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 6 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 1928. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,709 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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