Given name & surname
Sager
“one who is short in stature”
Sager is a variant of Saghir. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is short in stature.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sager is a variant of Saghir. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is short in stature.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sager is a variant of Saghir. An origin associated with Saghir is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sager through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 19
- 19 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 9 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 9 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 119 as a first name in 2020; 9,676 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.
Sager’s family of names
Sager has a related form in Saghir. In German usage, Sager as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Sawyer. In German usage, Sager as a surname has a related form in Sawyer.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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