Given name & surname · also Middle English

Sanger

“singer”

Sanger is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old English. It is used in English and Danish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Sanger goes back to Old English sangere, meaning “singer.”

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Where it comes from

Sanger comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.

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How it developed

From Old English sangere (“singer”).

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Sanger’s family of names

In English usage, Sanger as a surname has a related form in SANKER.

Walk Sanger’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Sanger, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Starmer

“moor, mountain”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Aller

Aller is a surname from Old English.

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

German

Acker

Acker is a surname from Old English.

No U.S. birth series

70% boys · 30% girls

Old English

Sandwich

“wick, settlement, harbour, hamlet”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English · Saints

Sancton

“saint”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Saxby

“farm; settlement”

No U.S. birth series

57% boys · 43% girls

Old English

Sawdon

“willow, sallow”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Sambrook

“sand” · “brook, stream”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Sanger’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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