Given name & surname
Seger
“warrior of the sea”
Seger is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “warrior of the sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “warrior of the sea.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Seger through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 189
- 189 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,568 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −26%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,568 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 25.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 195 as a first name in 2020; 4,076 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.
Seger’s family of names
In German usage, Seger has a later derivative in Sawyer. Seger has a related form in Saeger. Seger has a related form in Seagar.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Seger
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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