# Nager

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**Nager** is a surname of multiple possible origins. It may be German term **Näger** for tailor or embroiderer. It may be a nickname from the Swiss German verb "nagen", "to nag", "to gnaw". It may be Yiddish alteration of the Hebrew surname [Nagar](/source/Nagar_(surname)), "carpenter"[1]

- [Edward Nager](/source/Edward_Nager) (1927–2021), American lawyer and politician
- [Jesse Nager](/source/Jesse_Nager) (born 1981), American actor and singer

## See also

- [Nagar (disambiguation)](/source/Nagar_(disambiguation))

## References

1. ["Nager Name Meaning & Nager Family History at Ancestry.com"](https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=nager). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181108132737/https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=nager) 2018-11-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-05-09.

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