Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Family name origins & meanings French and English (of Norman origin) : from the Old French personal name Auger or Alger (see Alger).German : variant of Auer, the g reflecting Frisian -oog contained in place names like Wangeroog.An Auger from Maine was in Montreal by 1653; another, from Poitou, by 1685.