Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from places such as Flagg in Derbyshire and Flags in Nottinghamshire, named from Old English flage or Old Norse flaga ‘slab’, or from Old Norse flag ‘turf’, ‘sod’.

Subscribe to Family Education

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe