Hoger

Family name origins & meanings

• German (also Höger) : variant of Heger.
• North German : from the Germanic personal name Hucger, composed of the elements hug ‘head’, ‘mind’, ‘spirit’ + gēr ‘spear’.
• South German : nickname for a hunchback, from Middle High German hoger ‘hump’.
• French : variant of Ogier.