Meaning and Origin of: Wagner

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Dutch : Wagon driver
  • German : Wagon maker

Boy name variations

Wagg
Waggner
Waggoner
Wagnar
Wargnur

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (also Wägner) and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a carter or cartwright, from an agent derivative of Middle High German wagen ‘cart’, ‘wagon’, German Wagen. The German surname is also well established in Scandinavia, the Netherlands, eastern Europe, and elsewhere as well as in German-speaking countries.

Famous people with this last name

Lindsay Wagner
Robert Wagner