Updated June 9, 2019

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch : from Dutch zanger ‘singer’, hence an occupational name for a singer or chorister, or nickname for someone who was always singing. Compare German Sanger.
  • German : variant of Zenger.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name from German Zange ‘pincers’, ‘pliers’ + the agent suffix -er.