Jager

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning hunter.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jager by the numbers

Jager was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 44 babies in 2001, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jager. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jaggerone who jags or cuts402 in the US (2017)
  • Jaegerhunter, huntsman28 in the US (2017)
  • Jabercomforter; one who consoles3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jader10 in the US (2017)
  • Jamessupplanter; from Jacob14,309 in the US (2017)
  • Jaspertreasurer; keeper of treasure802 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean a craft or trade

Like Jager, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
  • Graysonson of the steward8,767 in the US (2017)
  • Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
  • Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
  • Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)

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