Dugger, Duggar Surnames

Duggar
Origin unidentified. Possibly a respelling of French Dugard (see Dugar).

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Dugger
It may be an altered spelling of French Dugard (see Dugar).
Alternatively it could be a variant of German Duggert, from an old personal name from Old High German tugan ‘to be capable, competent, or useful’, ‘to be strong’.

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Dugar
Indian (Panjab): Sikh name of unknown meaning.
Indian (Rajasthan): Jain name of unknown meaning.
Perhaps also an altered spelling of French Dugard.

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Dugard
French: topographic name for someone who lived by a garden, from du gard ‘from the garden’, or, by extension an occupational name for a gardener (see Gard).

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