as a Last Name
- 7,330
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Badger
Meaning & Origins
English (West Midlands): 1. habitational name from a place in Shropshire named Badger, probably from an unattested Old English personal name Bæcg + Old English ofer ‘ridge’. 2. occupational name for a maker of bags (see Bagge 1) or for a peddler who carried his wares about with him in a bag. It is unlikely that the surname has anything to do with the animal (see Brock 2), which was not known by this name until the 16th century.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,330
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Badger per capita
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