About the Gager Surname

Gager is a branch of the Gage name tree. The name is generally explained as “assayer of measures”.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Gage and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

How the spelling arose

Before spelling was fixed, Gage was also written Gager. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Other spellings include Gaige and Gauge.

1,261 Americans were listed as Gager in the 2010 census. Between 1891 and 2000, 219 babies born in France were registered as Gager, with the most births in 1941–1950. There were 18 such births in the 1890s and 26 in the 1990s. For the full story, order the Gager surname pack.