The Bagg Family Name

Long before computers fixed spellings, Bagg and Baggs were used side by side. Taken at its root, Bagg points to “A descendant of Baga or Bacga (the fat one)”.

• The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Bagg with 661 bearers, at rank 34,314.
• Bagg drops the “s” of Baggs, a shortening that clerks often made.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• Bagg sounds close to Bugg, Begg and Bigg, so it can help to search both.
• Other spellings include Bagge.

Bagg coat of arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Bagg, so the heraldry linked to Baggs is a starting point, not an automatic right. Research your Bagg family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.