Hag: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Hag is a familiar spelling of the German name Haag. Read literally, Hag points to “Hedge, enclosure”.

Other spellings include Haage, Haagen and Haager. Without the “a” of Haag, Hag is a simpler written form of the same name.

Hag sounds close to Haig, so it can help to search both.

Arms linked to Haag and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Hag family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.