Hanss Caspar Haag was born on 10 September 1675, in Dingenhart, Matzingen, Thurgau, Switzerland as the son of Caspar Haag and Barbara Gamper. He married Margreth Luethi on 15 November 1691, in Matzingen, Thurgau, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.
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German and Dutch: topographic name from Middle High German hac ‘enclosure, hedge’, Middle Dutch haghe, or a habitational name from any of the many places called with this word.
South German, Swiss German, and possibly also Dutch: from the ancient Germanic personal name Hago, a short form of any of various compound names beginning with hagan ‘enclosure, protected place, scrub’. See Hagen 2.
Swedish: probably an ornamental adoption of the German name (see above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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