As described in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Saxon.) Fag, variable or many colored; may be bestowed on the first possessor from his variable disposition. Fag, a laborious drudge.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Patronymica Britannica (1860)

FAGG. Feg occurs in Domesday, and Fag in the H.R. The Kentish family were long connected with the parish of Eye, CO. Sussex, and perhaps derived their name from lauds there, still called Fagg fann.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Origin: English

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Religion of origin: Christian

Language of origin: English

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