# Haag

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #54,219

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
* As a German and Dutch surname, from the noun Hecke (“hedge”).
* Also as a Dutch surname, shortened from Van den Haag, a name derived from the Hague.
* As a south German and Alemannic German surname (and Swedish adoption of it), from the personal name Hago, from a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *haggju (“hedge”) and thus related to the first sense.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/haag