# Stanger

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #82,805

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
Various origins:
* English surname, probably derived from Middle English stang (“pole”) and possibly being a topographic surname fro someone who lived by a pole or stake
* Orcadian habitational surname, from a minor place called Stanagar, in the parish of Stromness.
* Borrowed from German Stanger, an occupational surname for a maker of shafts.

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