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Origin of Egge Total Records: 5  Origin of Egge, Meaning of Egge Origin: Germany Surnames: Goethe, Goette, Goettee, Gothe, G?the, Otto, Lauer, Eggert, Thursam, Thuersam, Tiersam Submitted by: Allison Goettee Cate Origin of Egge, Meaning of Egge Origin: The surname Legge can be traced back to ancient Rome. The gens Atia was a powerful scribal family in Rome. From it descended the Traversari family taking its name from a castle biult in 476 A.D. by Teodoro, the prefect of Ravenna who was the founder of the family. Around the 1100's the Traversari family became powerful lawyers,senators and judges. Because of this,their name was changed to Traversari dalla Legge meaning Traversari of the Law due to their involvement in law. There name was eventullaly shortened to da Legge in Ravenna and other parts of Italy and England, and da Lezze in Venice. All were eventually shortened to Legge. Surnames: Legg, Legge Submitted by: Richard Legge Origin of Egge, Meaning of Egge Origin: From the areas of Arundel, Chichester and Portsmouth in the southeast of England Surnames: leggett Submitted by: John Fogden Origin of Egge, Meaning of Egge Origin: Thought to be derived from Tegeingl ,an ancient North Wales kingdom . Surnames: Teggin,Teggen Submitted by: r.teggin Origin of Egge, Meaning of Egge Origin: Derived from Sagar (from a.s. saga, meaning saw). Occuational; a sawyer. Surnames: Sagar; Sager; Seger; Saggar; Sagger; Segger; Sigger; Sicker; Secker; Sigher Submitted by: Michael Saggers 1/8/2009 2:15 AM Page 1 of 1

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