Jaggi (or Jäggi) is found both in German and Punjabi cultures as a surname and given name. There is no known crossover between the two origins.
In Europe the name "Jaggi" is most often found in South German and Swiss-German communities. There are two competing theories around the origin of the name. The first is that the name is derived from the Biblical Hebrew "Yochanan", which translates as "He who Jehovah has favoured (with a son)". The second is that the name derives from the Hebrew root "qb> Ya'akov", meaning " to follow, to be behind", and it refers to the circumstances of Jacob's birth when he held on to the heel of his older twin brother Esau.
Either way, the name became popular after the 12th century when returning Crusaders from the Holy Land would often call their children by biblical names in commemoration of their fathers pilgrimage, these then in turn developed into surnames.
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Allen Jaggi
Allen Jaggi (born 1944) is a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives. He has held that position since 2007.
Jaggi was born in Logan, Utah. He earned a bachelor's degree in education and wildlife management at Utah State University in 196 ...
(born 1944), member of the Wyoming House of Representatives
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Anil Jaggi, Indian Navy admiral
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Ishank Jaggi
Ishank Jaggi (born 27 January 1989) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler who plays for Jharkhand. He was born in Bacheli. He was brought up in Jamshedpur. Biography
Jaggi began his youth career playing wit ...
(born 1989), Indian cricketer
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Kundan Lal Jaggi (1924-2018), Indian chef and restaurateur
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Louis Jäggi (1948-2006), Swiss skier
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Marco Jaggi, Swiss wrestler known by his stage name Ares
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, British writer, literary critic and editor
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Michèle Jäggi
Michèle Jäggi (born 22 September 1987) is a Swiss curler from Bern. She won gold at the 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship and won two bronze medals at the Winter Universiade.
Career
Jäggi is a former Swiss junior champion. She fi ...
(born 1987), Swiss curler
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Param Jaggi, American inventor
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Steve Jaggi, Swiss-German film and TV producer
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Ursina Jäggi, Swiss mountain biker
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Yvette Jaggi (born 1941), Swiss politician
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Jaggi Singh (activist)
Jaggi Singh is a Canadian anti-globalization, social justice, and anarchist activist. Singh has worked with Montreal based groups such as Solidarity Across Borders and No one is illegal collective.
1997 APEC summit
Singh was active in the prote ...
(born 1971), Canadian anti-globalization and social justice activist
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Jaggi Singh (actor)
Jagpreet Singh commonly known as Jaggi Singh is an Indian actor and film producer. Jaggi known for his role in Punjabi film Faraar as Kaptaan. His role in Faraar earned him the recognition as a future villain of Punjabi Cinema
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(born 1989), Panjabi actor and film producer
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Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
Jagadish "Jaggi" Vasudev (born 3 September, 1957), also known as Sadhguru, is an Indian guru and founder of the Isha Foundation, based in Coimbatore, India. The foundation, established in 1992, operates an ashram and yoga centre that carries ...
(born 1957), Indian yogi and mystic
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R. Jagannathan, also known as Jaggi, Indian journalist
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Jaggie
Jaggies are artifacts in raster images, most frequently from aliasing, which in turn is often caused by non-linear mixing effects producing high-frequency components, or missing or poor anti-aliasing filtering prior to sampling.
Jaggies are stair ...
, in computer graphics
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Khatri surnames
Surnames of German origin
Punjabi-language surnames