Hagar

Hebrew

"flight, forsaken"

Hagar Origin and Meaning

The name Hagar is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "flight, forsaken".

Hagar is an Old Testament name with an unfortunate association with comic strip character "Hagar the Horrible."

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Famous People Named Hagar

• Hagar Chemali former US treasury dept. spokeswoman
• Hagar Ishmael's Egyptian mother (i.e. "the Mother of the Ishmaelites"), handmaid of Sarah and concubine to Abraham
• Sammy Hagar American rock singer, musician, and songwriter

Hagar in Pop Culture

• Hagar fictional character in Octavia Estelle Butler's novel "Kindred"
• Hagar the Horrible comic strip about a (male) Viking
• Hagar nickname for Hagrid used by his half giant brother in the "Harry Potter" series
• Hagar Shipley (née Currie) main character in "The Stone Angel" (1964) by Margaret Laurence
• Hagar character in the book "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison