Jaggi (or Jäggi) is in found both European and Indian 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 called their children by biblical names in commemoration of their fathers pilgrimage, these then in turn developed into surname. The Jaggi surname is originated originally from

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

, Rawalpindi. Language spoken by such people is

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as they also belonged to Pashtuni region. People with surname "Jaggi" belonged to the ancient "Mohenjo-Daro" community which is in present day Pakistan on the banks of Sindhu river. Due to

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of India and Pakistan in 1947, being firm Hindus, most of these people migrated from Pakistan to India along with other castes like the

Sindhis Sindhis ( sd, سنڌي Perso-Arabic: सिन्धी Devanagari; ) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group who speak the Sindhi language and are native to the province of Sindh in Pakistan. After the partition of British Indian empire in 1947, man ...

etc. Thus, they do not have a specific

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

/place of resident and are found in various parts of India and other countries. They originated originally from

, Rawalpindi. Language spoken by such people is

as they also belonged to Pashtuni region. Notable people with the name include: ;Surname * Allen Jaggi (born 1944), member of the Wyoming House of Representatives *

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. Jaggi began his youth career playing with Bihar's ...

(born 1989), Indian cricketer *

Maya Jaggi Maya Jaggi is a British writer, literary critic , editor and cultural journalist.Maya Jaggi profi ...

, writer, literary critic and editor *

Michèle Jäggi Michèle Jäggi (born 22 September 1987) is a Swiss curler. Jäggi has represented Switzerland as a junior curler, and is currently active on the World Curling Tour. Jäggi currently skips her own team. Career Jäggi is a former Swiss junior c ...

, Swiss curler * Steve Jaggi, Film and TV Producer ;Given name *

Jaggi Singh (activist) Jaggi Singh is a Canadian anti-globalization and social justice activist. He is an anarchist. Singh has worked with groups such as Solidarity Across Borders (a local migrant-rights organization) and the No One Is Illegal collective, among others ...

(born 1971), Canadian anti-globalization and social justice activist *

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. He made his acti ...

(born 1989), Panjabi actor and film producer *

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Sadhguru (born Jagadish Vasudev, 3 September 1957) is the founder and head of the Isha Foundation, based in Coimbatore, India. The foundation, established in 1992, operates an ashram and yoga centre that carries out educational and spiritua ...

, Indian yogi and mystic ;Pseudonym * R. Jagannathan, also known as Jaggi, Indian journalist

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