Eren Yeager (Japanese: エレン・イェーガー, Hepburn: Eren Yēgā), also spelled Eren Jaeger (Turkish: Eren, "Saint"; German: Jaeger/Jäger, "Hunter") is the protagonist of the Attack on Titan manga series created by Hajime Isayama.
Yeager is a mostly American surname, a phonetic transcription of the common German surname Jaeger (Jäger), meaning hunter. Notable people with the surname include: Albert F. Yeager, (1892-1961) American horticulturalist.
like for example Eren Jeager and Johan Liebert are pronounced as Eren Yeager and Yohan Liebert. why? Because those are German names in German(-inspired) settings, and that's how the Germans pronounce "Jaeger" and "Johan."
Jaeger is more correct as it's closer to the word "Jäger", the origin of Eren's surname, which means hunter in German. Jeager and Yaeger are always incorrect, never use these.
As Eren Jaeger fights to change the world in Attack on Titan, he owes a great debt to the man he is named after, Eren Kruger. One of the previous wielders of the Attack Titan, Eren Kruger is single-handedly responsible for, well, the entire series.
Eren's fight was never really against Marley or the Titans, but rather a world he was never suited to live in. This is what truly sets Eren apart from other shonen protagonists: they belonged in their worlds, but Eren Yeager never did.
German (mainly Jäger) and Jewish (Ashkenazic; also Jäger): occupational name for a hunter, from Middle High German jeger(e), Middle Low German jeger(e) (agent derivatives of jagen 'to hunt'); as a Jewish surname, it is mainly artificial, derived from German Jäger.
Jaeger is a boy's name of German origin. It derives from the German surname Jäger, an occupational surname deriving from the Middle High German word jeger(e), meaning “hunter.” This surname may also be Scandinavian and Ashkenazi Jewish.
Eren Yeager would later use the name Kruger as an alias whilst in Marley in homage to him.
Eren Yeager's quotes
戦うんだよ！ tatakae! tatakaun da yo! Fight!
Jägermeister (/ˈjeɪɡərmaɪstər/ YAY-gər-my-stər, German: [ˈjɛːɡɐˌmaɪstɐ] ( listen); stylized Jägermeiſter) is a German digestif made with 56 herbs and spices. Developed in 1934 by Wilhelm and Curt Mast, it has an alcohol by volume of 35% (61 degrees proof, or US 70 proof).
Cherno Alpha (Черный Альфа Cherniy Alfa) is a Mark-1 Russian Jaeger. Piloted by husband and wife duo Sasha and Aleksis Kaidonovsky, Cherno Alpha was the last of the Mark-1 Jaeger series and the oldest Jaeger still active in combat before its destruction in 2025.
Eren Origin and Meaning
The name Eren is both a boy's name and a girl's name meaning "saint, holy person". Eren ranks among the Top 50 boys' names in Turkey, among the Top 1000 in England and Wales, and is virtually unknown in the US.
Acker comes from German or Old English, meaning "ploughed field"; it is related to or an alternate spelling of the word acre. Therefore, Ackermann means "ploughman". Ackerman is also a common Ashkenazi Jewish surname of Yiddish origin with the same meaning.
The name Yeager is primarily a male name of German origin that means Chase, Hunt.
It was created by Curt Mast in 1934 and has since become a popular drink in Germany. Jagermeister is often served as a digestif after meals, and it is also used in cocktails. In Germany, Jagermeister is commonly consumed as a shot, served ice-cold.
As Armin tries to rescue Eren, the Bearded Titan closes its mouth, biting one of Eren's arms off in the process, and swallows Eren, much to Armin's hysterical horror. It is unknown how Armin survived the Bearded Titan and the others afterwards, but he was no longer attacked after the deaths of his friends.
Founding Titan
Founding Titan is the first and the strongest Titan of all the nine. If the Founding Titan is someone from Royal Bloodline, then it will possess limitless power. Eren Yeager was not someone of royal blood that's why he asked for Zeke's help to use the Founding Titan to its fullest.
Eren was devastated by Sasha's passing. However, because of what he experienced and what he had to do to save the Eldians, hearing Sasha's final words made sense to him and brought back memories of when they were younger, and it was easier to hate the Titans for the devastation they had caused.