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Algernon
Say it: AL-jer-nun
Meaning
Norman French nickname als grenons 'with moustaches'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A Percy family name that became fashionable in Victorian England.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 985 babies given this name since 1886
- At its height in 1886, about 1 in 22,200 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Algernon Swinburne, poet
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.