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Algot
Say it: AHL-got
Meaning
From Old Norse Algautr; the second element is Gautr 'a Geat', while the first is uncertain.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
An old Swedish name that has come back into fashion in Sweden in recent years.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 53 babies given this name since 1891
- At its height in 1891, about 1 in 20,200 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Old Norse | Algautr |
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Where this comes from
- Medieval European charters and records
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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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.