Boy · Old English
Edgar
Say it: ED-ger
Meaning
From Old English Eadgar, ead 'riches, fortune' and gar 'spear'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Revived by Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor (1819).
Its wave through time
Timeless: in steady use for over a century
In the United States
- 154,342 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1881, about 1 in 323 boys
- 776 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| French | Edgar |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Edgar |
Famous bearers
- Edgar Allan Poe, American writer
- King Edgar of England
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Where this comes from
- Anglo-Saxon charters, chronicles and church records
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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