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Boy · Old Norse
Egill
Say it: EH-yil
Meaning
Uncertain; possibly related to a Germanic root meaning 'edge, point'.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Made famous by the poet-hero of Egils saga and still used in Iceland and Norway.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Egil
| Norwegian | Egil |
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Famous bearers
- Egill Skallagrímsson, warrior-poet of Egils saga
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Where this comes from
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
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