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Given Name ALGAR
GENDER:
Masculine
USAGE:
English (Rare)
PRONOUNCED:
AL-gar
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Meaning & History
Means "elf spear" from
Old English
ælf
"elf" and
gar
"spear". This Old English name was rarely used after the
Norman conquest
, being absorbed by similar-sounding names and Norman and Scandinavian cognates. It was briefly revived in the 19th century.
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OTHER LANGUAGES/CULTURES:
Ælfgar
(Anglo-Saxon)