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[Facts] Re: What is the origin of the name Algee?
by Anneza
4/11/2025, 1:23 PM
in reply to a message by Emezli
Surely it's Algie, as in Algernon, with the spelling individualised? That could well be an inherited name!
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- clevelandkentevans   +2
4/28/2025, 2:02 PM
It's definitely an inherited name, because the actor is actually Algee Smith IV:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algee_Smith
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- Septapus (Buneary)   +1
5/1/2025, 1:42 PM
I think it's probably an invented name without a specific meaning. The article says he's African-American, and invented names are quite common in the African-American community.
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- clevelandkentevans
5/4/2025, 3:19 PM
He is Algee Smith IV. That means the first Algee Smith was probably his great-grandfather, who most probably was born before 1934, and invented names were only slightly more common in the African-American community at that point than the were among White Americans.
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