Edgar
[ˈɛdɡər]Meaning
from Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and gar "spear"
Background Story
Edgar comes from the Old English name Ēadgār, composed of ead, meaning "wealth" or "fortune", and gar, meaning "spear". It was the name of a 10th-century English king, Edgar the Peaceful, and it did not survive long after the Norman Conquest, though it was revived in the 18th century, partly through a character in Walter Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor (1819). The name is used in Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Spanish and Cebuano, among other languages.
Variations
Edgur, Eadgar
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