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Alger

in Illinois

There are 91 people with the last name "Alger" in Illinois.

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Alger 12,511
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  1. is 12,507th most common Weekley
  2. is 12,508th most common Wegman
  3. is 12,509th most common Well
  4. is 12,510th most common Woodring
  5. is 12,511th most common Alger
  6. is 12,512th most common Auerbach
  7. is 12,513th most common Bark
  8. is 12,514th most common Bauch
  9. is 12,515th most common Baudino

Similar Names and Nicknames

Alder, Algeo, Algee, Algere, Algeri, Alge, Alker, Algero, Algeier, Algea

Most Common First Names for Alger

Mark, Sheila, Michael, Patrick, Robert, Andrew, Carol, Chad, David, Joseph

Meaning & History

English: from one or more Middle English personal names variously written Alger, Algar, Alcher, Aucher, etc. These represent a falling together of at least three different Continental Germanic and Old English names: Adalgar ‘noble spear’ (Old English Æðelgār), Albgar ‘elf spear’ (Old English Ælfgār), and Aldgar ‘old spear’ (Old English (E)aldgār). The Continental Germanic forms were brought to England from France by the Normans. Compare the French cognate Auger. In Norfolk and northern England, the source is probably the Old Norse name Álfgeirr ‘elf spear’. The modern English surname is found mainly in East Anglia.

German: from a reduced form of the Germanic personal name Adalgar (see 1 above).

FOREBEARS Abiezer Alger was a merchant in Easton, MA, in the 18th century, who had many prominent descendants.

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