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Alger

in Massachusetts

There are 295 people with the last name "Alger" in Massachusetts.

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Alger 2,534
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  1. is 2,530th most common Marie
  2. is 2,531st most common Mccluskey
  3. is 2,532nd most common Montalvo
  4. is 2,533rd most common Saucier
  5. is 2,534th most common Alger
  6. is 2,535th most common Carrington
  7. is 2,536th most common Crandall
  8. is 2,537th most common Delorey
  9. is 2,538th most common Hagopian

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Alger

David, Robert, Mary, Richard, John, Edward, Nancy, Sarah, Thomas, Donald

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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