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Alger

in Michigan

There are 244 people with the last name "Alger" in Michigan.

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Alger 4,099
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  1. is 4,095th most common Monk
  2. is 4,096th most common Moseley
  3. is 4,097th most common Sowa
  4. is 4,098th most common Wolfgang
  5. is 4,099th most common Alger
  6. is 4,100th most common Badour
  7. is 4,101st most common Birdsall
  8. is 4,102nd most common Brannon
  9. is 4,103rd most common Chipman

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Alger

David, John, Robert, Richard, Elizabeth, James, Jason, Sharon, Charles, Dawn

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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