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Alger

in New Jersey

There are 55 people with the last name "Alger" in New Jersey.

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Alger 14,472
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  1. is 14,468th most common Zappala
  2. is 14,469th most common Zoeller
  3. is 14,470th most common Accordino
  4. is 14,471st most common Alan
  5. is 14,472nd most common Alger
  6. is 14,473rd most common Amante
  7. is 14,474th most common Amores
  8. is 14,475th most common Amy
  9. is 14,476th most common Andreasen

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Alger

John, Bridget, Elizabeth, Mary, Michael, Thomas, William, Amanda, Betty, Brian

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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