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Alger

in Pennsylvania

There are 127 people with the last name "Alger" in Pennsylvania.

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Alger 9,702
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  1. is 9,698th most common Washabaugh
  2. is 9,699th most common Wawrzyniak
  3. is 9,700th most common Yenser
  4. is 9,701st most common Alfonso
  5. is 9,702nd most common Alger
  6. is 9,703rd most common Angus
  7. is 9,704th most common Armagost
  8. is 9,705th most common Auld
  9. is 9,706th most common Bacco

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Alger

Steven, William, Richard, Barbara, Jessica, John, Michael, Paul, Robert, Roy

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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