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Alger

in Rhode Island

There are 63 people with the last name "Alger" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Alger 2,267
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  1. is 2,263rd most common Weiner
  2. is 2,264th most common Winn
  3. is 2,265th most common Winter
  4. is 2,266th most common Zinno
  5. is 2,267th most common Alger
  6. is 2,268th most common Basile
  7. is 2,269th most common Belleville
  8. is 2,270th most common Benedetti
  9. is 2,271st most common Blackburn

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Alger

Edward, Michael, David, Edwin, Cheryl, Eleanor, Jaclyn, James, John, Martha

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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