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Alger

in Texas

There are 155 people with the last name "Alger" in Texas.

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Alger 10,592
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  1. is 10,588th most common Weirich
  2. is 10,589th most common Whitecotton
  3. is 10,590th most common Willms
  4. is 10,591st most common Woodhouse
  5. is 10,592nd most common Alger
  6. is 10,593rd most common Baldree
  7. is 10,594th most common Bartsch
  8. is 10,595th most common Bedard
  9. is 10,596th most common Bibby

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Alger

John, Robert, Linda, Michael, Thomas, William, Ellen, Mark, Sherri, Susan

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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