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Alger

in Virginia

There are 432 people with the last name "Alger" in Virginia.

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Alger 1,892
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  1. is 1,888th most common Chittum
  2. is 1,889th most common Flood
  3. is 1,890th most common Creech
  4. is 1,891st most common Tisdale
  5. is 1,892nd most common Alger
  6. is 1,893rd most common Chin
  7. is 1,894th most common Cornell
  8. is 1,895th most common Dutton
  9. is 1,896th most common Goldberg

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Alger

David, James, Larry, Robert, William, John, Mary, Lynne, Sandra, Elmer

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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