Edelgard Forename

28,179th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 29,596 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Edelgard Forename User-submission:

From an Old German name, which was derived from the elements adal 'noble' and gart 'enclosure, yard'.

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Edelgard Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany
100%
28,7971:3,357426
United States
100%
2971:1,220,66323,890
Austria
100%
1621:52,5571,556
Brazil
100%
1011:2,121,15043,813
Belgium
100%
491:234,4915,334
Switzerland
100%
441:186,6704,485
South Africa
100%
291:1,880,43657,269
England
 
96%
241:2,316,78827,983
Sweden
100%
141:704,13615,982
France
100%
101:6,647,03424,227
Italy
100%
71:8,723,15629,138
Czechia-61:1,776,0274,577
Denmark-61:941,58311,543
Norway-51:1,026,46614,100
Philippines
100%
41:26,502,369280,915
Argentina
100%
41:10,693,31119,797
Croatia-41:1,054,2699,352
Canada-41:8,283,34367,579
Botswana-41:546,11213,807
Chile
100%
31:5,869,06926,159
Turkey
100%
21:38,900,85464,839
Mexico
50%
 
21:62,072,21496,650
Paraguay
100%
21:3,618,40211,946
Scotland-21:2,675,18318,328
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Wales
100%
11:3,094,30916,222
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Peru-11:31,791,454110,866
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Liechtenstein-11:37,8561,091
Hungary-11:9,791,7716,528
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904

Edelgard (15) may also be a surname.

Edelgard Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

From an Old German name, which was derived from the elements adal 'noble' and gart 'enclosure, yard'.

- Behind the Name
- cgroenewald

Edelgard Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Edelgard Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Edelgard in the Russian language
Эдельгардedelgard-

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