Edgar Forename
371st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,793,072 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Guatemala
Edgar Forename Definition:
A male name. Old English Eadgar, compound of ead ‘rich’, ‘happy’, and gar ‘a spear'. The first element was a distinguishing mark of the royal house of Wessex. Eadgar (944—75), the grandson of Alfred, was one of the most successful kings of that house; his name became a favourite among the English and survived the Norman Conquest.
Read More About This ForenameEdgar Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 100% | 354,490 | 1:350 | 73 |
| Philippines | 99% | 205,519 | 1:516 | 62 |
| Colombia | 100% | 170,748 | 1:280 | 38 |
| United States | 100% | 121,746 | 1:2,978 | 516 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 111,446 | 1:145 | 18 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 111,289 | 1:271 | 24 |
| Peru | 100% | 91,042 | 1:349 | 47 |
| Ecuador | - | 74,154 | 1:239 | 32 |
| Germany | 100% | 71,090 | 1:1,360 | 275 |
| Brazil | 100% | 57,461 | 1:3,728 | 525 |
| Mozambique | - | 56,159 | 1:485 | 90 |
| Angola | 100% | 49,936 | 1:540 | 97 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 39,556 | 1:268 | 46 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 28,372 | 1:255 | 36 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 19,448 | 1:2,714 | 518 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 15,432 | 1:309 | 45 |
| Argentina | 100% | 14,597 | 1:2,930 | 339 |
| Armenia | 100% | 13,290 | 1:220 | 42 |
| Portugal | - | 12,812 | 1:813 | 134 |
| Russia | 100% | 12,410 | 1:11,622 | 391 |
| Spain | 100% | 11,815 | 1:3,938 | 421 |
| El Salvador | - | 11,074 | 1:573 | 103 |
| Panama | 100% | 10,277 | 1:380 | 38 |
| Honduras | 100% | 9,378 | 1:940 | 164 |
| Canada | 100% | 8,512 | 1:3,893 | 661 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 8,247 | 1:1,265 | 202 |
| Kenya | 100% | 6,682 | 1:6,930 | 989 |
| South Africa | 100% | 6,603 | 1:8,259 | 1,464 |
| Zambia | - | 5,920 | 1:2,678 | 458 |
| Uganda | 99% | 5,661 | 1:7,235 | 808 |
| Malawi | 99% | 5,161 | 1:3,316 | 562 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5,106 | 1:1,179 | 228 |
| England | 100% | 5,059 | 1:10,991 | 839 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 4,618 | 1:3,340 | 574 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 4,018 | 1:4,207 | 679 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 3,788 | 1:2,168 | 422 |
| Chile | 100% | 3,415 | 1:5,156 | 517 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,988 | 1:965 | 252 |
| Rwanda | - | 2,901 | 1:3,920 | 752 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 2,405 | 1:1,425 | 222 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,966 | 1:13,726 | 1,182 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,817 | 1:4,686 | 437 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,791 | 1:21,232 | 747 |
| France | 100% | 1,684 | 1:39,472 | 1,338 |
| Sudan | - | 1,586 | 1:23,838 | 2,295 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,399 | 1:22,025 | 2,854 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,327 | 1:3,868 | 533 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,324 | 1:2,681 | 299 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1,129 | 1:1,785 | 292 |
| Belarus | 100% | 965 | 1:9,826 | 253 |
| Australia | - | 957 | 1:14,271 | 1,149 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 854 | 1:36,050 | 1,768 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 822 | 1:89,815 | 4,942 |
| Cuba | - | 805 | 1:14,294 | 920 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 715 | 1:29,090 | 3,562 |
| Estonia | 99% | 702 | 1:1,874 | 417 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 686 | 1:8,203 | 937 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 659 | 1:391,447 | 31,704 |
| Belgium | 100% | 653 | 1:17,596 | 1,439 |
| Georgia | 100% | 648 | 1:5,769 | 639 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 597 | 1:39,815 | 6,404 |
| Belize | 100% | 527 | 1:672 | 95 |
| Wales | 100% | 499 | 1:6,201 | 657 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 485 | 1:44,558 | 3,021 |
| Gabon | 100% | 481 | 1:3,915 | 840 |
| India | 100% | 433 | 1:2,805,723 | 130,731 |
| Nigeria | 91% | 426 | 1:416,818 | 13,911 |
| New Zealand | - | 422 | 1:10,749 | 1,111 |
| Thailand | 100% | 406 | 1:172,576 | 12,064 |
| Sweden | 100% | 400 | 1:24,645 | 1,607 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 399 | 1:7,398 | 552 |
| Namibia | - | 371 | 1:6,480 | 893 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 366 | 1:426 | 112 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 346 | 1:51,291 | 2,069 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Israel | 98% | 311 | 1:27,019 | 2,234 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 309 | 1:98,543 | 6,947 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 290 | 1:662 | 94 |
| Suriname | 100% | 280 | 1:1,974 | 460 |
| Malta | - | 278 | 1:1,544 | 319 |
| Scotland | 100% | 273 | 1:19,598 | 964 |
| Ivory Coast | 96% | 248 | 1:93,048 | 5,788 |
| Morocco | - | 246 | 1:139,629 | 4,172 |
| Guyana | 100% | 224 | 1:3,407 | 651 |
| Romania | 100% | 224 | 1:89,518 | 4,084 |
| Italy | 100% | 222 | 1:275,054 | 3,542 |
| Egypt | - | 217 | 1:423,507 | 12,330 |
| China | - | 206 | 1:6,631,339 | 59,316 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 203 | 1:35,231 | 3,346 |
| Bahrain | - | 192 | 1:7,024 | 1,127 |
| Denmark | - | 185 | 1:30,538 | 1,455 |
| Cape Verde | - | 178 | 1:2,973 | 471 |
| Ireland | 99% | 162 | 1:28,664 | 1,197 |
| Aruba | - | 159 | 1:653 | 102 |
| Bahamas | - | 159 | 1:2,512 | 509 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 158 | 1:51,597 | 4,998 |
| Swaziland | - | 154 | 1:8,443 | 1,221 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 153 | 1:8,898 | 1,347 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 152 | 1:55,098 | 2,255 |
| Barbados | - | 147 | 1:1,971 | 435 |
| Finland | 100% | 140 | 1:39,166 | 1,528 |
| Kuwait | - | 133 | 1:28,461 | 2,834 |
| French Polynesia | - | 130 | 1:2,138 | 477 |
| Singapore | 100% | 126 | 1:49,897 | 6,691 |
| Qatar | 100% | 123 | 1:19,265 | 2,894 |
| Guam | - | 122 | 1:1,317 | 295 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 120 | 1:80,358 | 3,994 |
| Benin | 100% | 119 | 1:88,873 | 5,728 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Japan | - | 112 | 1:1,142,733 | 15,832 |
| Moldova | - | 112 | 1:31,796 | 756 |
| Czechia | 100% | 108 | 1:98,668 | 1,154 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 103 | 1:5,476 | 571 |
| Hong Kong | - | 102 | 1:76,007 | 2,682 |
| Oman | - | 100 | 1:41,087 | 2,443 |
| Haiti | 100% | 98 | 1:109,459 | 6,021 |
| Lesotho | 98% | 94 | 1:21,702 | 2,713 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 94 | 1:5,060 | 237 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 92 | 1:199,777 | 8,948 |
| Botswana | 100% | 90 | 1:24,272 | 2,834 |
| Croatia | 100% | 78 | 1:54,065 | 1,798 |
| Liberia | 100% | 77 | 1:57,299 | 2,913 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 69 | 1:3,915 | 602 |
| Micronesia | - | 60 | 1:1,775 | 275 |
| Albania | 100% | 58 | 1:52,527 | 4,703 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 57 | 1:10,192 | 1,021 |
| Greece | 100% | 54 | 1:202,492 | 4,105 |
| Hungary | 100% | 54 | 1:181,329 | 997 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 50 | 1:1,988 | 431 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 49 | 1:2,240 | 453 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 44 | 1:1,393 | 313 |
| South Korea | - | 41 | 1:135,230 | 6,077 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 39 | 1:153,161 | 8,400 |
| Ethiopia | - | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Iraq | - | 34 | 1:1,029,937 | 8,327 |
| Andorra | - | 33 | 1:2,512 | 288 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 32 | 1:7,607 | 704 |
| Pakistan | 97% | 31 | 1:6,269,603 | 54,431 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 29 | 1:3,848 | 708 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 27 | 1:258,903 | 5,728 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 27 | 1:202,699 | 1,615 |
| Senegal | 100% | 26 | 1:560,821 | 6,877 |
| Brunei | - | 25 | 1:16,783 | 1,060 |
| Central African Republic | - | 25 | 1:180,616 | 330 |
| Jersey | - | 24 | 1:4,166 | 545 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 24 | 1:221,253 | 1,408 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 22 | 1:83,779 | 1,413 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 19 | 1:9,359 | 1,306 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 18 | 1:3,048 | 632 |
| Afghanistan | - | 17 | 1:1,919,030 | 17,461 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 17 | 1:2,227 | 332 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 17 | 1:2,042 | 490 |
| East Timor | - | 16 | 1:76,148 | 197 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 16 | 1:71,106 | 389 |
| Bermuda | - | 15 | 1:4,322 | 727 |
| Grenada | 100% | 14 | 1:7,723 | 1,094 |
| Monaco | 100% | 14 | 1:2,748 | 527 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 14 | 1:3,905 | 670 |
| Congo | 100% | 12 | 1:417,434 | 7,854 |
| Ukraine | - | 12 | 1:3,791,659 | 7,438 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Guinea | 100% | 11 | 1:1,078,059 | 3,355 |
| Mauritius | - | 11 | 1:117,980 | 3,424 |
| Vietnam | - | 11 | 1:8,420,283 | 3,954 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 9 | 1:192,024 | 110 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 9 | 1:5,692 | 857 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Palau | - | 9 | 1:2,412 | 36 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 9 | 1:273,195 | 4,351 |
| Cambodia | - | 8 | 1:2,034,166 | 23,777 |
| Jordan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Burundi | 100% | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Bhutan | - | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:15,625 | 1,557 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:159,066 | 2,607 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 2 | 1:26,776 | 754 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Iceland | 100% | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Edgár (111), Édgar (19) & Èdgar (2) are calculated separately.
Edgar (43,393) may also be a surname.
Edgar Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Old English Eadgar, compound of ead ‘rich’, ‘happy’, and gar ‘a spear'. The first element was a distinguishing mark of the royal house of Wessex. Eadgar (944—75), the grandson of Alfred, was one of the most successful kings of that house; his name became a favourite among the English and survived the Norman Conquest. It was used, though infrequently, until about the end of the 13th C. It was revived in the 18th C, along with other Old English names, by romantic writers, but the reason for its greatly increased use in the 19th C was probably that it was the name of the hero of The Bride of Lammermoor (1819).
Edgar, Etgar Domesday Book 1086. Edgar Curia Regis Rolls 1200.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
In A. -S., Eadgar, from a Teutonic word meaning ‘rich spear’. In C20, it shows signs of disuse, despite notable associations with literature and with Edgar King of all England in 959-975,—who, despite being ‘a loose liver’, is now venerated as a saint (Dawson).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
From the Anglo-Saxon name Eadgar. Wachter derives it from ead-gar, author of happiness.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Teutonic (masculine) - Happy weapon, fig. successful in war.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Teutonic name, meaning: Rich warrior: protector. (AngloSaxon) Dart.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Edgar Forename Popularity
Edgar Demographics
Average Male Edgar Height
172.08 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 6,568 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Edgar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Edgar in the Russian language | ||
| Эдгар | edgar | - |
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