Edgar

  • Boy
  • 5 letters
Anglo-Saxon Lucky spearman.
English Fortunate and powerful. From the Old English name Eadgar, a compound of 'ead' meaning rich or happy, and 'gar' meaning spear.
Literary A literary name from Shakespeare's Tragedy of King Lear, where it belongs to edgar, son of Gloucester.
Famous bearer 10th-century king Edgar of England; American author Edgar Allen Poe.

Edgar is a boy’s name of Anglo-Saxon, English and Literary origin. Meaning in Anglo-Saxon: Lucky spearman. Meaning in English: Fortunate and powerful. From the Old English name Eadgar, a compound of ‘ead’ meaning rich or happy, and ‘gar’ meaning spear. A literary name from Shakespeare’s Tragedy of King Lear, where it belongs to edgar, son of Gloucester. Famous bearer: 10th-century king Edgar of England; American author Edgar Allen Poe. The name has 5 letters.

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