Edgar is a male given name meaning “wealthy spear” from Old English ead (wealth, fortune, riches) from Proto-Germanic *audaz (wealth, riches); and gar (spear) which comes from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (spear, spike, javelin) which derives from a PIE root. Edgar is also an English and Scottish surname derived from the given name.
Nicknames: Ed, Eddie/Eddy
Origin: Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European
Variants:
- Edgard (French)
- Eadgar (Old English, Anglo-Saxon)
- Edgardo (Italian, Spanish)
- Edgaras (Lithuanian)
- Edgars (Latvian)
- Adair (Scottish form of Edgar)
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