Brief Life History of Edgar
Edgar was christened in 1876.
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Name Meaning
From an Old English personal name derived from ēad ‘prosperity, riches’ + gār ‘spear’. This was the name of an English king and saint, Edgar the Peaceful ( d. 975 ), and of Edgar Atheling ( ?1060–?1125 ), the young prince who was chosen by the English to succeed Harold as king in 1066 , but who was supplanted by the Normans. Although used only infrequently in Britain, it is still fairly popular in the United States.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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