Given name
Æþelgar
“noble”·“spear”
Æþelgar is a masculine given name from Old English. It is used in Old English.
Original Old EnglishEþelgar
Meaning & origin
What it means
Æþelgar is built from elements meaning “noble” and “spear”.
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How it developed
From Old English æþele, built from Old English æþele (“noble”) + gār (“spear”).
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Æþelgar’s family of names
In Old English usage, Æþelgar shares a linguistic root with the Old High German form Adalger. In Old English usage, Æþelgar has a related form in Eþelgar. In Old English usage, Æþelgar has a related form in Eþelgār.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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