Given name
Algirdas
Algirdas is a masculine given name. It is used in Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Algirdas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1953
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1958. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 193 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Algirdas’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Algirdas has a later derivative in Olgerdus. Algirdas has a conventional equivalent in the Lithuanian form Algis. In Lithuanian usage, Algirdas has a related form in Elgirdas.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Algirdas has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Algirdas
- Algirdas BrazauskasLithuanian politician (1932–2010)
- Algirdas ButkevičiusLithuanian politician (born 1958)
- Algirdas Julien GreimasLithuanian-French linguist (1917-1992)
- Algis BudrysLithuanian-American author, editor, and critic (1931–2008)
- Algirdas ŠemetaLithuanian economist and politicianborn 1962
- Algirdas LauritėnasLithuanian basketball player (1932–2001)
- Algirdas ŠocikasLithuanian boxer (1928-2012)
- Algirdas SaudargasLithuanian politicianborn 1948
- Algirdas PaleckisLithuanian politicianborn 1971
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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