Given name
Algis
“one who wields a spear”
Algis is used as a given name. One German interpretation is “one who wields a spear.”
Original GermanAdelgis
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “one who wields a spear.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
In Lithuanian usage, Algis is a short form of ALGIMANTAS. In German usage, Algis is a short form of Adelgis.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Algis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 104
- 104 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 11 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 6 in 1963. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1954. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 265 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.
Algis’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Algis is a short form of ALGIMANTAS. In Lithuanian usage, Algis has a conventional equivalent in ALGIRDAS. In German usage, Algis is a short form of Adelgis.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Algis
- Algis JankauskasLithuanian footballerborn 1982
- Algis UždavinysLithuanian philosopher1962–2010
- Algis ArlauskasSpanish-Russian actor and film directorborn 1957
- Algis OleknaviciusGerman cyclistborn 1947
- Algis IgnataviciusAustralian basketball player1932–2022
- Algis Jurgis KundrotasLithuanian physicist1950–2026
- Algis MatulionisLithuanian actorborn 1947
- Algis ČaplikasLithuanian politicianborn 1962
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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