Given name
Algot
“elf”·“Geat”
Algot is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Swedish.
Original Old NorseAlgautr
Meaning & origin
What it means
Algot is built from elements meaning “elf” and “Geat”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
How it developed
In Swedish usage, Algot developed from Algautr.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1891. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Algot through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 53
- 53 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 10 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 1920. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1918.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Algot’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Algot developed from the Old Norse form Algautr. In Danish usage, Algot has a related form in ALGOTH. In Swedish usage, Algot has a conventional equivalent in the Old Norse form Algautr.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Algot has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Algot comes from · 1 name
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.
People named Algot
- Sebastian NanasiSwedish association football playerborn 2002
- Algot UntolaFinnish writer, journalist and politician (1868-1918)
- Algot LönnRacing cyclist (1887-1953)
- Algoth NiskaFinnish bootlegger and association football player (1888-1954)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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