Given name
Eadgar
“a powerful and wealthy spearman”
Eadgar is a variant of Edgar. One English interpretation is “a powerful and wealthy spearman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eadgar is a variant of Edgar. One English interpretation is “a powerful and wealthy spearman.”
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Where it comes from
Eadgar is a variant of Edgar. An origin associated with Edgar is Old English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Audagaiʀ, built from Proto-West Germanic *aud (“wealth, riches”) + *gaiʀ (“spear”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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