Given name
Edgard
“a powerful and wealthy spearman”
Edgard is a variant of Edgar. One English interpretation is “a powerful and wealthy spearman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Edgard is a variant of Edgar. One English interpretation is “a powerful and wealthy spearman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Edgard is a variant of Edgar. An origin associated with Edgar is Old English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Edgard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,390
- 1,390 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,436 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,436 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 15.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 43 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,549 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.
Edgard’s family of names
Edgard has a related form in Edgar. In French usage, Edgard has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Edgardo. In French usage, Edgard has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Эдгард.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 Edgard
- Edgard VarèseFrench composer (1883-1965)
- Edgar P. Jacobscomic artist and writer (1904-1987)
- Edgard Collechess master (1897–1932)
- Edgard PisaniFrench politician (1918-2016)
- Edgard Leblanc FilsHaitian politician (born 1955)
- Edgard RimaycunaPeruvian priestborn 1989
- Edgard SorgeloosBelgian cyclist (1930–2016)
- Edgard De CaluwéBelgian road bicycle racer (1913–1985)
- Edgard FrankignoulBelgian inventor (1882-1954)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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