Given name & surname
Edger
“a powerful and wealthy spearman”
Edger is a variant of Edgar. One English interpretation is “a powerful and wealthy spearman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Edger is a variant of Edgar. One English interpretation is “a powerful and wealthy spearman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Edger 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 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Edger through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 420
- 420 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1929
- 17 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 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1929. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 748 as a first name in 2020; 463 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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