Given name & surname
Léger
“spear of the people”
Léger is used as a given name and a surname. Léger is connected with Luitger.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Léger goes back to a word meaning “spear of the people.”
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Where it comes from
Léger is a form of Luitger. An origin associated with Luitger is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French use, Léger is used as a form of Luitger.
The story
The name’s historical associations include a 7th-century bishop of Autun.
Léger’s family of names
In French usage, Léger shares a linguistic root with the Walloon form Lidjî. In French usage, Léger has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form LEODEGARIO. In French usage, Léger has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Leodegar.
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Around the world
Léger has relatives in 7 languages.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Léger
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