Given name
Medgar
“having great strength”
Medgar is used as a given name. One German interpretation is “having great strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “having great strength.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Medgar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 46
- 46 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 25 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 8 in 1965. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 1963.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Medgar’s family of names
Medgar has a related form in Medard. Medgar has a related form in Medgard. Medgar has a related form in Medgare.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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