Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Happy spear
  • Scottish : Oak tree ford

Boy name variations

Adger
Adar
Agar
Adair

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (mainly Essex) : variant of Alger.
  • French : from an Old French personal name of Germanic origin, Adigari, equivalent to English Edgar.
  • Danish : habitational name from any of several places called Ager, meaning ‘plowed land’.

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