EdGār

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

EdGār is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mexico than in any other country, where it is the 86th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from English Edgar, from Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”). Compare Icelandic Auðgeir.

  • GTGuatemala≈1 in 150(inferred from the name graph)
  • PYParaguay≈1 in 220
  • VEVenezuela≈1 in 290

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than EdGār itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Mexico (inferred from the name graph)

≈370,000 people, est.

#739 (measured from records)

of 15M given names, spellings grouped

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Record sources
494 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 154 (inferred from the name graph)

Guatemala, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)
EdGārLatin(measured from records)
ԷդգարArmenian(measured from records)
ედგარGeorgian(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Edgar in MX Mexico, US United States, GT Guatemala and 5 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)
Derivation of EdGār: each step is the form the one above it came from.
EdGār
  1. EnglishEdgar(measured from records)
  2. Old EnglishĒadgār(measured from records)
  3. Old Englishēad“rich”(measured from records)

Borrowed from English Edgar, from Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”). Compare Icelandic Auðgeir.

Cited for this meaning 8

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary
  • Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

Attested across 32 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

EdGār counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where EdGār is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MX Mexico#86≈370,000 est.≈1 in 3501.4KEdgar263
PH Philippines#237≈160,000 est.≈1 in 742—Edgar123
US United States#880132,0921 in 2.5K132KEdgar494
CO Colombia#126≈120,000 est.≈1 in 429118Edgar182
GT Guatemala#9≈120,000 est.≈1 in 154264KEdgar97
VE Venezuela#55≈97,000 est.≈1 in 294—Edgar104
EC Ecuador#8357,5631 in 29458KEdgar95
PY Paraguay#46≈32,000 est.≈1 in 215—Edgar72

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; RENAP — annual births; the co-datosgov-candidates register; INEC — civil registry names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists EdGār under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name EdGār mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from English Edgar, from Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from Old English ēad (“rich”) + gār (“spear”). Compare Icelandic Auðgeir. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and 6 other sources.
Is EdGār a male or female name?
EdGār is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
Which countries have the most people named EdGār?
Mondonomo estimates about 374 thousand people named EdGār in Mexico, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled edgar. After it come Philippines, United States, Colombia and Guatemala; the country table on this page ranks them.
How common is the name EdGār?
In the United States, the national register counted 132,092 people named EdGār in 2020, about 1 in 2.5 thousand residents.
How common is EdGār compared with other names?
In Mexico, EdGār is the 86th most common given name of 193,485 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “EdGār” — the 86th most common given name in Mexico. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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