Meaning of the nameEdgar

Edgar is a masculine name of Old English origin, formed from ēad, 'rich', and gār, 'spear'.

Meaning

“rich (ēad) + spear (gār)”

Source: Wiktionary: Edgar · Behind the Name: Edgar

People (2022): 43,814
Rank in Brazil: #619
Median age: 42 years
2010 Census: 46,435; people

Edgar in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Edgar, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (8,947 people).

176 women 43,638 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Edgar is most common

States with the highest share of people named Edgar in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	11,268	0.025%
Minas Gerais	4,699	0.023%
Bahia	3,137	0.022%
Rio de Janeiro	3,072	0.019%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,847	0.026%
Paraná	2,560	0.022%
Santa Catarina	1,926	0.025%
Pernambuco	1,763	0.020%
Pará	1,654	0.020%
Goiás	1,375	0.020%
Espírito Santo	1,113	0.029%
Ceará	1,046	0.012%
Mato Grosso do Sul	858	0.031%
Amazonas	795	0.020%
Maranhão	741	0.011%
Mato Grosso	724	0.020%
Piauí	594	0.018%
Distrito Federal	570	0.020%
Paraíba	566	0.014%
Alagoas	520	0.017%
Rio Grande do Norte	472	0.014%
Sergipe	395	0.018%
Rondônia	329	0.021%
Roraima	256	0.040%
Tocantins	230	0.015%
Amapá	198	0.027%
Acre	106	0.013%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Edgar

Wiktionary traces Edgar to English and, before that, to Old English Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, formed from ēad, 'rich', and gār, 'spear'. Behind the Name gives the same elements, with ead in the sense of 'wealth, fortune'. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil includes Edgar among the traditional names with Ed-, from Anglo-Saxon ead, 'wealth, goods', and the dictionary lists Hedgar as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 43,814 people named Edgar, with a median age of 42; the name is almost always male and, proportionally, most common in Roraima.

Sources

Wiktionary: Edgar · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Edgar · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Ed-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Edgar · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Edgar

What does the name Edgar mean?

Edgar means “rich (ēad) + spear (gār)”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Edgar in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 43,814 people with the first name Edgar, which ranks it number 619 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Edgar a boy's or a girl's name?

Edgar is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 176 women and 43,638 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Edgar?

Edgar is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Edgar most common?

Proportionally, in Roraima: 0.040% of the state's population is named Edgar (256 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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