Meaning of the nameEdgard

Edgard is a male name, a variant of Edgar, of Old English origin, formed from elements meaning “wealth” and “spear”.

Meaning

“variant of Edgar, from Old English elements meaning “wealth” and “spear””

Source: Behind the Name: Edgard · Behind the Name: Edgar · Wiktionary: Edgar

People (2022): 4,874
Rank in Brazil: #2,780
Median age: 49 years
2010 Census: 4,600; people

Edgard in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Edgard, 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 (960 people).

0 women 4,855 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 Edgard is most common

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

São Paulo 0.005%
Rio de Janeiro 0.004%
Espírito Santo 0.003%
Minas Gerais 0.003%
Paraná 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,145	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	693	0.004%
Minas Gerais	618	0.003%
Bahia	270	0.002%
Paraná	270	0.002%
Espírito Santo	131	0.003%
Santa Catarina	92	0.001%
Goiás	87	0.001%
Distrito Federal	77	0.003%
Pernambuco	67	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	47	0.000%
Ceará	44	0.001%
Pará	37	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	37	0.001%
Paraíba	34	0.001%
Maranhão	30	0.000%
Piauí	28	0.001%
Amazonas	27	0.001%
Mato Grosso	26	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	25	0.001%
Rondônia	20	0.001%
Alagoas	19	0.001%
Sergipe	19	0.001%

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

About the name Edgard

Behind the Name lists Edgard as a French variant of Edgar, and Wiktionary records Edgar in Portuguese as a borrowing from English, from the Old English Ēadgār, from ēad (“rich”) and gār (“spear”); Behind the Name gives the same composition, with “wealth, fortune” and “spear”. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Edgar with the spelling variant Hedgar. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,874 people named Edgard, with a median age of 49. Proportionally, it is most common in São Paulo.

Sources

Behind the Name: Edgard · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Edgar · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Edgar · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Edgar · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Edgard

What does the name Edgard mean?

Edgard means “variant of Edgar, from Old English elements meaning “wealth” and “spear””, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Edgard in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,874 people with the first name Edgard, which ranks it number 2,780 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Edgard is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 4,855 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Edgard?

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

In which Brazilian state is Edgard most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.005% of the state's population is named Edgard (2,145 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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