Alger as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Alger

What is the meaning of the name Alger ?

The baby name Alger is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈæl.dʒər/ (AL-jər).

Alger is English in Origin.

Alger is a masculine name rooted in the Germanic name elements gar/gēr "spear" combined with either adal "noble" or ælf "elf." Through Norman French Augier/Algier and Latinized Algarius, it entered medieval England, while the native Old English form Ælfgar/Algar produced cognates like Elgar. The core meaning clusters around "noble spear" or "elf-spear," typical of early Germanic warrior names.

Documented as a personal name and as a surname in England and northern France from the 11th–13th centuries, Alger later survived mainly as a family name. It reappeared sporadically as a given name in Britain and the United States in the 19th–20th centuries, often via the transferred surname pattern. Variants and related forms include Auger, Augier, Algier, Algar, Elgar, Ælfgar/Algar, and Adalgar; short forms may be Al or Algie. Notable medieval bearers include Alger of Liège, a 12th-century theologian.