Details for the forename Edgar

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Edgar (male)


Variants:	Adair (M) Edgard (M)
Diminutive(s):	Ed (M)
Pet Name(s):	Eddie (M) Eddy (M) Ned (M) Neddie (M) Neddy (M)
Derivative of:	Eadgar (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	English and French, derived from the Old English name Eadgar: "happy spear" [Whyte] or "prosperous spear" [ONC]. Edgar, King of England 944-975, was the grandson of King Alfred. Eadgar, the younger son of Malcolm III, was King of Scotland 1097-1107. The English surname was derived from the forename, especially in Nithsdale, Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland, where the bearers were of Celtic origin.