Edgar

English
"wealthy spearman"

Edgar Origin and Meaning

The name Edgar is a boy's name of English origin meaning "wealthy spearman".

Edgar is an Old English name historically associated with the tenth century English king known as Edgar the Peaceful. There was also a King Edgar of Scotland.

Edgar has been a stalwart on the US popular names lists, not dipping below the Top 400 until 2022, and is especially popular (as is Edgardo) with Latino families.

Edgar plays a key role in King Lear and has had several distinguished namesakes, including artist Degas, Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs, and author and poet Edgar Allan Poe. In terms of style, however, most would rate it a distant third to Edward and Edmund.

Trivia tidbit: Joan Rivers' daughter Melissa named her son Edgar after her father, but he is called by his middle name Cooper.

# 435 in the US

Edgar Rank in US Top 1000

# 588 on Nameberry

Edgar Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Edgar Popularity

Famous People Named Edgar

  • Edgar S. Prado
    Peruvian,American jockey
  • Edgar the Peaceful
    King of England
  • Edgar
    King of Scotland
  • Edgar the Aetheling
    disputed King of England
  • Edgar Allan Poe
    American fiction writer and poet
  • (Hilaire
    Germain,)Edgar Degas, French Impressionist painter
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs
    American novelist; creator of Tarzan
  • (John) Edgar Hoover
    American FBI director
  • Edgar Cayce
    American psychic
  • Edgar Holland Winter
    American rock and blues musician
  • Edgar Wright
    English film director
  • Joseph Edgar Foreman aka Afroman
    American rapper
  • Edgar Douglas Adrian
    Lord Adrian, British physiologist
  • Edgar Speyer
    1st Baronet, American,British financier
  • Edgar Hansen
    American reality TV personality ("Deadliest Catch")
  • Edgar John Bergen
    American ventriloquist
  • Edgar Enrique Renteri­a (Herazo)
    Colombian baseball player
  • Edgar Patrício de Carvalho Pacheco
    Portuguese footballer
  • Edgar Thomas Towner
    Australian Victoria Cross recipient
  • Edgar Steven Davids
    Surinamese,Dutch footballer
  • Edgar Miles Bronfman
    Canadian billionaire philanthropist
  • Edgar Cooper Endicott
    son of TV personality Melissa Rivers, grandson of Joan Rivers
  • Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman
    b. 2009, son of rapper M.I.A.

Edgar in Pop Culture

  • Edgar
    a family band
  • Edgar
    a main character in Shakespeare's King Lear
  • Edgar
    a cow in Achievement Hunter's "Lets Play Minecraft" series.
  • Edgar
    character in video game "Final Fantasy VI"
  • Edgar
    butler in Disney's "The AristoCats"
  • Edgar Linton
    Catherine's husband in Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights"
  • Edgar Saul
    character in "A Certain Man" by Oliver Onions
  • Edgar Roy
    character on TV's "King & Maxwell"
  • Edgar Clinton
    main character in G. A. Henty's, The Dash for Khartoum
  • Edgar Gore
    character in animated movie "Frankenweenie"
  • Edgar Huntly
    character in "Memoirs of a Sleepwalker" by Charles Brockden Brown
  • Edgar Frog
    character in "The Lost Boys" movie series
  • Edgar
    character on TV's "Heroes"
  • Edgar Ormskirk
    main character in G. A. Henty's, A March on London
  • Edgar Badlock
    character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
  • Edgar Allen Pug
    youtuber Pewdiepie's dog