Edgars
Fewer than a hundred men in Poland carry it, so most people here have never met one. Germanic at root, from elements meaning "wealthy" and "spear".
Edgars Pronunciation
Edgars is pronounced ED-gahrs (/ˈɛdgars/).
What Edgars means
Where Edgars comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Edgars grows from Germanic soil. Two old words stand behind it: ead, meaning wealth or riches, and gar, meaning spear. Joined, they give the short meaning that name books still print, "wealthy spear," or bogactwo and włócznia for a Polish reader.
The final -s marks it as the Latvian form of Edgar, while the older spelling reaches back to Old English Ēadgār. A real bearer anchors the name. Edgar the Peaceful ruled England in the tenth century, and the chroniclers granted him a reign remembered for calm. Shakespeare later handed the name to the wronged, loyal son in King Lear. The spear in Edgars has been held by a king and by a stage figure.
Read out at a Polish szkoła podstawowa, Edgars sits a little apart from the Kamils and Jakubs on the register. The ending tells of a border crossed. The meaning stays fixed beneath it: wealth, and a spear.
How many people are named Edgars
1 in 220064 men in Poland is named Edgars. 97 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3514 among male names.
Edgars as a middle name
Edgars is a first name for 97 men in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 98/2 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 7571st, between Eder (2) and Edil (2).
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#7569 Edek2
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#7570 Eder2
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#7571 Edgars2
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#7572 Edil2
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#7573 Edin2