Edgar
Meaning of Edgar
Edgar strides in like a monsoon breeze—quick, refreshing, impossible to ignore. Born from Old English roots that blend ēad (“wealth”) with gār (“spear”), he’s the prosperous spearman, a sort of medieval warrior who could have guarded a Maharaja’s treasure chest while humming a Bollywood chorus. Literary buffs picture Edgar Allan Poe brooding over candlelight, history lovers recall King Edgar the Peaceful steering England with silk gloves, and film fans might wink at the suave butler in comic capers. The name’s journey in America reads like a cricket scorecard on overdrive: once a top-100 powerhouse in the roaring ’20s, then cooling off, yet still chalking up hundreds of newborn jerseys every single year. Pronounced ED-gur, crisp as freshly fried pakoras, Edgar carries a vibe that’s at once vintage and vibey—perfect for parents who want an old-soul name that still dances to today’s dhol beats. In short, he’s heritage with a high-five.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as ED-gur (/ˈɛdɡər/)
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Notable People Named Edgar
| Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer and poet famed for macabre tales who pioneered the short story, invented detective fiction, and influenced early science fiction. |
| Edgar Degas was a French Impressionist artist renowned for pastel drawings and oil paintings. |
| Edgar Cayce was an American clairvoyant famed for sleep state diagnoses and wide ranging readings on healing and spirituality, who called himself a devout Christian and became a major influence on New Age beliefs. |
| American-born financier and philanthropist Sir Edgar Speyer became British in 1892 and, as head of Speyer Brothers and chairman of Londons Underground Electric Railways from 1906 to 1915, oversaw major expansions and electrification. |
| Edgar Mitchell - Edgar Dean Ed Mitchell was a US Navy officer and aviator and NASA astronaut who flew as the Apollo 14 Lunar Module Pilot in 1971, spending nine hours in the Fra Mauro Highlands and becoming the sixth person to walk on the Moon. |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American writer of adventure science fiction and fantasy best known for creating Tarzan and John Carter and the Pellucidar Amtor and Caspak series. |
| Edgar Bergen was an American ventriloquist and radio star famed for Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd, a pioneer hailed as the 20th century's quintessential ventriloquist and father of actress Candice Bergen. |
| Edgar Wright is an English filmmaker known for fast paced satirical genre films and kinetic music driven editing, from his debut A Fistful of Fingers to TV comedies like Asylum and Spaced with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. |
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| Edgar A. Wedgwood was a Nebraska and Utah attorney and National Guard officer, a veteran of the Spanish American and Philippine American wars and World War I, best known as adjutant general of the Utah National Guard from 1910 to 1917. |
| Edgar Samuel Paxson was a Montana based American frontier painter, scout, soldier and writer best known for portraits of Native Americans and his Battle of the Little Bighorn painting Custers Last Stand. |
| Edgar C. Erickson was a US Army major general and chief of the National Guard Bureau. |
| Edgar Reitz is a German filmmaker and film professor in Karlsruhe, best known for his acclaimed Heimat film series. |
| Édgar Rentería - Edgar Renteria, a Colombian former MLB shortstop, played from 1996 to 2011, hit the 1997 World Series winner for the Marlins, won 2010 World Series MVP with the Giants, and joined the Cardinals Hall of Fame in 2025. |
| Édgar Ramírez - Edgar Ramirez is a Venezuelan actor. |
