Alger is a boy's name of English origin meaning “elf spear.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Alger belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “elf spear” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Alger first appears in Social Security records in 1886. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #664 in 1898, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 832 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Alger means “elf spear” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Alger is a boy name.
Alger comes from the English & American tradition.
Alger first appears in US records in 1886. Its best-ever ranking was #664 in 1898, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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