Edgar

Edgar is an Old English name composed of the elements ead, meaning wealth or fortune, and gar, meaning spear. It was borne by Edgar the Peaceful, a 10th-century king of England, which helped establish the name's prestige in the medieval period. The name survived the Norman Conquest and was later revived during the 19th-century fashion for Anglo-Saxon names, spreading into French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish use. The Spanish form Édgar and the anglicized Edger are among its variants.