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Eadgar (male)

Derivative(s):Adair (M) Edgar (M)
   
Source(s): "Scottish Surnames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

Old English name: "happy spear" [Whyte] or "prosperous spear" [ONC].

Eadgar, the younger son of Malcolm III, was King of Scotland 1097-1107 and signed a charter his brother Duncan granted to the monks of St. Cuthbert in 1094.
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