Elger: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Long before computers fixed spellings, Elger and Elgar were used side by side. Its meaning, shared with Elgar, is “Elf spear”.

Heraldry and the Elger name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Elger, so the heraldry linked to Elgar is a starting point, not an automatic right.

A variant of Elgar

Records show Elger as one of the forms Elgar took over time. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

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