Names

Alternate transcription of Arabic عليّ (see Ali 1).

Means “grace” in Hausa.

Form of Al-Hasan used in western Africa.

Form of Hasan prefixed with the Arabic definite article.

Means “the pilgrim” in Hausa, a derivative of Arabic حَجّ (hajj) meaning “pilgrimage, hajj”. It is typically a title, not a name.

Swedish form of Algautr.

Possibly from the Baltic elements al “each” and girdas “rumour, news”. This was the name of a 14th-century Grand Duke of Lithuania.

From Lithuanian alga “salary, pay” and mantus “intelligent”.

Originally a Norman French nickname, derived from aux gernons “having a moustache”, which was applied to William de Percy, a companion of William the Conqueror. It was first used a given name in the 15th century (for a descendant of William de Percy). This name was borne by a character (a mouse) in the short story Flowers for Algernon (1958) and novel of the same title (1966) by the American author Daniel Keyes.

From a surname that was derived from the given name Algar.