Algernon

AL-jer-non

French

"moustached man"

Algernon Origin and Meaning

The name Algernon is a boy's name of French origin meaning "moustached man".

While this name came into being in the Victorian era as a nickname for a man with whiskers, the name was quickly embraced as a true name by the Victorians and is likely most familiar to you as the name of Oscar Wilde's fabulous character in The Importance of being Earnest . However, Algernon is not confined to the fictional world of satire; many real world namesakes exist including US footballer Algernon Crumpler (aka Alge Crumpler), British impressionist painter Algernon Talmage, and Canadian astrophysicist Joseph Algernon Pearce, who discovered many thinks about the Milky Way. Plus, who can go past the adorable nickname Algie?

Algernon Rank in US Top 1000

# 964 in the US

Algernon Popularity

• 1266 Nameberry 2024

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Famous People Named Algernon

• Algernon Charles Swinburne English poet
• Algernon Henry Blackwood English novelist
• Algernon Sidney English political philosopher and politician
• Algernon Sidney Paddock U.S. Senator from Nebraska
• Algernon Robert Fitzhardinge Kingscote British tennis player
• Algernon H. Lee American socialist politician and educator
• Algernon Usborne Willis British fleet admiral
• Algernon Griggs "Algie" McBride American baseball player
• Ralph George Algernon Percy 12th Duke of Northumberland

Algernon in Pop Culture

• Algernon Rowan Webb: character on TV's "The Worst Witch"
• Algernon Moncrieff: young man about,town in Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" (from the 1895 play: "I really can't see why you should object to the name of Algernon. It is not at all a bad name. In fact, it is rather an aristocratic name. Half of the chaps who go into the Bankruptcy Court are called Algernon.")
• J. Algernon Hawthorne: character portrayed by Terry Thomas in the 1963 film "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"