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ledger Name Meaning and History
- from a Norman personal name, Leodegar, Old French Legier, of Germanic origin, composed of the elements liut ‘people’, ‘tribe’ + gar, ger ‘spear’. The name was borne by a 7th-century bishop of Autun, whose fame contributed to the popularity of the name in France. (In Germany the name was connected with a different saint, an 8th-century bishop of Münster.)
- variant of Letcher, in part a deliberate alteration to avoid the association with Middle English lecheor ‘lecher’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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