Frequency: (1861)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
English: from the Middle English personal name Algod, Alegod, Halgod, of Scandinavian origin. Compare Old Danish Algot, from an unattested Alfgautr ‘elf Goth’ or Aðal-gautr ‘noble Goth’.
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