With whiskers; wearing a mustache
Derived from the Old French 'aux gernons', meaning 'with whiskers'. It was originally a nickname for William de Percy, a Norman nobleman, and later became a given name in aristocratic English circles.
Less common today
Algernon isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #3,179 in 1990.
A witty protagonist in Oscar Wilde's play · The Importance of Being Earnest
Victorian era poet and playwright
Prolific writer of ghost stories and horror
The laboratory mouse in the classic science fiction story · Flowers for Algernon
English politician and philosopher during the Enlightenment
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
