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 Β· 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 Β· Flowers for Algernon
English politician and philosopher during the Enlightenment
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).