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Derived from the Germanic element 'eg', meaning the edge or point of a weapon. It was historically a name associated with strength and the warrior class in Central Europe. While rare in the United States, it remains a recognizable classic in Germany and Austria.
Less common today
Egon isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #8,199 in 2017.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
The brainy parapsychologist and Ghostbuster · Ghostbusters
Influential Austrian Expressionist painter
German former world champion speedway rider
The last communist leader of East Germany
