Legare

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Légaré in FR France.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Legare is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French surname3.2K records spelled Legare6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Canada, United States, France, Philippines

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Légaré, Legaré

• a separate surname416 records spelled Legare3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, United Kingdom

  Also written Légaré, Legaré

• Swahili surname166 records spelled Legare3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Canada, Philippines

  Also written Légaré

• Japanese surname121 records spelled Legare3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, South Africa

  Also written Légaré, Legaré

• Danish surname70 records spelled Legare8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Denmark, Canada

  Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

  Also written Légaré, Lęģăře

• Arabic surname67 records spelled Legare4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, Egypt

  Also written Légaré

• Korean surname33 records spelled Legare2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Korea

  Also written Légaré

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Legare is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Hugh Swinton, US laywer

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Latin, second-person singular present passive subjunctive of legō

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, first/third-person singular future subjunctive of legar

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, bind, tie

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Romanian, binding

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Simon Legareb. 1989CACanadian football player
• Gwenaelle Legareb. 1994FRFrench association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 15 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Legare?

We estimate roughly 1.4 thousand people bear Legare (counting its spellings and scripts) across 2 countries in our records.

In which country does Legare have the most bearers?

Legare is most frequently recorded in Canada, where it is most often spelled legare.

How common is Legare compared with other names?

In Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Legare is the 4th most common surname of 402 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Legare mean?

Recorded meaning: nickname from the past participle of Old French esgarer ‘to be troubled or abandoned’.