As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

LEDGER. " The very business-like name of Ledger may not improbaljly be a corruption of Ludegar, the name of a warlike king of the Saxons in the Nibelungen Lied." Ferguson. 2. A more probable derivation is from the Fr. legcr, light, swift, nimble. 3. The most probable of all is from the Norman St. Leger, with the omission of the prefix.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Surname type: Occupational name

Origin: English

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Religion of origin: Christian

Language of origin: English

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