Egbert is a name that derives from old Germanic words meaning "bright edge", such as that of a blade.

Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo- ...

variant spellings include Ecgberht () and Ecgbert. German variant spellings include Ekbert and Ecbert.

People with the first name

Middle Ages

Ecgberht of Kent Ecgberht I (also spelled Egbert) (died 4 July 673) was a King of Kent (664-673), succeeding his father Eorcenberht. He may have still been a child when he became king following his father's death on 14 July 664, because his mother Seaxburh was ...

, king of Kent (ruled 664–673) * Egbert or

Ecgberht of Ripon Saint Ecgberht (or Egbert, and sometimes referred to as Egbert of Rath Melsigi) (died 729) was an Anglo-Saxon monk of Northumbria. After studying at Lindisfarne and Rath Melsigi, he spent his life travelling among monasteries in northern Britain ...

(died 729), Anglo-Saxon saint, monk and Bishop of Lindisfarne * Egbert or

Ecgbert of York Ecgbert (died 19 November 766) was an 8th-century cleric who established the archdiocese of York in 735. In 737, Ecgbert's brother became king of Northumbria and the two siblings worked together on ecclesiastical issues. Ecgbert was a corresponde ...

(died 766), Archbishop of York * Ecgberht II of Kent (died c. 784), king of Kent *

Egbert of Lindisfarne Egbert of Lindisfarne (or Ecgberht) was Bishop of Lindisfarne from his consecration on 11 June 803 until his death in 821.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 219 He is often confused with Saint Egbert Saint Ecgberht (or Egbert, ...

(died 821), Bishop of Lindisfarne *

Egbert of Wessex Ecgberht (770/775 – 839), also spelled Egbert, Ecgbert, Ecgbriht, Ecgbeorht, and Ecbert, was King of Wessex from 802 until his death in 839. His father was King Ealhmund of Kent. In the 780s, Ecgberht was forced into exile to Charlema ...

, king of Wessex (ruled 802–839) *

Ecgberht I of Northumbria Ecgberht (died 873) was king of Northumbria in the middle of the 9th century. This period of Northumbrian history is poorly recorded, and very little is known of Ecgberht. He first appears following the death of kings Ælla and Osberht in batt ...

, king of Northumbria (deposed 872; died 873) * Ecgberht II of Northumbria, king of Northumbria (ruled c. 876–883) *

Egbert (archbishop of Trier) Egbert (c. 950 – 9 December 993) was the Archbishop of Trier from 977 until his death. Egbert was a son of Dirk II, Count of Holland Dirk II or Theoderic II (920/930 – 6 May 988) was a count in West Frisia, and a predecessor of the counts ...

(c. 950–993) *

Egbert of Liège Egbert of Liège, in , was an 11th-century educator and author, working at the cathedral school in Liège (in what is now Belgium). His main work, produced around 1023, is an educational collection entitled ''Fecunda Ratis'' ("The Richly Laden Shi ...

(), educator and author *

Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen Egbert I (german: Ekbert) (died 11 January 1068) was the Margrave of Meissen from 1067 until his early death the next year. Egbert was the Count of Brunswick from about 1038, when his father, Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia, died. His mother was Ger ...

(d. 1068) *

Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen Egbert II () (c. 1060 – 3 July 1090) was Count of Brunswick and Margrave of Meissen. He was the eldest son of the Margrave Egbert I of the Brunonen family. Still a minor, he succeeded his father on the latter's death 11 January 1068 in Bruns ...

(c. 1060–1090)

Later times

* Egbert Bakker (born 1958), Dutch classical scholar * Egbert Baqué (born 1952), German gallerist, author and translator *

Egbert Benson Egbert Benson (June 21, 1746 – August 24, 1833) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician, who represented New York State in the Continental Congress, Annapolis Convention, and United States House of Representatives. He served as a membe ...

(1746–1833), New York jurist and politician, a founding father of the United States * Egbert Brieskorn (1936–2013), German mathematician *

Egbert B. Brown Egbert Benson Brown (October 4, 1816 – February 11, 1902) was a Union general in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. Early life and education Egbert Brown was born in Brownsville, New York, and as a young man sailed on ...

(1816-1902), Union general in the American Civil War * (1745–1806), Frisian nobility and politician *

Egbert Cadbury Major (Honorary Air Commodore) Sir Egbert "Bertie" Cadbury (20 April 1893 – 12 January 1967) was a British businessman, a member of the Cadbury family, who as a First World War pilot shot down two Zeppelins over the North Sea: '' L.21'' on 28 ...

(1893-1967), British Royal Navy First World War pilot and businessman *

Egbert Cleave Egbert Cleave (flourished 1870s) was an American author from Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is th ...

(fl. 1870s), American author * Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III (born 1979), American musician known as ''Aloe Blacc'' * Egbert van Drielst (1745-1818), Dutch painter * (1909-2000), East German military leader and politician *

Egbert B. Groen Egbert B. "Ebbie" Groen (January 26, 1915 – September 24, 2012) was an American politician and lawyer. Born in Pekin, Illinois, Groen went to the Pekin Public Schools. He received his bachelor's degree from Knox College in 1937 and his law ...

(1915-2012), American politician and lawyer *

Egbert Hambley Egbert Barry Cornwall Hambley (2 May 1862 – 13 August 1906) was a Cornish-born mining engineer and power company executive, who worked for much of his career in North Carolina. Early life and education Egbert Hambley was born in Penzance, Co ...

(1862–1906), British-born American mining engineer * Egbert Hayessen (1913–1944), German World War II resistance fighter * Egbert van Heemskerk (1634–1704), Dutch Golden Age painter * Egbert Hirschfelder (born 1942), German rower * Egbert Ho (born 1978), Dutch field hockey player * Egbert C.N. van Hoepen (1884–1966), Dutch paleontologist * Egbert Jahn (born 1941), German political scientist * Egbert Kankeleit (born 1929), German nuclear physicist *

Egbert Xavier Kelly Brother Egbert Xavier Kelly, F.S.C., was an Ireland, Irish De La Salle Brothers, De La Salle Brother who was last assigned to the De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines and was kidnapped and then murdered by the retreating Imperial Japanese Ar ...

(1894–1945), Irish De La Salle Brother *

Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer Egbert Bartholomeuszoon Kortenaer or Egbert Meussen Cortenaer (1604 – 13 June 1665) was an admiral of the United Provinces of the Netherlands who was killed in the Battle of Lowestoft.His second name is also given as ''Bartolomeuszoon'' or ''M ...

(1604-1665), Dutch admiral of the United Provinces of the Netherlands * Egbert Adriaan Kreiken (1896–1964), Dutch teacher and astronomer * (1608–1674), Dutch clockmaker * Egbert Lucas (1878–1958), British Anglican Archdeacon * Egbert van 't Oever (1927–2001), Dutch speed skater and speed skating coach *

Egbert van der Poel Egbert van der Poel (9 March 1621, in Delft – 19 July 1664, in Rotterdam) was a Dutch Golden Age genre and landscape painter, son of a Delft goldsmith. Life Van der Poel may have been a student of Esaias van de Velde and of Aert van der Nee ...

(1621–1664), Dutch Golden Age painter * Egbert Rimkus (died 1996), German tourist famous for disappearing in

Death Valley Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. During summer, it is the hottest place on Earth. Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the point of lowest elevation in North Am ...

Egbert Schuurman Egbert Schuurman (born 23 July 1937) is a Dutch engineer, philosopher, politician for the Christian Union, and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy in the Netherlands. Biography Born in Borger, Schuurman attended the Protestant primary school i ...

(born 1937), Dutch engineer, philosopher, and politician * Egbert Stephens (born 1952), Guyanese cricketer * Egbert Streuer (born 1954), Dutch sidecar driver * Egbert Don Taylor (1937–2014), Jamaican Episcopelian bishop * Egbert Ten Eyck (1779–1844), American lawyer and politician, US congressman from New York *

Egbert Van Alstyne Egbert Anson Van Alstyne (March 4, 1878 – July 9, 1951) was an American songwriter and pianist. Van Alstyne was the composer of a number of popular and ragtime tunes of the early 20th century. Biography Van Alstyne was born in Marengo, ...

(1878–1951), American songwriter and pianist *

Egbert van Kampen Egbert Rudolf van Kampen (28 May 1908 – 11 February 1942) was a Dutch mathematician. He made important contributions to topology, especially to the study of fundamental groups. Life Van Kampen was born to Dutch parents in Belgium, wher ...

(1908-1942), Belgian mathematician * Egbert Ludovicus Viele (1825-1902), American engineer, politician and Civil War brigadier general * (1866–1943), Dutch shipowner and builder *

Egbert White During World War II, Egbert White (1894–1976) had a major role in establishing newspapers for US soldiers that were written and edited by enlisted men, not by the Army top command. He had served with the Stars and Stripes newspaper during World ...

(1894–1976), American war correspondent * Egbert Austin Williams (1874–1922), Bahamian American Vaudeville comedian

People with the surname

Albert Gallatin Egbert Albert Gallatin Egbert (April 13, 1828 – March 28, 1896) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Albert G. Egbert was born near Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and G ...

(1828–1896), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania *

Harry C. Egbert Harry Clay Egbert (January 3, 1839 – March 26, 1899) was an officer in the United States Army who served in the American Civil War, the Spanish–American War, and the Philippine–American War. He commanded the 6th Infantry Regiment during the ...

(1839–1899), US Army brigadier general *

James Chidester Egbert, Jr. James Chidester Egbert Jr., Ph. D. (1859–1948) was an American classical scholar and educator. He was born in New York City. He graduated at Columbia University in 1881, and took a doctorate there in 1884. He then became a professor of Clas ...

(1859–1948), American classical scholar and educator * James Dallas Egbert III (1962–1980), American college student involved in a widely covered disappearance * Joseph Egbert (1807–1888), U.S. Representative from New York *

Rae L. Egbert Rae Livingston Egbert (August 15, 1891 – May 11, 1964) was an American businessman and politician from New York. Early years He was born on August 15, 1891, on Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, the son of George L. Egbert (1862–1957 ...

(1891–1964), New York politician * Sherwood Egbert (1920–1969), president of Studebaker-Packard Corporation *

William Egbert William Egbert (February 25, 1857 – October 15, 1936) was a Canadian physician and politician. He served as the third Lieutenant Governor of Alberta from 1925 to 1931. Egbert was born in 1857 to a farming family in what is today the province ...

(1857–1936), Canadian physician and politician

Fictional characters

John Egbert '' Homestuck'' is a webcomic written, illustrated, and animated by Andrew Hussie as part of '' MS Paint Adventures'' (''MSPA''). The webcomic centers on a group of teenagers who unwittingly bring about the end of the world through the instal ...

, in the webcomic ''Homestuck'' * Egbert B. Gebstadter, fictional author who appears in the works of Douglas Hofstadter {{given name, type=both, cat=Germanic masculine given names Dutch masculine given names German masculine given names Surnames of German origin nl:Egbert (voornaam) pl:Egbert (imię)