Engelbrecht (or Englebrecht, Engelbrekt) is a common

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) of Germanic origin. The name ''Engelbrecht'' has multiple translations, including "Angel Glorious" and "Bright Angel". The Surname Database says the name is a

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

variant of an

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sometimes spelled Ingelbert or Engelbert.Surname Database: Engelbrecht Last Name Origin
Accessed September 10, 2010 ''Engel'' can translate as "Angle" (the name of a German folk hero), a person from

Angeln Anglia (German and Low German: ''Angeln''; Danish and South Jutlandic: ''Angel''; ang, Engla land) is a small peninsula on the eastern coast of Jutland (the Cimbric Peninsula). Jutland consists of the mainland of Denmark and the northernmos ...

, or "angel". ''Brecht'' can translate as "bright" or "famous". The name was popular in

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France because it was the name of a son-in-law of

Charlemagne Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first Holy ...

.Engelbrecht - Nordic Names Wiki
Accessed March 4 2014German-American names - Google Books
Accessed September 10, 2010 The first spelling variant of this name recorded in a

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was the Latinized given name ''Engelbricus'' in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

of 1089. ''Engelbricht de Stanlega'' was recorded in the Pipe rolls of

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of 1176. ''Robert Ingleberd'' was the first record of a variant of "Engelbrecht" used as a family name, dated 1230 in the Pipe rolls of

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...

. Some variations of the surname Engelbrecht such as Engelbert and Engelberdt are common.Engelbrecht Family Crest and Name History
Accessed September 10, 2010 There was in the county of Flanders a family of Inghelbrechts whose name is recorded since the 13th century. Their offspring live mainly in actual Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Canada, United States and Australia.

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* Roald Engelbrecht Gravning Amundsen (1872-1928), Norwegian explorer of polar regions *

Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (1390s – 27 April/4 May 1436) was a Swedish nobleman, rebel leader and military boss of German ancestry. He was the leader of the Engelbrekt rebellion in 1434 against Eric of Pomerania, king of the Kalmar Union. Enge ...

or Engelbrecht Engelbrechtsson (1390s-1436), Swedish statesman and rebel *

Engelbert Kaempfer Engelbert Kaempfer (16 September 16512 November 1716) was a German naturalist, physician, explorer and writer known for his tour of Russia, Persia, India, Southeast Asia, and Japan between 1683 and 1693. He wrote two books about his travels. ''A ...

or Engelbrecht (1651-1716), German traveler and physician * Engelbrecht Rodenburg, Dutch volleyball player

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Adriaan Engelbrecht Adriaan Erasmus 'Meel' Engelbrecht (born 14 September 1990) is a former South African rugby union player, that spent his entire career at the . His regular position was fly-half or centre. He retired from rugby union prior to the 2016 season. ...

, South African rugby player *

Daniel Engelbrecht Daniel Engelbrecht (born 5 November 1990) is a German retired professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career On 20 July 2013, while playing his second game of the 2014–15 season for the Stuttgarter Kickers against Rot-Weiß Er ...

, German football player *

Erwin Engelbrecht Erwin Engelbrecht (12 November 1891 in ''Wildpark'' Potsdam – 8 April 1964 in Munich) was a German military officer. Career In January 1939 Engelbrecht was promoted to General, in September 1942 to General of the Artillery. During 1939-1942 h ...

(1891-1964), German military officer, commander of Engelbrecht Division *

Grazjyna Engelbrecht Grazjyna Engelbrecht (born 26 April 1982) is a South African former field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a roun ...

, South African field hockey player *

H. C. Engelbrecht Helmuth Carol Engelbrecht (January 15, 1895 – October 8, 1939) was an American writer. Biography Engelbrecht studied at the University of Chicago before completing his doctorate on Johann Gottlieb Fichte at Columbia University in 1932. In ...

(1895-1939), American author *

Ian Engelbrecht Ian Andrew Engelbrecht (born August 23, 1980 in Bulawayo, Matabeleland is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He has represented Matabeleland cricket team in 9 first-class matches and seven List A matches starting from 1998 to 2006. He is slow left-arm ortho ...

, Zimbabwean cricketer *

Jacques Engelbrecht Jacques Jacobus "Vleis" Engelbrecht (born 10 June 1985) is a South African professional rugby union player, currently playing in France with French Pro D2 side Montauban. He can play as a flanker or a number eight. Career Youth / amateur rugby ...

, South African rugby player *

JJ Engelbrecht Johannes Jacobus Engelbrecht (born 22 February 1989) is a former South African professional rugby union player who played as a wing or outside centre. Rugby career Youth Engelbrecht attended Grey High School in the Eastern Cape until 2007, ...

, South African rugby player *

Joubert Engelbrecht Gabriel Joubert Engelbrecht is a South African rugby union player for Spanish División de Honor de Rugby side Ordizia RE. His usual position is centre. Career He represented at several youth levels before moving to the , where he made his fi ...

, South African rugby player *

Julie Engelbrecht Julie Charon Engelbrecht (born 30 June 1984) is a French-born German actress. Early life Engelbrecht was born in Paris. She is the daughter of the actress Constanze Engelbrecht, and made her acting debut at 12 years old, appearing with her mot ...

, French-born German actress *

Kim Engelbrecht Kim Suzanne Engelbrecht (born 20 June 1980) is a South African actress. She is the recipient of two South African Film and Television Awards as well as a nomination for an International Emmy Award. She is known for her roles as Lolly in the soap ...

, South African actress *Kepler Engelbrecht, German programmer *

Morné Engelbrecht Morné Engelbrecht (born 13 August 1988) is a South African-born Namibian cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, eac ...

, Namibian cricketer * Rabian Engelbrecht, South African cricketer *

Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans is an American economist, focusing in operations research, quantitative analysis of decisions and mathematical programming for management science and operations research, decision sciences, currently the IBE Distinguish ...

, American economist *

Sybrand Engelbrecht (soldier) Major-General Sybrand Abraham Engelbrecht (Clanwilliam, 4 April 1913 – 6 September 1994) was a South African military commander. He joined the South African Army in June 1936, and was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in January 1937. He atten ...

(born 1913),

South African Defence Force The South African Defence Force (SADF) (Afrikaans: ''Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag'') comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1957 until 1994. Shortly before the state reconstituted itself as a republic in 1961, the former Union Defence F ...

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Sybrand Engelbrecht (cricketer) Sybrand Abraham Engelbrecht (born 15 September 1988) is a South African cricketer. Engelbrecht was born in Johannesburg. He is a right-hand allrounder who bats in the middle-order and bowls offspin. He made his first-class debut for Northerns in ...

(born 1988), South African cricketer *

Willem Anthony Engelbrecht Willem Anthony Engelbrecht, also known as Willem Anthonie Engelbrecht, (Batavia, now Jakarta, 10 February 1839 – The Hague, 28 October 1921) was a Dutch jurist and colonial administrator. He was one of the originators of the so-called "D ...

(1839-1921), Dutch jurist

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